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and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?

`Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.

And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,

And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!

and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'

the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

and his sisters -- are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?'

and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house:'

and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought [it] nigh to her mother.