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He proposed to them another parable, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field:

Then Jesus having sent the multitude away, went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them that do iniquity.

Then saith he to them, Therefore every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like an housholder, who bringeth out of his treasure things new and old.

And when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence: And coming into his own country,

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 hath HE all these things?

And they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus, And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist:

For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him and put him in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philip's wife.

And he sent and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a charger,

And his disciples came and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

And in the evening his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past: send the multitude away, that going into the villages, they may buy themselves victuals.

and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

And he constrained his disciples, to go straightway into the vessel, and go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitude away.

And immediately Jesus reaching forth his hand, caught him, and saith to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

that they might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest have been profited by me:

Let him not honour his father or his mother. Thus have ye made void the command of God thro' your tradition.

Then came his disciples and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, hearing this saying, were offended?