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he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

"Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was happening; and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us."

But they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem.

"I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

"The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

"So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

And Jesus said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?

But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

"And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'

"And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

"He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'"

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.

While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.'