In his name, nations will put their hope.
Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign
from you.
A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a
miraculous sign, but none will be given it,
except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
For as Jonah was three days and three
nights in the belly of a huge fish,
so the Son of Man will be three
days and three nights in the heart of
the earth.
Find me in me.
He who is not with me is against
me, and he who does not gather with
me scatters.
But I tell you that men will have
to give account on the day of judgment
for every careless word they have spoken, for
by your words you will be acquitted, and
by your words you will be condemned.
Out of the overflow of the heart, the
mouth speaks.
A farmer went out to sow his seed.
As he was scattering the seeds, some fell
along the path, and the birds came and
ate it up.
Some fell on rocky places where it did
not have much soil.
It sprang up quickly because the soil was
shallow, but when the sun came up, the
plants were scorched and they withered because they
had no root.
Other seed fell among thorns which grew up
and choked the plants.
Still other seed fell on good soil where
it produced a crop a hundred, sixty, or
thirty times what was sown.
He who has ears, let him hear it.
But blessed are your eyes because they see,
and your ears because they hear.
For I tell you the truth, many prophets
and righteous men longed to see what you
see, but did not see it, and to
hear what you hear, but did not hear
it.
Listen then to what the parable of the
sower means.
When anyone hears a message about the kingdom
and does not understand it, the evil one
comes and snatches away what was sown in
his land.
This is the seed sown along the path.
The one who received the seed that fell
on rocky places is the man who hears
the word and at once receives it with
joy.
But since he has no root, he lasts
only a short time.
Trouble and persecution comes because of the word.
He quickly falls away.
The one who received the seed that fell
among the thorns is the man who hears
the word.
But the worries of this life and the
deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
But the one who received the seed that
fell on good soil is the man who
hears the word and understands it.
He produces a crop yielding a hundred, sixty,
or thirty times what was sown.
Have you understood all these things?
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the
prophet.
I will open my mouth in parables.
I will utter things hidden since the creation
of the world.
Jesus left there and went along the Sea
of Galilee.
Then he went up on a mountainside and
sat down.
A great crowd came, bringing the lame, the
blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others,
and laid the middle seat, and he healed
them.
The people were amazed when they saw the
mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame
walking in the blind sea, and they praised
the God of Israel.
Now Jesus called his disciples to him and
said, I have compassion for these people.
They have already been with me three days
and have nothing to eat, and I do
not want to send them away hungry, for
they may collapse on the way.
His disciples answered, Where could we find enough
bread in such a remote place to feed
such a crowd?
How many loaves do you have?
Jesus asked, Seven.
And a few small fish.
He told the crowd to sit down on
the ground.
Then he took the seven loaves and the
fish, and when he had given thanks, he
broke them and gave them to the disciples,
and they in turn to the people.
They all ate and were satisfied.
Afterwards, the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of
broken pieces that were left over.
The number of those who ate was four
thousand, besides women and children.
In his name, nations will put their hope.