For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them,
When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.
But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
“Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples,
They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.
He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
He said to them, “Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry—he, and those who were with him?
He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,
When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
The farmer sows the word.
Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”
He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.
For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”
He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?
He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.
The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”
“When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.
They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it.
But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that.
Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
“Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,
and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,
but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.












