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The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother."

For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.'

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."

And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison, for the sake of Hero'di-as, his brother Philip's wife;

because John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them.

But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear.

"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."

He answered them, "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'

So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.