The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”

When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!”

“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”