He answered, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”

They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

Then he said to them, “What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”