He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”

Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

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

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” (This means all foods are clean.)

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.