but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

And the men were amazed and said, “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: “Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!