So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

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

But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?”

They said to him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

But immediately Jesus spoke to them: “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”

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

The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven – and a few small fish.”

He said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’

“Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Do not be afraid.”