That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.

“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

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.

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.”

As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me.”

But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things,

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,