“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

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.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

And he replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.