Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

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.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

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

He presented them with another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

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?’

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

“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.”

Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

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.

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?

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.