He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?”

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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.

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

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

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

Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

He said to them, “Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.