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

So he said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

Then Peter said to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.

He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

Peter began to speak to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you!”

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.

But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

Jesus said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”

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