Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

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.

Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

They answered, “John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen.”

Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

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.”

“The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

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.

Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?