so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

And pointing toward his disciples he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

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

He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

“It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”