The man said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.”

So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

So also you, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, right at the door.

She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”

Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.

When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage.

When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,

Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.