Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan ¹  comes and snatches the word ²  that was sown in them.

“If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone ¹  tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

But ¹  these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them ¹  short.

When Jesus heard this he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. ¹  I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

And whenever the unclean spirits ¹  saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

Now ¹  Jesus went up the mountain ²  and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.

For false messiahs ¹  and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.” ¹ 

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. ¹ 

He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart ¹  is far from me.