But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that <b><i>at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be establishedi>b>.<n id="1" />

Two<n id="1" /> blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Have mercy<n id="3" /> on us, Lord, Son of David!&#8221;<n id="4" />

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.<n id="1" />

Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,<n id="1" /> &#8220;He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now<n id="2" /> you have heard the blasphemy!

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>For the heart of this people has become dull;i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>they are hard of hearing,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and they have shut their eyes,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that they would not see with their eyesi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and hear with their earsi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and understand with their heartsi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and turn, and I would heal themb>.i>&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

After listening to the king they left, and once again<n id="1" /> the star they saw when it rose<n id="2" /> led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

But when he heard that Archelaus<n id="1" /> was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod,<n id="2" /> he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Everyone<n id="1" /> who hears these words of mine and does them is like<n id="2" /> a wise man<n id="3" /> who built his house on rock.

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off<n id="1" /> your feet as you leave that house or that town.

The queen of the South<n id="1" /> will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon &#8211; and now,<n id="2" /> something greater than Solomon is here!p>

And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>You will listen carefullyi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>yet will never understand,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>you will look closelyi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>yet will never comprehendb>.i>p>

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one<n id="1" /> comes and snatches what was sown in his heart;<n id="2" /> this is the seed sown along the path.

The<n id="1" /> seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth<n id="2" /> choke the word,<n id="3" /> so it produces nothing.

But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

While he was still speaking, a<n id="1" /> bright cloud<n id="2" /> overshadowed<n id="3" /> them, and a voice from the cloud said,<n id="4" /> &#8220;This is my one dear Son,<n id="5" /> in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!&#8221;<n id="6" />

and said to him, &#8220;Do you hear what they are saying?&#8221; Jesus said to them, &#8220;Yes. Have you never read, &#8216;<b><i>Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourselfi>b>&#8217;?&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Listen to another parable: There was a landowner<n id="1" /> who planted a vineyard.<n id="2" /> He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then<n id="3" /> he leased it to tenant farmers<n id="4" /> and went on a journey.