<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus&#8217;<n id="2" /> mother and his brothers<n id="3" /> came. Standing<n id="4" /> outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, &#8220;Look, your mother and your brothers<n id="1" /> are outside looking for you.&#8221;

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, &#8220;Here<n id="1" /> are my mother and my brothers!

But<n id="1" /> they have no root in themselves and do not endure.<n id="2" /> Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

but<n id="1" /> worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth,<n id="2" /> and the desire for other things come in and choke the word,<n id="3" /> and it produces nothing.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He also said to them, &#8220;A lamp<n id="1" /> isn&#8217;t brought to be put under a basket<n id="2" /> or under a bed, is it? Isn&#8217;t it to be placed on a lampstand?

They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, &#8220;Who then is this?<n id="1" /> Even the wind and sea obey him!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

At once the bleeding stopped,<n id="1" /> and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

He said to her, &#8220;Daughter, your faith has made you well.<n id="1" /> Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler&#8217;s<n id="1" /> house saying, &#8220;Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> she went out and said to her mother, &#8220;What should I ask for?&#8221; Her mother<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;The head of John the baptizer.&#8221;<n id="3" />

For Moses said, &#8216;<b><i>Honor your father and your motheri>b>,&#8217;<n id="1" /> and, &#8216;<i><b>Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to deathb>.i>&#8217;<n id="2" />

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, &#8216;Whatever help you would have received from me is <i>corbani>&#8217;<n id="1" /> (that is, a gift for God),

The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She<n id="1" /> asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

She answered, &#8220;Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children&#8217;s crumbs.&#8221;

Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, &#8220;Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> no sign will be given to this generation.&#8221;

Jesus said to him, &#8220;Go, your faith has healed you.&#8221; Immediately he regained<n id="1" /> his sight and followed him on the road.p>

and said, &#8220;By what authority<n id="1" /> are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?&#8221;

But those tenants said to one another, &#8216;This is the heir. Come, let&#8217;s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!&#8217;