It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree,<n id="1" /> so that the wild birds<n id="2" /> come and nest in its branches.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

The field is the world and the good seed are the people<n id="1" /> of the kingdom. The weeds are the people<n id="2" /> of the evil one,

and in the morning, &#8216;It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.&#8217;<n id="1" /> You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky,<n id="2" /> but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi,<n id="2" /> he asked his disciples,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Who do people say that the Son of Man is?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when<n id="1" /> Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.<n id="2" />

But Jesus said, &#8220;Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Jesus said to him, &#8220;If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money<n id="1" /> to the poor, and you will have treasure<n id="2" /> in heaven. Then come, follow me.&#8221;

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law<n id="1" /> saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Hosanna to the Son of David,&#8221; they became indignant

Again he sent other slaves, saying, &#8216;Tell those who have been invited, &#8220;Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready.<n id="1" /> My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.&#8221;&#8217;

The<n id="1" /> one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, &#8216;Sir,<n id="2" /> you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus said to them, &#8220;This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>I will strike the shepherd,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.i>b>&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah<n id="1" /> the prophet was fulfilled: &#8220;<i>They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israeli>,<n id="2" />

Now when the centurion<n id="1" /> and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, &#8220;Truly this one was God&#8217;s Son!&#8221;

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so<n id="1" /> the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!&#8221;p>

Let both grow together until the harvest. At<n id="1" /> harvest time I will tell the reapers, &#8220;First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then<n id="2" /> gather<n id="3" /> the wheat into my barn.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, experts in the law<n id="1" /> and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth<n id="2" /> of mint, dill, and cumin,<n id="3" /> yet you neglect what is more important in the law &#8211; justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You<n id="4" /> should have done these things without neglecting the others.