But he has no root in himself and does not endure;<n id="1" /> when<n id="2" /> trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He presented them with another parable:<n id="1" /> &#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds<n id="1" /> among the wheat and went away.

So the slaves<n id="1" /> of the owner came and said to him, &#8216;Sir, didn&#8217;t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?&#8217;

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:<n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>I will open my mouth in parables,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the worldb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Then <i>the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Fatheri>.<n id="1" /> The one who has ears had better listen!<n id="2" />p>

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

For Herod had arrested John, bound him,<n id="1" /> and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife,

But on Herod&#8217;s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it,<n id="1" /> they followed him on foot from the towns.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, &#8220;The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.<n id="2" />

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Am I not<n id="1" /> permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?&#8217;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> he took the twelve<n id="2" /> aside privately and said to them on the way,

So<n id="1" /> they answered Jesus,<n id="2" /> &#8220;We don&#8217;t know.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then he said to them, &#8220;Neither will I tell you<n id="4" /> by what authority<n id="5" /> I am doing these things.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;What<n id="1" /> do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, &#8216;Son, go and work in the vineyard today.&#8217;

They said to him, &#8220;He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.&#8221;p>

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, &#8216;<b><i>Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!i>b>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations,<n id="1" /> and then the end will come.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;So when you see <i>the abomination of desolationi><n id="1" /> &#8211; spoken about by Daniel the prophet &#8211; standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),