Jesus ¹  looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, ²  but for God all things are possible.”

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, ¹  he asked them where the Christ ²  was to be born.

Then Herod ¹  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

When ¹  Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, ²  I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

And as he sowed, some seeds ¹  fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Two ¹  blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, ²  “Have mercy ³  on us, Lord, Son of David!” ⁴ 

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. ¹ 

As ¹  he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). ² 

“Be ¹  careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. ²  Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

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

Then ¹  large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They ²  laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Again, I tell you the truth, ¹  if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. ² 

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ¹  This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ² 

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

When Herod ¹  saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men ²  to kill all the children in Bethlehem ³  and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.