Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was grazing.

And some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes [by claiming the rights and prerogatives of God]!”

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign (attesting miracle) from You [proving that You are what You claim to be].”

and as he sowed, some seed fell beside the road [between the fields], and the birds came and ate it.

Other seed fell on good soil and yielded grain, some a hundred times as much [as was sown], some sixty [times as much], and some thirty.

And they answered, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or [just] one of the prophets.”

“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

On that day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and asked Him a question,

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

“Therefore, take notice, I am sending you prophets and wise men [interpreters, teachers] and scribes [men educated in the Mosaic Law and the writings of the prophets]; some of them you will kill and even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues, and pursue and persecute from city to city,

But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Then they spat in His face and struck Him with their fists; and some slapped Him,

Then the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet were fulfilled: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him on whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel;

When some of the bystanders there heard it, they began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

While they were on their way, some of the [Roman] guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted [that it was really He].