Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down, and asking something of him.

the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are the sons of the Wicked One;

He said: Yes. And when he had come into the house, before he had spoken, Jesus said to him: What think you, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tax or tribute? From their own sons, or from the sons of others?

Peter said to him: From the sons of others. Jesus said to him: Then are their own sons free.