Then he sent a third one, and they killed him, and many others, some of whom they beat, some they killed.

The Pharisees met about Him, and also some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

They had noticed that some of His disciples were in the habit of eating their meals without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to make them clean.

And if I send them home hungry, they will give out on the road, for some of them are a long way from home."

And He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God come in its power."

When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and some scribes arguing with them.

Some Pharisees came up, and to test Him they began to ask Him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife.

After some days He came back to Capernaum, and it was reported that He was at home,

Some scribes were sitting there arguing and saying to themselves,

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. So some people came and asked Him, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples practice fasting, but yours never do?"

As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

Some fell among the thorn seed, and the thorns grew up and choked them out and they yielded no grain.

Some fell in rich soil, and came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold."