Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

and the man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with chains.

Night and day he was constantly screaming and shrieking among the tombs and on the mountains, and cutting himself with [sharp] stones.

Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?” And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah].

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.”

He wondered at their unbelief.

And He was going around in the villages teaching.

Taking the five loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and said a blessing [of praise and thanksgiving to the Father]. Then He broke the loaves and [repeatedly] gave them to the disciples to set before the people; and He divided up the two fish among them all.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus expressly ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

So they [carefully and faithfully] kept the matter to themselves, discussing and questioning [with one another] what it meant to rise from the dead.

But this is not how it is among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wishes to be first and most important among you must be slave of all.

For when they rise from the dead, they do not marry nor are they given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

The man called Barabbas was imprisoned with the insurrectionists (revolutionaries) who had committed murder in the civil rebellion.

And they crucified Him, and divided up His clothes among themselves, casting lots for them to see who should take what.

[And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with the transgressors.”]

Now some women also were watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome.