Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.

some other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so it bore no crop;

Another set are those who are sown 'among thorns'; they listen to the word,

who dwelt among the tombs; by this time no one could bind him, not even with a chain,

All night and day among the tombs and the hills he shrieked and gashed himself with stones.

Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and among his kinsfolk and in his home."

and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke the loaves in pieces which he handed to the disciples to set before them, and divided the two fish among them all.

Then he took a little child, set it among them, and putting his arms round it said to them,

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

(There was a man called Bar-Abbas in prison, among the rioters who had committed murder during the insurrection.)

Then they crucified him and distributed his clothes among themselves, drawing lots for them to decide each man's share.

There were some women also watching at a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,