So he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Stand up among all these people."

Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house."

And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.

He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

For they said, "Not during the feast, so there won't be a riot among the people."

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law -- were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.