And he was there in the Wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and among the wild beasts, while the angels ministered to him.

Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.

Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,

Night and day alike, he was continually shrieking in the tombs and among the hills, and cutting himself with stones.

Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?" This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;

On which Jesus said: "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relations, and in his own home."

Taking the five loaves and the two fishes, Jesus looked up to Heaven, and said the blessing; he broke the loaves into pieces, and gave them to his disciples for them to serve out to the people, and he divided the two fishes also among them all.

But Jesus called the ten to him, and said: "Those who are regarded as ruling among the Gentiles lord it over them, as you know, and their great men oppress them.

But among you it is not so. No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

And whoever wants to take the first place among you must be the servant of all;

I have been among you day after day in the Temple Courts teaching, and yet you did not arrest me; but this is in fulfillment of the Scriptures."

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

Then they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them, to settle what each should take.

There were some women also watching from a distance, among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joseph, and Salome--