There came to Him a leper, begging Him on his knees, saying to Him, "If you want to, you can cure me."

And they kept closely watching Him, to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath, to get a charge to bring against Him.

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."

And He was saying to them: "Take care what you hear. The measure you give will come back to you, and more besides.

and had suffered much at the hands of many doctors, and had spent all she had, and yet was not a whit benefited but rather grew worse,

When it grew late, His disciples came to Him and said, "This is a destitute place and it is already late.

"Now learn what the story of the fig tree means. Just as soon as its branches grow tender, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near.