And Jesus said to them, "{Follow} me and I will make you become fishers of people."

And [as he] was passing by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he stood up [and] followed him.

And it happened that while [he] was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

And other [seed] fell on the good soil, and produced grain, coming up and increasing, and it bore [a crop]--one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred [times as much].

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then [when] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

By itself the soil produces a crop: first the grass, then the head of grain, then the full grain in the head.

And one of the rulers of the synagogue came--Jairus by name--and [when he] saw him, he fell down at his feet.

So the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

And he did not allow anyone to follow along with him except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And they picked up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.

But immediately a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, [when she] heard about him, came [and] fell down at his feet,

And they ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces that were left, seven baskets [full].

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" They said to him, "Twelve."

"When also [broke] the seven [loaves] for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" And they said to him, "Seven."

And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one [thing]: Go, sell all that you have, and give [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

And Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has healed you." And immediately he regained [his] sight and began to follow him on the road.

"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the one who reads understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the city and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,

And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, because it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.'

But Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, certainly I will not!"

And going forward a little he fell to the ground and began to pray that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from him.

who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.