And many of the people spread their coats in the road, while others scattered layers of leaves cut from the fields.

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

So he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me.

And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him saying, "This is a desert place, and now the day is far passed,

Seeing that he had answered with discernment, Jesus said to him: "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." After that no one ventured to question him further.

And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.