The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land.

And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

Again, he said, the state of the gospel is like that of the grain, which a man sows in his land:

Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.

And he came out thence, and came to his native land; and his disciples follow him.

So they disapproved of him. Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native land and among his relatives and in his home."

And the multitudes saw them going away, and many recognised him, and by land from all the cities they ran thither, and went before them, and came together to him,

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.

And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.