John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was cured of her affliction.

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

He said to them, “This is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many.

“We heard Him say, ‘I will demolish this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another not made by hands.’”

Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The One who would demolish the sanctuary and build it in three days,