The man got up, and immediately took up his mat, and went out before them all; at which they were amazed, and, as they praised God, they said: "We have never seen anything like this!"

And they watched Jesus closely, to see if he would cure the man on the Sabbath, so that they might have a charge to bring against him.

And presently, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path; and the birds came, and ate it up.

Some of the seed fell among brambles; but the brambles shot up and completely choked it, and it yielded no return.

'Though they have eyes, they may see without perceiving; And though they have ears, they may hear without understanding; Lest some day they should turn and be forgiven.'

The People meant by the seed that falls along the path are these--where the Message is sown, but, as soon as they have heard it, Satan immediately comes and carries away the Message that has been sown in them.

So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky places are the people who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully;

Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,

But the people meant by the seed sown on the good ground are those who hear the Message, and welcome it, and yield a return, thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold."

Jesus also said: "This is what the Kingdom of God is like-- like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,

And then sleeps by night and rises by day, while the seed is shooting up and growing--he knows not how.

By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,

On this the men who tended them ran away, and carried the news to the town, and to the country round; and the people went to see what had happened.

Then those who had seen it related to them all that had happened to the possessed man, as well as about the pigs;

"You see the people pressing round you," exclaimed his disciples, "and yet you say 'Who touched me?'"

But Jesus looked about to see who had done it.

"How many loaves have you?" he asked; "Go, and see." When they had found out, they told him: "Five, and two fishes."

"What, do even you understand so little?" exclaimed Jesus. "Do not you see that there is nothing external to a man, which by going into a man, can 'defile' him,

And, noticing this, Jesus said to them: "Why are you talking about your being short of bread? Do not you yet see or understand? Are your minds still so slow or comprehension?

'Though you have eyes, do you not see? and though you have ears, do you not hear?' Do not you remember,

Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man's eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him: "Do you see anything?"

The man looked up, and said: "I see the people, for, as they walk about, they look to me like trees."

"I tell you," he added, "that some of those who are standing here will not know death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come in power."

As they were going down the mountain-side, Jesus cautioned them not to relate what they had seen to any one, till after the Son of Man should have risen again from the dead.

"Teacher," answered a man in the crowd, "I brought my son to see you, as he has a dumb spirit in him;

They brought him to Jesus; but no sooner did the boy see him than the spirit threw him into convulsions; and he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

And, noticing a fig-tree at a distance in leaf, he went to it to see if by any chance he could find something on it; but, on coming up to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

In the course of his teaching, Jesus said: "See that you are on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,

"Do you see these great buildings?" asked Jesus. "Not a single stone will be left here upon another, which shall not be thrown down."

Then Jesus began: "See that no one leads you astray.

See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to Synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear witness before them.

As soon, however, as you see 'the Foul Desecration' standing where he ought not" (the reader must consider what this means) "then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;

But see that you are on your guard! I have told you all this beforehand.

Then will be seen the 'Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory;

And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that he is at your doors.

See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'."

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the 'King of Israel,' come down from the cross now, that we may see it and believe." Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus reviled him.

And a man ran, and, soaking a sponge in common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink, saying as he did so: "Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

Joseph from Ramah, a Councillor of good position, who was himself living in expectation of the Kingdom of God, came and ventured to go in to see Pilate, and to ask for the body of Jesus.

Mary of Magdala and Mary, the mother of Joseph, were watching to see where he was laid.

But go, and say to his disciples and to Peter 'He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.'"

Yet even they, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe it.

Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.