As it is written in Isaiah the Prophet, "See, I am sending My messenger before Thee, Who will prepare Thy way";

They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath--so as to have a charge to bring against Him.

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

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

he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.

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

It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;

The swineherds fled, and spread the news in town and country. So the people came to see what it was that had happened;

And those who had seen it told them the particulars of what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the swine.

"You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His disciples exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this,

"How many loaves have you?" He inquired; "go and see." So they found out, and said, "Five; and a couple of fish."

and when He admonished them, "See to it, be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod,"

He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, "What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension?

You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory?

So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

He looked up and said, "I can see the people: I see them like trees--only walking."

He went on to say, "In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in power."

Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and Jesus.

As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

"See," He said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and the Scribes. They will condemn Him to death, and will hand Him over to the Gentiles;

But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time)

"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

"As soon, however, as you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where he ought not" --let the reader observe these words--"then let those in Judaea escape to the hills;

"At that time if any one says to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'See, He is there!' do not believe it.

the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door.

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you and others will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the divine Power, and coming amid the clouds of the sky."

For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.

This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."

Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.

Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was put.

But go and tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee: and that there you will see Him, as He told you."

But they, when they were told that He was alive and that she had seen Him, could not believe it.

Later still He showed Himself to the Eleven themselves whilst they were at table, and He upbraided them with their unbelief and obstinacy in not having believed those who had seen Him alive.