When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.

But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."

Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."

He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."

Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?"

Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?

Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."