And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.

And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.