After looking around at them all, He told him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was restored.

So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.

They did so, and had them all sit down.

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

“Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring sea and waves.