just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

Jesus answered him, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word of God.'"

One day, as the crowd was pressing in on him to listen to God's word, Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

That's why I didn't presume to come to you. But just say the word, and let my servant be healed,

"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.

The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"

Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit won't be forgiven.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered the word from the Lord, and how he had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."