Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

"So listen to the parable of the sower:

So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, 'I will, sir,' but did not go.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, 'Sir, you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'

The one with the two talents also came and said, 'Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.'

Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.

and said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again.'