And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer space, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

Then His mother and His brothers *came, and while standing outside they sent word to Him, calling for Him.

The sower sows the word.

These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

And in a similar way these are the ones sown with seed on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

and yet they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they fall away.

And others are the ones sown with seed among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

And those are the ones sown with seed on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.”

And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to understand it;

thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

But he was deeply dismayed by these words, and he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

And again He went away and prayed, saying the same words.

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.]] [[And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]]