Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: