in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

The First Disciples

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

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

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

And He said to them, “What sort of things?” And they said to Him, “Those about Jesus the Nazarene, who proved to be a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,