Matt.12.46

While he was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers showed up. They were outside trying to get a message to him.

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While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

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While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

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As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers were outside, wanting to talk with him.

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Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are out here, wanting to speak with you."

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Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."

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Then one said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You."

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Someone told Jesus, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they want to speak to you."

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Jesus didn't respond directly, but said, "Who do you think my mother and brothers are?"

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He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

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But He answered and said to the one who told Him, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"

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Jesus asked, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"

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He then stretched out his hand toward his disciples. "Look closely. These are my mother and brothers.

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Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

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And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!

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Then he pointed to his disciples and said, "These are my mother and brothers.

Matt.12.50

Obedience is thicker than blood. The person who obeys my heavenly Father's will is my brother and sister and mother."

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For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

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For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother."

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Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"

Matt.13.1

At about that same time Jesus left the house and sat on the beach.

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That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.

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On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

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Later that same day, Jesus left the house and went down to the shore,

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In no time at all a crowd gathered along the shoreline, forcing him to get into a boat.

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Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

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And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

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where an immense crowd soon gathered. He got into a boat, where he sat and taught as the people listened on the shore.

Matt.13.3

Using the boat as a pulpit, he addressed his congregation, telling stories. "What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed.

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Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.

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He told many stories such as this one: "A farmer went out to plant some seed.

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As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it.

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As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

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And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.

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As he scattered it across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them.

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Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots,

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Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

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Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.

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Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The plants sprang up quickly,

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so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly.

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But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

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But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.

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but they soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the roots had no nourishment in the shallow soil.

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Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds.

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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

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And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

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Other seeds fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades.

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Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.

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Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop--a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

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But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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But some seeds fell on fertile soil and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted.

Matt.13.9

"Are you listening to this? Really listening?"

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He who has ears, let him hear."

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He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

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Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand!"

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The disciples came up and asked, "Why do you tell stories?"

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The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"

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And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"

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His disciples came and asked him, "Why do you always tell stories when you talk to the people?"

Matt.13.11

He replied, "You've been given insight into God's kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn't been given to them.

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He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

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He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

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Then he explained to them, "You have been permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others have not.

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Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears.

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Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

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For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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To those who are open to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But to those who are not listening, even what they have will be taken away from them.

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That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.

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This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

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Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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That is why I tell these stories, because people see what I do, but they don't really see. They hear what I say, but they don't really hear, and they don't understand.

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I don't want Isaiah's forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don't hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don't see a thing.

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In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

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And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: "Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;

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This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: 'You will hear my words, but you will not understand; you will see what I do, but you will not perceive its meaning.

Matt.13.15

The people are blockheads! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won't have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won't have to look, so they won't have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.

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For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

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For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.'

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For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes--so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.'

Matt.13.16

"But you have God-blessed eyes--eyes that see! And God-blessed ears--ears that hear!

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But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

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But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;

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"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

Matt.13.17

A lot of people, prophets and humble believers among them, would have given anything to see what you are seeing, to hear what you are hearing, but never had the chance.

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For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

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for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

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I assure you, many prophets and godly people have longed to see and hear what you have seen and heard, but they could not.