Matt 12:48 But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"
Matt 12:49 And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!
Matt 12:50 "For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."
Matt 13:1 That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
Matt 13:2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.
Matt 13:3 ¶ And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Matt 13:4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.
Matt 13:5 "Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
Matt 13:6 "But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Matt 13:7 "Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
Matt 13:8 "And others fell on the good soil and *yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
Matt 13:9 "He who has ears, let him hear."
Matt 13:10 ¶ And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
Matt 13:11 Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
Matt 13:12 "For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
Matt 13:13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Matt 13:14 "In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, 'YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
Matt 13:15 FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.'
Matt 13:16 "But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
Matt 13:17 "For truly 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.