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Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 4h

Matt 13:13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 1d

Matt 13:12For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 2d

Matt 13:11And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 3d

Matt 13:10¶Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 4d

Matt 13:7Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9He who has ears,fn let him hear.”

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 5d

Matt 13:5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,
6but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 6d

Matt 13:4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 7d

Matt 13:3And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 8d

Matt 13:2And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
3And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 9d

Matt 13:1¶That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
2And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 10d

Matt 12:49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 10d

Matt 12:46¶While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothersfn stood outside, asking to speak to him.fn
47See Footnotes below.
48But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 12d

Matt 12:46¶While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothersfn stood outside, asking to speak to him.fn
47See Footnotes below.
48But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 13d

Matt 12:44Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 14d

Matt 12:43¶“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
44Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 15d

Matt 12:42The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 16d

Matt 12:42The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 17d

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Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 17d

Matt 12:41The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 18d

Matt 12:40For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 19d

Matt:39But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeksfor asign,but no signwill begiven to it except the sign of the prophetJonah40For just as Jonah wasthree daysand three nights in the belly of the great fish, sowill the Son of Man be three days andthreenights intheheart of theearth.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 20d

Matt 12:38¶Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
39But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 21d

Matt12:35The good person out of his good treasure brings forthgood,and the evilperson out ofhisevil treasure brings forth evil.
36I tell you,on theday of judgment people will give account for everycareless word they speak37for byyourwords you will be justified,and byyourwords you will be condemned.”

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 22d

Matt 12:33¶“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Frank @ixoye.bsky.social · 23d

Matt 12:32And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.