012:049 And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother
and my brothers.
012:050 To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother
and my sister and my mother."
013:001 That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on
the shore of the Lake,
013:002 when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him.
He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all
the people stood on the shore.
013:003 He then spoke many things to them in figurative language.
"The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.
013:004 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds
come and peck it up.
013:005 Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil.
It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no
depth of earth;
013:006 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat,
and through having no root it withers up.
013:007 Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up
and stifle it.
013:008 But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return,
some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.