Text: Matthew 16:21-28 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection  21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. […]

Text: Matthew 16:13-20 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Peter’s Declaration about Jesus 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare′a Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli′jah, and others Jeremiah or […]

Text: Matthew 15:10-28 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Things That Defile 10 And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12 Then the disciples came and said […]

Text: Matthew 14:13-21 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Feeding the Five Thousand 13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 As he went ashore he saw a great […]

Text: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Parable of the Mustard Seed 31 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all seeds, but when […]