Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat 24 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds […]

Text: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Revised Standard Version (RSV)  The Parable of the Sower 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the […]

Text: Matthew 10:40-42 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Rewards 40 “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a […]

Text: Matthew 10:24-39 Revised Standard Version (RSV) 24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant[a] above his master; 25 it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant[b] like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-el′zebul, how much more […]

Text: Matthew 9:35-10:8 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for […]