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 […]

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 […]