1One Sabbath, Jesus and his disciples were walking through some wheat fields. His disciples were hungry and began picking and eating grains of wheat.
You must have read what David did when he and his followers were hungry.
4He went into the house of God, and then they ate the sacred loaves of bread that only priests are supposed to eat.
I love him,
and he pleases me.
I will give him my Spirit,
and he will bring justice
to the nations.
19He won't shout or yell
or call out in the streets.
20He won't break off a bent reed
or put out a dying flame,
but he will make sure
that justice is done.
21All nations will place
their hope in him.”
Jesus and the ruler of the demons(Mark 3.20-30; Luke 11.14-23; 12.10)22Some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk because he had a demon in him. Jesus healed the man, and then he was able to talk and see.
23The crowds were so amazed that they asked, “Could Jesus be the Son of David?”
24When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “He forces out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons!”
25Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said to them:
Any kingdom where people fight each other will end up ruined. And a town or family that fights will soon destroy itself.
26So if Satan fights against himself, how can his kingdom last?
27If I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons, whose power do your own followers use to force them out? Your followers are the ones who will judge you.
28But when I force out demons by the power of God's Spirit, it proves that God's kingdom has already come to you.
29How can anyone break into a strong man's house and steal his things, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can take everything.
30If you are not on my side, you are against me. If you don't gather in the harvest with me, you scatter it.A tree and its fruit(Luke 6.43-45)Jesus continued:
33A good tree produces only good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces.
39But Jesus replied:
You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will get is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40He was in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights, just as the Son of Man will be deep in the earth for three days and nights. will stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah. will also stand there with you and condemn you. She travelled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something much greater than Solomon.Return of an evil spirit(Luke 11.24-26)Jesus continued:
43When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when the demon doesn't find a place,
44it says, “I will go back to the home I left.” When it gets there and finds the place empty, clean, and tidy,
45it goes off and finds seven other evil spirits even worse than itself. They all come and make their home there, and the person ends up in a worse state than before. That's how it will be with you evil people of today.
Jesus' mother and brothers(Mark 3.31-35; Luke 8.19-21)46While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside because they wanted to talk with him.
47Someone told Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to talk with you.”
48Jesus answered, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
49Then he pointed to his disciples and said, “These are my mother and my brothers!
50Anyone who obeys my Father in heaven is my brother or sister or mother.”
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