Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Matthew 12
⁴³ "Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
⁴⁴ Then it says, ’I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
⁴⁵ Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."
⁴⁶ While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.
⁴⁷ Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You."
⁴⁸ But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"
⁴⁹ And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!
⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."
Matthew 13
¹ That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
² And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.
³ And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;