Quotes About Spirituality

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

so that, ëthey may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.í”

Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

The farmer sows the word.

Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.

This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”

And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.

They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.