his wicked generation.

(46)While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother
and his brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to him.
(47)And one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers are
standing without, seeking to speak to thee. (48)But he answering said
to him that told him: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?
(49)And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, he said:
Behold my mother and my brothers! (50)For whoever shall do the will of
my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

XIII.

AND on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side.
(2)And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went
into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
(3)And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying:

(4)Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by
the way-side, and the birds came and devoured them. (5)And others fell
on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they
sprang up, because they had not depth of earth. (6)And when the sun
was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they
withered away. (7)And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came
up, and choked them. (8)And others fell on the good ground, and
yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (9)He that
has ears to hear, let him hear[13:9].

(10)And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to
them in parables? (11)And he answering said to them: To you it is
given[13:11] to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to
them it is not given. (12)For whoever has, to him shall be given, and
he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even what he has shall
be taken from him. (13)Therefore I speak to them in parables; because
seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand.
(14)And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says:

With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand;
And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.
(15)For the heart of this people is become gross,
And their ears are dull of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed;
Lest haply they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And turn, and I shall heal them.

(16)But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because
they hear. (17)For ve