21  And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?  22  For nothing is hidden...

10  And  when he was alone , those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. [The teaching was in public; now the follow...

1  Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea...

31  And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.  32  And a crowd was sitting around him,...

22  And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “ He is possessed by Beelzebul [Lord of the flies] ,” and “by the prince of...

Peter: The new name for Simon. “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church.” Peter later takes the initiative to replace...

13  And he went up on the mountain   [where God historically speaks to his people and initiates new ministries/”the mountain” can also...

7  Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee  and Judea   8  and Jerusalem  and  Idumea  and...

23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the...

18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John's disciples and the disciples of...