How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher?
So he said, ‘The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that Looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. ,
Afterwards he was travelling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,
Which of the two did his father’s will? ’ They said, ‘The first.’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners;
Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to him, ‘Send the crowd away, so that they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.’