28 Verily I say unto you, All sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven the sons of men, no matter how they blaspheme;

29 but whosoever blasphemeth the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven, but shall be liable to everlasting condemnation.

30 This he said, because they said, 'In him is an unclean spirit.'

31 And his mother and his brethren came, and standing outside the house, they sent to him to call him.

32 And the people sat around him. And they said unto him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brethren, and thy sisters, outside the house, are asking thee.

33 And he answered them, 'Who are my mother and my brethren?'

34 And when he had looked upon them that sat round about him, he said, 'Behold my mother and my brethren;

35 For whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Chapter 4

1 And again he began to teach by the sea; and a great multitude gathered to him, so that he went into the boat and sat on the sea, and all the people were on the land by the sea.

2 And he taught them many parables, and in his teaching he said to them,

3 Hear: Behold, a sower went out to sow;

4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, that another thing fell by the wayside, and the birds flew in, and pecked at it.

5 And some fell on a stony place, where there was little earth, and came up quickly, because the earth was not deep;

6 And when the sun rose, it withered, and as it had no root, it withered.

7 Some fell into thorns, and the thorns grew, and choked the seed, and it bore no fruit.

8 And some fell on good ground, and yielded fruit, which sprang up and grew, and brought forth some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred.

9 And he said unto them, Whosoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And when he was left without the multitude, those who were round about him, together with the twelve, asked him about the parable.

11 And he said unto them, 'It has been given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to those who are on the outside all things are in parables;

12 so that they look with their own eyes, and do not see; they hear with their own ears, and do not understand, lest they be converted, and their sins be forgiven.