³⁷ He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

³ how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation-- which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

¹ God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,

⁵ Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

⁶ I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

⁷ So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

²¹ Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

²⁰ Most assuredly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."

¹⁶ Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."

¹³ Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"

¹⁴ They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

¹⁵ He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

²⁷ The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

²⁴ He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

²⁰ Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."