³⁶ But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.^(A)

⁴⁷ As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice,^(A) I will show you what they are like.

²¹ He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”^(A)

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^(C)

²² After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.^(A) Then they believed the scripture^(B) and the words that Jesus had spoken.