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The Proclamation of John the Baptist

1 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ (the Son of God).
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As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.
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A voice of one crying out in the desert: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.'"
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John (the) Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.5 People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.6 John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He fed on locusts and wild honey. 7 And this is what he proclaimed: "One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.8 I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit."


The Baptism of Jesus

9 It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.10 On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him. 11 And a voice came from the heavens, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."


The Temptation of Jesus

12 At once the Spirit drove him out into the desert, 13 and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.


The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

14 After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God:
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"This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."


Jesus Calls the First Disciples

16 As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. 17 Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."18 Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.19 He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets.20 Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.


The Man with an Unclean Spirit

21 Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. 22 The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
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In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; 24 he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are-- the Holy One of God!" 25 Jesus rebuked him and said, "Quiet! Come out of him!"26 The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.27 All were amazed and asked one another, "What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him."28 His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.


Jesus Heals Many at Simon's House

29 On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.30 Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her.31 He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
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When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons.33 The whole town was gathered at the door.34 He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him.


A Preaching Tour in Galilee

35 Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.36 Simon and those who were with him pursued him37 and on finding him said, "Everyone is looking for you."38 He told them, "Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come."39 So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.


Jesus Cleanses a Leper

40 A leper came to him (and kneeling down) begged him and said, "If you wish, you can make me clean." 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, "I do will it. Be made clean."42 The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.43 Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.44 Then he said to him, "See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them."
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The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.


Jesus Heals a Paralytic

2 1 When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. 2 Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them.3 They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.4 Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."
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Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves, 7 "Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?" 8 Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, pick up your mat and walk'?10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"-- 11 he said to the paralytic, "I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home."12 He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."


Jesus Calls Levi

13 Once again he went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. 14 As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. 15 While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. 16 Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 17 Jesus heard this and said to them (that), "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."


The Question about Fasting

18 The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to him and objected, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 19 Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.
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No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse.
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Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."


Pronouncement about the Sabbath

23 As he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. 24 At this the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?"25 He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry? 26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?"27 Then he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. 28 That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."


The Man with a Withered Hand

3 1 Again he entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand. 2 They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.3 He said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up here before us."4 Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" But they remained silent.5 Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and his hand was restored.6 The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.


A Multitude at the Seaside

7 Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people (followed) from Galilee and from Judea. 8 Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.9 He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him.10 He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch him.11 And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, "You are the Son of God." 12 He warned them sternly not to make him known.


Jesus Appoints the Twelve

13 He went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) that they might be with him and he might send them forth to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons:16 (he appointed the twelve:) Simon, whom he named Peter; 17 James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean,


Jesus and Beelzebul

19 and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
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He came home. Again (the) crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. 21 When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
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The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "By the prince of demons he drives out demons." 23 Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan drive out Satan?24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him.27 But no one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
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Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them.29 But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin." 30 For they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."


The True Kindred of Jesus

31 His mother and his brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent word to him and called him.32 A crowd seated around him told him, "Your mother and your brothers (and your sisters) are outside asking for you." 33 But he said to them in reply, "Who are my mother and (my) brothers?"34 And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.35 (For) whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."


The Parable of the Sower

4 1 On another occasion he began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land. 2 And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them,
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"Hear this! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.6 And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots.7 Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain.8 And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."9 He added, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."


The Purpose of the Parables

10 And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables.11 He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables, 12 so that 'they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.'"
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Jesus said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables? 14 The sower sows the word.15 These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them.16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy.17 But they have no root; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.18 Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word,19 but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.20 But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."


A Lamp under a Bushel Basket

21 He said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?22 For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light.23 Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear."
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He also told them, "Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you.25 To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."


The Parable of the Growing Seed

26 He said,"This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land 27 and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.28 Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.29 And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come."


The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 He said, "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?31 It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.32 But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade."


The Use of Parables

33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.34 Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.


Jesus Stills a Storm

35 On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side." 36 Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him.37 A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up.38 Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"39 He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Quiet! Be still!" The wind ceased and there was great calm. 40 Then he asked them, "Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?"41 They were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?"


Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac

5 1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. 2 When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. 3 The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain.4 In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.5 Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones.
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Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him,7 crying out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!" 8 (He had been saying to him, "Unclean spirit, come out of the man!")9 He asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "Legion is my name. There are many of us." 10 And he pleaded earnestly with him not to drive them away from that territory.
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Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside. 12 And they pleaded with him, "Send us into the swine. Let us enter them."13 And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned.
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The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had happened.15 As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear.16 Those who witnessed the incident explained to them what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine.17 Then they began to beg him to leave their district.
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As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him.19 But he would not permit him but told him instead, "Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you." 20 Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed.


A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed

21 When Jesus had crossed again (in the boat) to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea. 22 One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet23 and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live." 24 He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him.
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There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years.26 She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse.27 She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak.28 She said, "If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured." 29 Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her afflictio.
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Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who has touched my clothes?"31 But his disciples said to him, "You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"32 And he looked around to see who had done it.33 The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth.34 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction."
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While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official's house arrived and said, "Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?" 36 Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid; just have faith."37 He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.38 When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.39 So he went in and said to them, "Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep." 40 And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child's father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was.41 He took the child by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!" 42 The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. (At that) they were utterly astounded.43 He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.


The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth

6 1 He departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. 2 When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, "Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! 3 Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. 4 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house." 5 So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.


The Mission of the Twelve

6 He was amazed at their lack of faith. He went around to the villages in the vicinity teaching.
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He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. 8 He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick-- no food, no sack, no money in their belts. 9 They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic.10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave from there. 11 Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them."
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So they went off and preached repentance.13 They drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.


The Death of John the Baptist

14 King Herod heard about it, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him." 15 Others were saying, "He is Elijah"; still others, "He is a prophet like any of the prophets."16 But when Herod learned of it, he said, "It is John whom I beheaded. He has been raised up."
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Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. 18 John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."19 Herodias harbored a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. 20 Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.
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She had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers, his military officers, and the leading men of Galilee.22 Herodias's own daughter came in and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you."23 He even swore (many things) to her, "I will grant you whatever you ask of me, even to half of my kingdom."24 She went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" She replied, "The head of John the Baptist."25 The girl hurried back to the king's presence and made her request, "I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist."26 The king was deeply distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests he did not wish to break his word to her.27 So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison.28 He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to her mother.29 When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.


Feeding the Five Thousand

30 The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while." People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. 32 So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place.33 People saw them leaving and many came to know about it. They hastened there on foot from all the towns and arrived at the place before them.34 When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
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By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, "This is a deserted place and it is already very late. 36 Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat."37 He said to them in reply, "Give them some food yourselves." But they said to him, "Are we to buy two hundred days' wages worth of food and give it to them to eat?"38 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they had found out they said, "Five loaves and two fish."39 So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.40 The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties. 41 Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to (his) disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied.43 And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish.44 Those who ate (of the loaves) were five thousand men.


Jesus Walks on the Water

45 Then he made his disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 And when he had taken leave of them, he went off to the mountain to pray. 47 When it was evening, the boat was far out on the sea and he was alone on shore.
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Then he saw that they were tossed about while rowing, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them. 49 But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out.50 They had all seen him and were terrified. But at once he spoke with them, "Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!" 51 He got into the boat with them and the wind died down. They were (completely) astounded.52 They had not understood the incident of the loaves. On the contrary, their hearts were hardened.


Healing the Sick in Gennesaret

53 After making the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there.54 As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.55 They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.56 Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.


The Tradition of the Elders

7 1 Now when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, 2 they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.3 (For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders. 4 And on coming from the marketplace they do not eat without purifying themselves. And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles (and beds).)5 So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?"
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He responded, "Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;7 In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.'
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You disregard God's commandment but cling to human tradition."
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He went on to say, "How well you have set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your tradition!10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Whoever curses father or mother shall die.'11 Yet you say, 'If a person says to father or mother, "Any support you might have had from me is qorban"' (meaning, dedicated to God), 12 you allow him to do nothing more for his father or mother.13 You nullify the word of God in favor of your tradition that you have handed on. And you do many such things."
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He summoned the crowd again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.15 Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile."16 )
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When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable. 18 He said to them, "Are even you likewise without understanding? Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile,19 since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 "But what comes out of a person, that is what defiles.21 From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.23 All these evils come from within and they defile."


The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith

24 From that place he went off to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. 25 Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet.26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.27 He said to her, "Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." 28 She replied and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."29 Then he said to her, "For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter."30 When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.


Jesus Cures a Deaf Man

31 Again he left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis.32 And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him.33 He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man's ears and, spitting, touched his tongue;34 then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!")35 And (immediately) the man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly.36 He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it. 37 They were exceedingly astonished and they said, "He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and (the) mute speak."


Feeding the Four Thousand


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