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Day 1<\/p>\n
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
\n(1) The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
\n(2) as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: \u201cI will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way\u201d\u2014
\n(3) \u201ca voice of one calling in the wilderness, \u2018Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.\u2019\u201d
\n(4) And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
\n(5) The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
\n(6) John wore clothing made of camel\u2019s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
\n(7) And this was his message: \u201cAfter me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
\n(8) I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.\u201d
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Watch Day 1 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 2<\/p>\n The Baptism and Testing of Jesus Watch Day 2 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 3<\/p>\n Jesus Announces the Good News <\/p>\n Jesus Calls His First Disciples Watch Day 3 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 4<\/p>\n Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit <\/p>\n Jesus Heals Many Watch Day 4 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 5<\/p>\n Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place Watch Day 5 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 6<\/p>\n Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy Watch Day 6 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 7<\/p>\n Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man Watch Day 7 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 8<\/p>\n Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners <\/p>\n Jesus Questioned About Fasting Watch Day 8 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 9<\/p>\n Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath <\/p>\n Jesus Heals on the Sabbath Watch Day 9 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 10<\/p>\n Crowds Follow Jesus <\/p>\n Jesus Appoints the Twelve Watch Day 10 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 11<\/p>\n Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law Watch Day 11 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 12<\/p>\n (31) Then Jesus\u2019 mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. Watch Day 12 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 13<\/p>\n The Parable of the Sower Watch Day 13 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 14<\/p>\n A Lamp on a Stand <\/p>\n The Parable of the Growing Seed <\/p>\n The Parable of the Mustard Seed Watch Day 14 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 15<\/p>\n Jesus Calms the Storm Watch Day 15 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 16<\/p>\n Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man Watch Day 16 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 17<\/p>\n Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman <\/p>\n (35) While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. \u201cYour daughter is dead,\u201d they said. \u201cWhy bother the teacher anymore?\u201d Watch Day 17 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 18<\/p>\n (25) And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. Watch Day 18 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 19<\/p>\n A Prophet Without Honor Watch Day 19 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 20<\/p>\n Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Watch Day 20 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 21<\/p>\n John the Baptist Beheaded Watch Day 21 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 22<\/p>\n Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Watch Day 22 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 23<\/p>\n Jesus Walks on the Water Watch Day 23 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 24<\/p>\n That Which Defiles Watch Day 24 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 25<\/p>\n (14) Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, \u201cListen to me, everyone, and understand this. Watch Day 25 on Youtube<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Day 26<\/p>\n
\n(9) At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
\n(10) Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
\n(11) And a voice came from heaven: \u201cYou are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.\u201d
\n(12) At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness,
\n(13) and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.
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\n(14) After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
\n(15) \u201cThe time has come,\u201d he said. \u201cThe kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(16) As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
\n(17) \u201cCome, follow me,\u201d Jesus said, \u201cand I will send you out to fish for people.\u201d
\n(18) At once they left their nets and followed him.
\n(19) When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.
\n(20) Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
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\n(21) They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
\n(22) The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
\n(23) Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,
\n(24) \u201cWhat do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are\u2014the Holy One of God!\u201d
\n(25) \u201cBe quiet!\u201d said Jesus sternly. \u201cCome out of him!\u201d
\n(26) The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
\n(27) The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, \u201cWhat is this? A new teaching\u2014and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.\u201d
\n(28) News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.<\/p>\n
\n(29) As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
\n(30) Simon\u2019s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her.
\n(31) So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.
\n(32) That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed.
\n(33) The whole town gathered at the door,
\n(34) and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.
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\n(35) Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
\n(36) Simon and his companions went to look for him,
\n(37) and when they found him, they exclaimed: \u201cEveryone is looking for you!\u201d
\n(38) Jesus replied, \u201cLet us go somewhere else\u2014to the nearby villages\u2014so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.\u201d
\n(39) So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
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\n(40) A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, \u201cIf you are willing, you can make me clean.\u201d
\n(41) Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. \u201cI am willing,\u201d he said. \u201cBe clean!\u201d
\n(42) Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.
\n(43) Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning:
\n(44) \u201cSee that you don\u2019t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.\u201d
\n(45) Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
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\n(1) A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
\n(2) They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
\n(3) Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
\n(4) Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
\n(5) When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, \u201cSon, your sins are forgiven.\u201d
\n(6) Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
\n(7) \u201cWhy does this fellow talk like that? He\u2019s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?\u201d
\n(8) Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, \u201cWhy are you thinking these things?
\n(9) Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, \u2018Your sins are forgiven,\u2019 or to say, \u2018Get up, take your mat and walk\u2019?
\n(10) But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.\u201d So he said to the man,
\n(11) \u201cI tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.\u201d
\n(12) He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, \u201cWe have never seen anything like this!\u201d
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\n(13) Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.
\n(14) As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector\u2019s booth. \u201cFollow me,\u201d Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
\n(15) While Jesus was having dinner at Levi\u2019s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
\n(16) When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: \u201cWhy does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d
\n(17) On hearing this, Jesus said to them, \u201cIt is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(18) Now John\u2019s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, \u201cHow is it that John\u2019s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?\u201d
\n(19) Jesus answered, \u201cHow can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
\n(20) But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
\n(21) \u201cNo one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.
\n(22) And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.\u201d
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\n(23) One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
\n(24) The Pharisees said to him, \u201cLook, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?\u201d
\n(25) He answered, \u201cHave you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
\n(26) In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.\u201d
\n(27) Then he said to them, \u201cThe Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
\n(28) So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(1) Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
\n(2) Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.
\n(3) Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, \u201cStand up in front of everyone.\u201d
\n(4) Then Jesus asked them, \u201cWhich is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?\u201d But they remained silent.
\n(5) He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, \u201cStretch out your hand.\u201d He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
\n(6) Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
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\n(7) Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
\n(8) When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.
\n(9) Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
\n(10) For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.
\n(11) Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, \u201cYou are the Son of God.\u201d
\n(12) But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.<\/p>\n
\n(13) Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
\n(14) He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach
\n(15) and to have authority to drive out demons.
\n(16) These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),
\n(17) James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means \u201csons of thunder\u201d),
\n(18) Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
\n(19) and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
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\n(20) Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
\n(21) When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, \u201cHe is out of his mind.\u201d
\n(22) And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, \u201cHe is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.\u201d
\n(23) So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: \u201cHow can Satan drive out Satan?
\n(24) If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
\n(25) If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
\n(26) And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.
\n(27) In fact, no one can enter a strong man\u2019s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man\u2019s house.
\n(28) Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,
\n(29) but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.\u201d
\n(30) He said this because they were saying, \u201cHe has an impure spirit.\u201d
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\n(32) A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, \u201cYour mother and brothers are outside looking for you.\u201d
\n(33) \u201cWho are my mother and my brothers?\u201d he asked.
\n(34) Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, \u201cHere are my mother and my brothers!
\n(35) Whoever does God\u2019s will is my brother and sister and mother.\u201d
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\n(1) Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water\u2019s edge.
\n(2) He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
\n(3) \u201cListen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
\n(4) As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
\n(5) Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
\n(6) But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
\n(7) Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.
\n(8) Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.\u201d
\n(9) Then Jesus said, \u201cWhoever has ears to hear, let them hear.\u201d
\n(10) When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
\n(11) He told them, \u201cThe secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
\n(12) so that, \u201c\u2018they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!\u2019\u201d
\n(13) Then Jesus said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
\n(14) The farmer sows the word.
\n(15) Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
\n(16) Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
\n(17) But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
\n(18) Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;
\n(19) but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
\n(20) Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop\u2014some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.\u201d
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\n(21) He said to them, \u201cDo you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don\u2019t you put it on its stand?
\n(22) For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
\n(23) If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.\u201d
\n(24) \u201cConsider carefully what you hear,\u201d he continued. \u201cWith the measure you use, it will be measured to you\u2014and even more.
\n(25) Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(26) He also said, \u201cThis is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
\n(27) Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
\n(28) All by itself the soil produces grain\u2014first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
\n(29) As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(30) Again he said, \u201cWhat shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
\n(31) It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.
\n(32) Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.\u201d
\n(33) With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
\n(34) He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
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\n(35) That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, \u201cLet us go over to the other side.\u201d
\n(36) Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.
\n(37) A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.
\n(38) Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, \u201cTeacher, don\u2019t you care if we drown?\u201d
\n(39) He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, \u201cQuiet! Be still!\u201d Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
\n(40) He said to his disciples, \u201cWhy are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?\u201d
\n(41) They were terrified and asked each other, \u201cWho is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!\u201d
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\n(1) They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.
\n(2) When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
\n(3) This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
\n(4) For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
\n(5) Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
\n(6) When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
\n(7) He shouted at the top of his voice, \u201cWhat do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God\u2019s name don\u2019t torture me!\u201d
\n(8) For Jesus had said to him, \u201cCome out of this man, you impure spirit!\u201d
\n(9) Then Jesus asked him, \u201cWhat is your name?\u201d \u201cMy name is Legion,\u201d he replied, \u201cfor we are many.\u201d
\n(10) And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
\n(11) A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.
\n(12) The demons begged Jesus, \u201cSend us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.\u201d
\n(13) He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
\n(14) Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
\n(15) When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
\n(16) Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man\u2014and told about the pigs as well.
\n(17) Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
\n(18) As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.
\n(19) Jesus did not let him, but said, \u201cGo home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.\u201d
\n(20) So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
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\n(21) When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.
\n(22) Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.
\n(23) He pleaded earnestly with him, \u201cMy little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.\u201d
\n(24) So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.<\/p>\n
\n(36) Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid; just believe.\u201d
\n(37) He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.
\n(38) When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly.
\n(39) He went in and said to them, \u201cWhy all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.\u201d
\n(40) But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child\u2019s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.
\n(41) He took her by the hand and said to her, \u201cTalitha koum!\u201d (which means \u201cLittle girl, I say to you, get up!\u201d).
\n(42) Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.
\n(43) He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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\n(26) She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
\n(27) When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
\n(28) because she thought, \u201cIf I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.\u201d
\n(29) Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
\n(30) At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, \u201cWho touched my clothes?\u201d
\n(31) \u201cYou see the people crowding against you,\u201d his disciples answered, \u201cand yet you can ask, \u2018Who touched me?\u2019 \u201d
\n(32) But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.
\n(33) Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.
\n(34) He said to her, \u201cDaughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.\u201d
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\n(1) Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples.
\n(2) When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. \u201cWhere did this man get these things?\u201d they asked. \u201cWhat\u2019s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing?
\n(3) Isn\u2019t this the carpenter? Isn\u2019t this Mary\u2019s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren\u2019t his sisters here with us?\u201d And they took offense at him.
\n(4) Jesus said to them, \u201cA prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.\u201d
\n(5) He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
\n(6) He was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.
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\n(7) Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.
\n(8) These were his instructions: \u201cTake nothing for the journey except a staff\u2014no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.
\n(9) Wear sandals but not an extra shirt.
\n(10) Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.
\n(11) And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.\u201d
\n(12) They went out and preached that people should repent.
\n(13) They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
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\n(14) King Herod heard about this, for Jesus\u2019 name had become well known. Some were saying,[b] \u201cJohn the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.\u201d
\n(15) Others said, \u201cHe is Elijah.\u201d And still others claimed, \u201cHe is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.\u201d
\n(16) But when Herod heard this, he said, \u201cJohn, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!\u201d
\n(17) For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip\u2019s wife, whom he had married.
\n(18) For John had been saying to Herod, \u201cIt is not lawful for you to have your brother\u2019s wife.\u201d
\n(19) So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,
\n(20) because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.
\n(21) Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
\n(22) When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, \u201cAsk me for anything you want, and I\u2019ll give it to you.\u201d
\n(23) And he promised her with an oath, \u201cWhatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.\u201d
\n(24) She went out and said to her mother, \u201cWhat shall I ask for?\u201d \u201cThe head of John the Baptist,\u201d she answered.
\n(25) At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: \u201cI want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.\u201d
\n(26) The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.
\n(27) So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John\u2019s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,
\n(28) and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.
\n(29) On hearing of this, John\u2019s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
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\n(30) The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.
\n(31) Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, \u201cCome with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.\u201d
\n(32) So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.
\n(33) But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
\n(34) When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
\n(35) By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. \u201cThis is a remote place,\u201d they said, \u201cand it\u2019s already very late.
\n(36) Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.\u201d
\n(37) But he answered, \u201cYou give them something to eat.\u201d They said to him, \u201cThat would take more than half a year\u2019s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?\u201d
\n(38) \u201cHow many loaves do you have?\u201d he asked. \u201cGo and see.\u201d When they found out, they said, \u201cFive\u2014and two fish.\u201d
\n(39) Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
\n(40) So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
\n(41) Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
\n(42) They all ate and were satisfied,
\n(43) and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
\n(44) The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.
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\n(45) Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
\n(46) After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
\n(47) Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.
\n(48) He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,
\n(49) but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,
\n(50) because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, \u201cTake courage! It is I. Don\u2019t be afraid.\u201d
\n(51) Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,
\n(52) for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.
\n(53) When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.
\n(54) As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus.
\n(55) They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.
\n(56) And wherever he went\u2014into villages, towns or countryside\u2014they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
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\n(1) The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
\n(2) and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
\n(3) (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.
\n(4) When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.)
\n(5) So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, \u201cWhy don\u2019t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?\u201d
\n(6) He replied, \u201cIsaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: \u201c\u2018These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
\n(7) They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.\u2019
\n(8) You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.\u201d
\n(9) And he continued, \u201cYou have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
\n(10) For Moses said, \u2018Honor your father and mother,\u2019 and, \u2018Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.\u2019
\n(11) But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)\u2014
\n(12) then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.
\n(13) Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.\u201d
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\n(15) Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.\u201d
\n(17) After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
\n(18) \u201cAre you so dull?\u201d he asked. \u201cDon\u2019t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
\n(19) For it doesn\u2019t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.\u201d (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
\n(20) He went on: \u201cWhat comes out of a person is what defiles them.
\n(21) For it is from within, out of a person\u2019s heart, that evil thoughts come\u2014sexual immorality, theft, murder,
\n(22) adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
\n(23) All these evils come from inside and defile a person.\u201d
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