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She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
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When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
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“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
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and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
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So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
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People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.
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the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
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“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
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Jesus Heals the Sick
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
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News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
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“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
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Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
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Murder
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
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Oaths
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’
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And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
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For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
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Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
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When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,
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And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
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Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
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When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it.
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All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
