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And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
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The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
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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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They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
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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.
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On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
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Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
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Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
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Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.
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Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”
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Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
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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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He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
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This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
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And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
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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.
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Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
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Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
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He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.
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He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”
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He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”
