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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
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And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
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When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
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But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,
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As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
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So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
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James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”),
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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
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He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!”
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Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.
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Jesus Predicts His Death
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
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If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
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As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
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Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
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A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech.
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because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”
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“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,
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The Request of James and John
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
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For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.
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When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
