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After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. |
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And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." |
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He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. |
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Then Jesus said to him, "See that you do not speak to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." |
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When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help: |
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"Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish." |
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Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." |
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But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed. |
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For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go' and he goes, and to another 'Come' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this' and he does it." |
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When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel! |
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I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, |
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but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." |
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Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you." And the servant was healed at that hour. |
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Now when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever. |
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He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them. |
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When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. |
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In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: "He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases." |
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Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. |
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Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." |
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Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." |
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Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." |
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But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead." |
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As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. |
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And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep. |
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So they came and woke him up saying, "Lord, save us! We are about to die!" |
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But he said to them, "Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm. |
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And the men were amazed and said, "What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!" |
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When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way. |
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They cried out, "Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?" |
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A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them. |
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Then the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs." |
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And he said, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water. |
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The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men. |
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Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. |
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