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And stepping into a ship, He crossed··over, and came into His··own▵ city.
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And, behold◦, they brought··to Him one sick··of··the··palsy cast··down upon a bed; and Jesus, seeing◦ their faith, said◦ to the sick··of··the··palsy, Child, have··confidence, thy sins have been forgiven thee*.
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And, behold◦, some of the scribes said in themselves, This man blasphemes.
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And Jesus, seeing◦ their thoughts▵, said◦, Why▵ do you think▵ wickedness in your hearts?
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For which is easier, to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee, or to say, Rise up and walk?
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But◦ that◦ you may know◦ that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins—then He says to the one sick··of··the··palsy, Arise, take··up thy bed, and go◦ to◦ thy house.
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And arising he went··away◦ to◦ his house.
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And◦ the crowds seeing◦, marveled, and glorified God, who gives such authority to men.
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And Jesus, passing··by◦ thence, saw◦ a man sitting at◦ the receipt··of··tribute*, called▵ Matthew; and He says to him, Follow Me; and standing··up, he followed Him.
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And it came··to··pass, as He sat◦ in the house, that behold◦, many publicans and sinners came and sat··with◦ Jesus and His disciples.
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And when the Pharisees saw◦, they said◦ to His disciples, Why does your Teacher eat◦ with publicans and sinners?
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But◦ Jesus hearing, said◦ to them, They who have··strength have no need of a physician, but they who have an illness do.
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But◦ go ye and learn what◦ it means, I desire◦ mercy, and not sacrifice*; for◦ I have not come to call the just, but sinners, to◦ repentance.
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Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but◦ Thy disciples fast not?
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And Jesus said◦ to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn so long as the Bridegroom is with them? But◦ the days will come when the Bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast.
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And◦ no one puts a piece of unshrunk* fabric upon an old garment; for that· which ·fills··in takes from the garment, and the rip becomes worse.
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Neither do they put young wine into old bottles*, otherwise the bottles are··torn, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles perish; but they put young wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
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While He spoke these things to them, behold◦, a ruler coming worshiped Him, saying, My daughter is now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
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And Jesus arising followed him, and His disciples.
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And behold◦, a woman who was diseased with an issue of blood for twelve years, coming from behind, touched the hem of His garment;
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for◦ she said in herself, If I may only touch His garment, I shall be healed*.
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And◦ Jesus turning and seeing◦ her, said◦, Have··confidence, daughter, thy faith has saved thee; and the woman was healed from that▵ hour.
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And Jesus coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing◦ the flute··players, and the crowd making··an··uproar,
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says to them, Depart; for◦ the damsel is· not ·dead, but sleeps; and they laughed··at Him.
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But◦ when the crowd was cast out, entering in He took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose.
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And this fame went··out▵ into that▵ whole land.
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And Jesus passing··by◦ thence, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David.
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And◦ when He had come to the house, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus says to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They say to Him, Yes, Lord.
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Then He touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
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And their eyes were opened, and Jesus admonished them, saying, See▵ that you let no··one◦ know.
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But◦ going··out▵ they spread· His ·fame in that▵ whole land.
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And◦ as they went out, behold◦ they brought··to Him a man dumb, demon-possessed.
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And when the demon was cast out, the dumb spoke, and the crowds marveled, saying that it never so appeared in Israel.
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But◦ the Pharisees said, In the prince of demons He casts out demons.
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And Jesus went··around all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every malady in the people.
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And◦ seeing◦ the crowds, He was moved··with··compassion* concerning them, because they were faint and thrown··down, as sheep not◦ having a shepherd.
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Then He says to His disciples, The harvest is indeed much, but◦ the workers are few.
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Entreat ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, so··that He will send··out◦ workers into His harvest.
