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with His word.
He healed all who were sick so that the words of Isaiah the prophet
were fulfilled: He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.
Jesus saw great multitudes gathering. He decided they should depart to
the other side of the water. A scribe approached Him and said, Master,
I will follow wherever thou go. Jesus only replied, The foxes have
holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has no
place to lay His head. Another came to Him and said, Lord, let me first
go and bury my father. But Jesus replied, Follow me and let the dead
bury their dead. Then they got in a boat and started for the other side.
Behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea. It was so great that the
boat was covered with the waves. Jesus was asleep. His disciples woke
Him and said, Lord, save us. We will perish. Jesus replied, Why are ye
fearful, O ye of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and
the sea. There was a great calm. The disciples marvelled and said, What
kind of man is this who even the winds and the sea obey!

On the other side they came into the country of the Gadarenes. There
He met two men coming out of the tombs who were possessed with
devils so fierce that no man dared pass them. They cried out, What
have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art thou come here to
torment us before the time?
At a distance from them was a herd of swine. The devils said to Him, If
thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine. Jesus said to
them, Go. When they came out of the men, they went into the herd of
swine. Behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep
place into the sea and perished in the waters. The herders who kept
them fled into the city and told people what happened to those
possessed by the devils. Then the whole city went to see Jesus and,
when they saw Him, they besought Him to depart from their coasts.
9. He took a boat to His own city. There they brought to Him a man
with palsy who was lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the
sick man; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven thee.
Behold, certain of the scribes said, This man blasphemes. And, Jesus
knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? Is
it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee or Arise and walk? So ye may
know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then He
said to the sick man) Arise, take up thy bed and go to thy house. The
man did get up and went to his house. When the multitude saw it, they
marvelled and glorified God who had given such power.
When Jesus left there He saw a man sitting at the receipt of custom. He
said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed Him. As Jesus sat
at dinner, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Him and
His disciples. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples,
Why does your master eat with publicans and sinners? When Jesus
heard this, He said, Those who are well do not need a physician, but
those who are sick do. Go and learn what that means. I will have mercy
and not revenge because I have not come to call the righteous, but to
call sinners to repentance.
Then John's disciples came to Him and asked, Why do we and the
Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples do not fast? Jesus said to them,
Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom
is with them? The day will come when the bridegroom will be taken
from them and then they will fast.

No one uses a piece of new cloth to patch an old garment for the piece
that is put in to cover the space takes from the garment and the rent is
worse than before. Nor does anyone put new wine into old bottles: else
the bottles break, the wine runs out and the bottles perish. They put
new wine into new bottles and both are preserved. While He spoke
these things there came a certain ruler who worshipped Him and said,
My daughter is almost now dead, but come and lay thy hand upon her
and she shall live. Jesus arose and followed him, and His disciples
came along also.
On the way, a woman who was diseased with an