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tell them plainly, "`I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.' 007:024 "Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock; 007:025 and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock. 007:026 And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand. 007:027 The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall." 007:028 When Jesus had concluded this discourse, the crowds were filled with amazement at His teaching, 007:029 for He had been teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their Scribes taught. 008:001 Upon descending from the hill country He was followed by immense crowds. 008:002 And a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, said, "Sir, if only you are willing you are able to cleanse me." 008:003 So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy; 008:004 and Jesus said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed as evidence for them." 008:005 After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, and entreated Him. 008:006 "Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain." 008:007 "I will come and cure him," said Jesus. 008:008 "Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured. 008:009 For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. To one I say `Go,' and he goes, to another `Come,' and he comes, and to my slave `Do this or that,' and he does it." 008:010 Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this. 008:011 And I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of the Heavens, 008:012 while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth." 008:013 And Jesus said to the Captain, "Go, and just as you have believed, so be it for you." And the servant recovered precisely at that time. 008:014 After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law he found ill in bed with fever. 008:015 He touched her hand and the fever left her: and then she rose and waited upon Him. 008:016 In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick, 008:017 in order that this prediction of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, "He took on Him our weaknesses, and bore the burden of our diseases." 008:018 Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake, 008:019 when a Scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 008:020 "Foxes have holes," replied Jesus, "and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." 008:021 Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father." 008:022 "Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead." 008:023 Then He went on board a fishing-boat, and His disciples followed Him. 008:024 But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep. 008:025 So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, we are drowning!" 008:026 "Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm; 008:027 and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!" 008:028 On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way. 008:029 They cried