"A cry was heard in Ramah! Weeping and great lamenting! Rachel weeping for her children, And inconsolable because they were gone."

The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"

Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain??emoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics??nd he cured them.

Great crowds followed him about, from Galilee and the Ten Towns and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan.

"You have heard that the men of old were told 'You shall not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

But I tell you that anyone who gets angry with his brother will have to answer to the court, and anyone who speaks contemptuously to his brother will have to answer to the great council, and anyone who says to his brother 'You cursed fool!' will have to answer for it in the fiery pit!

Be quick and come to terms with your opponent while you are on the way to court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds of people followed him.

saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress."

Then Jesus, seeing a crowd about him, gave orders to cross to the other side.

And he said to them, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and reproved the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Now at some distance from them there was a great drove of pigs feeding.

And when the crowd saw it, they were filled with awe, and praised God for giving such power to men.

When Jesus reached the official's house, and saw the flute-players and the disturbance the crowd was making,

But be on your guard against men, for they will give you up to their courts, and have you flogged in their synagogues,

You must not be afraid; you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

While he was still speaking, his mother and his brothers came up and stood outside the crowd, wanting to speak to him.

And such great crowds gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat down in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

So when he got out of the boat he found a great crowd gathered, and his heart was touched at the sight of them, and he cured those of them that were sick.

Then Jesus answered, "You have great faith! You shall have what you want." And her daughter was cured from that time.

Then great crowds came to him bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. And they laid them down at his feet, and he cured them,

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get bread enough in this solitude to feed such a crowd?"

And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Why do you not see that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

Great crowds followed him about and he cured them there.

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them.

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

As they were going out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

The crowd told them to be still, but they called all the louder, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

And most of the crowd spread their coats in his way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them before him.

The crowd answered, "It is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee!"

When the crowd heard this, they were astounded at his teaching.

That is the great, first command.

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

for false Christs and false prophets will appear, and they will show great signs and wonders to mislead God's chosen people if they can.

Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

At that same time Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out to arrest me with swords and clubs, as though I were a robber? Day after day I have sat in the Temple preaching, and you never seized me.

But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

and laid it in a new tomb that belonged to him, that he had cut in the rock, and he rolled a great stone over the doorway of the tomb, and went away.

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, and go and make it as secure as you can."

And they went and set the guard and put a seal on the stone.

And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

The men on guard trembled with fear of him, and became like dead men.

While they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and reported to the high priests all that had happened.