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

When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.

Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever.

In the evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove the spirits out with a word, and cured all who were sick,

Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

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

But he heard it, and said, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor!

Cure the sick, raise the dead, heal lepers, drive out demons. Give without payment, just as you received without payment.

Whoever gains his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will gain it.

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.

and went to his own part of the country. And he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished, and said, "Where did he get this wisdom, and the power to do these wonders?

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.

And the men of the place recognized him, and sent all over that district and brought to him all who were sick,

But he answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of what has been handed down to you?

does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

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

Alas for the world for such hindrances! They have to come, but alas for the man who causes them!

For some are incapable of marriage from their birth, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not try to keep them from coming to me, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as they are."

And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.

"Why do you put me to such a test, you hypocrites? Show me the poll-tax coin!" And they brought him a denarius.

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's people those days will be cut short.

"But immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces of the sky will shake.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will lament when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, in all his power and splendor.

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet-call, and they will gather his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Earth and sky will pass away but my words will never pass away.

when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

When did we see you sick or in prison, and go to see you?'

when I was a stranger, you did not invite me home, when I had no clothes, you did not supply me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then they in their turn will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or in need of clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait upon you?'

Jesus said to him, "It is true. But I tell you you will soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming upon the clouds of the sky!"