So the news about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were sick with various diseases, especially those who were suffering with torturing diseases; and he cured them.

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.

For the heathen are greedily pursuing all such things; and surely your heavenly Father well knows that you need them all.

When He went into Peter's house, He saw his mother-in-law lying in bed sick with fever.

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and at a mere word He drove the spirits out, and cured all who were sick,

When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

And the crowds saw it, and were stricken with awe, and gave praise to God for giving such power to men.

And when He heard it, He said, "It is not well, but sick people that have to send for a doctor.

Nobody sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat, for such a patch would tear away from the coat, and the hole would be bigger than ever.

Keep on curing the sick, raising the dead, healing lepers, and driving out demons. You received and gave no pay; you must give and take none.

and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and the heathen.

Anybody who gains his lower life will lose the higher life, and anybody who loses his lower life for my sake will gain the higher life.

Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man as such will receive the same reward as the upright man.

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

He went to His own home town, and kept teaching in their synagogue in such a way that they were dumbfounded, and said, "Where did He get this wisdom and this power to do such wonder-works?

So when He got out of the boat and saw a great crowd, His heart was moved with pity for them, and He cured their sick people.

And the men of that place recognized Him, and sent into all the countryside and brought to Him all who were sick,

But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you?

is under no obligation at all to help his parent.' So you have set aside what God has said for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

The disciples said to Him, "Where in this destitute place can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.

and whoever welcomes one little child like this for my sake welcomes me.

A curse on the world for such influences to do wrong! For they must come, but a curse on the man from whom these influences come!

For some are born incapable of marriage, 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 little children alone, and stop preventing them from coming to me, for to such as these the kingdom of heaven belongs."

And everyone who has given up home or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and in addition will be in possession of eternal life.

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

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

"And immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming 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 points of the compass, from one end of the sky to the other.

Sky and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away.

when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'

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

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then they will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or needing clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait on you?'

When the disciples saw it, they were very indignant, and said, "Why such waste?

Jesus answered him, "Yes, I am. But I tell you, you will all soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the sky."