And He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not let the demons speak a word, because they knew who He was.

So Jesus looked around at them in anger, because He was pained over their stubbornness of mind, and said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and his hand was cured.

He said so, because they kept saying, "He is under the spell of a foul spirit."

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

but when the sun came up, they were scorched and withered away, because they had not taken root.

For this very Herod had sent and seized John and bound him and put him in prison, just to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

for Herod stood in awe of John, because he knew that he was an upright and holy man, and so he protected him. When he heard him speak, he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

And because He saw that they were struggling at the oars, for the wind was against them, a while before daybreak He started toward them walking on the sea, and He meant to go right up beside them.

because it does not reach his heart but only his stomach, and then passes off into the waste?" In thus speaking He made all foods clean.

Then He said to her, "Because you have said this, go home; the demon has gone out of your daughter."

Then Jesus, because He saw that a crowd was rushing up to Him, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never get into him again."

On the other hand, can we say, 'It was from men'?" For they were afraid of the people, because everybody thought that John was really a prophet.

Should we pay it, or should we not?" Now because He saw their pretense, He said to them, "Why are you testing me so? Bring me a twenty-cent coin to look at."

Jesus said to them, "Does not this prove that you are wrong in your views, because you do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?

You will be hated by everybody, because you bear my name. But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.

Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.