Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home,

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

And he looked around at them with anger, hurt by their obstinacy, and he said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he held it out, and his hand was cured.

and Jerusalem and Idumea and from the other side of the Jordan and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon a great many who had heard of the things he was doing came to him.

His relatives heard of it and came over to stop him, for they said that he was out of his mind.

had heard about Jesus. And she came up in the crowd behind him and touched his coat,

When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were astonished when they heard him, and said, "Where did he get all this? How does he come to have such wisdom? How are such marvelous things done through him?

King Herod heard of him, for his name was now well known, and people were saying that John the baptizer had risen from the dead, and that that was why he was endowed with these extraordinary powers.

But when Herod heard of him he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

John said to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

When a holiday came and Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to his courtiers and officers and to the leading men of Galilee,

Herodias' own daughter came in and danced for them. And Herod and his guests were delighted, and the king said to the girl,

When his disciples heard of it they came and took his body away and put it in a tomb.

So when he got out of the boat, he found a great crowd gathered, and his heart was touched at the sight of them, because they were like sheep that have no shepherd; and he proceeded to teach them a great deal.

and they hurried all over the countryside and began to bring the sick to him on their mats, wherever they heard he was.

since it does not go into his heart but into his stomach and then is disposed of?" So he declared all food clean.

but a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit immediately heard about him and came and threw herself at his feet.

And he warned them, saying, "Look out! Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to enter the Kingdom of God!"

But the disciples were amazed at what he said. And Jesus said to them again, "My children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!

When the other ten heard of this they were at first very indignant at James and John.

When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth he began to cry out, "Jesus, you son of David, take pity on me!"

And he spoke to the tree and said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you any more!" And his disciples heard it.

The high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they cast about for a way of destroying him, for they were afraid of him, for all the people were amazed at what he taught.

One of the scribes came up and heard them arguing. He saw that Jesus had answered them well, and he asked him, "Which is the first of all the commands?"

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.'

and to love him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self is far more than all these burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

And they were hurt, and said to him one after another, "Can it be I?"

and he said to them, "My heart is almost breaking. You must stay here and keep watch."

"We ourselves have heard him say, 'I will tear down this sanctuary built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.' "

Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "See! He is calling for Elijah!"

When they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they would not believe it.

they will take snakes in their hands, and if they drink poison it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."