Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed, sick with a fever, so they promptly told Jesus about her.

When evening came, after the sun had set, people started bringing to him everyone who was sick or possessed by demons.

He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. However, he wouldn't allow the demons to speak because they knew who he was.

Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn't room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking his message to them

At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. "Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?" he asked them.

When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.

when it's planted it comes up and becomes larger than all the garden plants. It grows such large branches that the birds in the sky can nest in its shade."

He asked them, "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith yet?"

He couldn't perform a miracle there except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

They also kept driving out many demons and anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

They ran all over the countryside and began carrying the sick on their mats to any place where they heard he was.

Wherever he went, whether into villages, towns, or farms, people would place their sick in the marketplaces and beg him to let them touch even the tassel of his garment, and everyone who touched it was healed.

They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)

Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.

the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

and they'll pick up snakes with their hands.Even if they drink any deadly poison, it won't hurt them, and they'll place their hands on the sick, and they'll recover."