Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are?

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

Now when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

When Jesus heard this he said, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

He said, "When evening comes you say, 'It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,'

and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.' You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

When Jesus learned of this, he said, "You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread?

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'

I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

Then they too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?'

Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.

As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

Jesus answered them, "Those who are well don't need a physician, but those who are sick do.

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!"

and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Herod said, "I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Heal the sick in that town and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come upon you!'

"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

So if you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about the rest?

So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

But Jesus called for the children, saying, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

But a time is coming -- and now is here -- when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.

A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me."

I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God?

A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?"

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick."

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me."

If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.

As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them

and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven."

And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man -- by what means this man was healed --

Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,' says the Lord, who makes these things

Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

Now we know that God's judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment?

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham's sake,

but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.

As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."