So Jesus got into one of the boats (the one that belonged to Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat.

After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats until the boats began to sink.

But the news about Jesus spread even more, and many crowds began gathering to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Amazement seized all the people, and they began to praise God. They were filled with fear and declared, "We have seen wonderful things today!"

Once, on another Sabbath, Jesus went into a synagogue and began teaching. A man whose right hand was paralyzed was there.

The others were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.

The man who had been dead sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to ask the crowds about John. "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

and knelt at his feet behind him. She was crying and began to wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet over and over again, anointing them constantly with the perfume.

Those who were at the table with them began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

He answered, "Legion," because many demons had gone into him. Then the demons began begging Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.

But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

Jesus was driving a demon out of a man who was unable to talk. When the demon had gone out, the man began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

As Jesus was leaving, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely, interrogating him about many things.

Meanwhile, the people had gathered by the thousands and were trampling on one another. Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. "Watch out for the yeast that is, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees!

So he began to think to himself, "What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

Every single one of them began asking to be excused. The first told him, "I bought a field, and I need to go out and inspect it. Please excuse me.'

After he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

"Then the older son became angry and wouldn't go into the house. So his father came out and began to plead with him.

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

But all the people who saw this began to complain: "Jesus is going to be the guest of a notorious sinner!"

He was now approaching the descent from the Mount of Olives. The whole crowd of disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with a loud voice because of all the miracles they had seen.

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:

Then Jesus went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling things.

Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.

Judas accepted their offer and began to look for a good opportunity to betray Jesus to them when no crowd was present.

Then they began to discuss among themselves which one of them was going to do this.

Then he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and began to pray,

Then the men who were holding Jesus in custody began to make fun of him while they beat him.

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

While they were discussing and analyzing what had happened, Jesus himself approached and began to walk with them,

Then the two men began to tell what had happened on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the bread in pieces.

After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside. He spent some time there with them and began baptizing.

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?"

So he asked them at what hour he had begun to recover, and they told him, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon."

So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.

Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

Halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began teaching.

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began saying, "This is the man they are trying to kill, isn't it?

At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had gained his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see."

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.

The disciples began looking at one another, completely mystified about whom he was speaking.

They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.

Now those who had gathered together began to ask Jesus, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?"

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit gave them that ability.

Then Peter took hold of his right hand and began to help him up. Immediately his feet and ankles became strong,

and he sprang to his feet, stood up, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the Temple, walking, jumping, and praising God.

They made Peter and John stand in front of them and began asking, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

So they ordered them to leave the Council and began to discuss the matter among themselves.

After the apostles heard this, they went into the Temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.

When they brought them back, they made them stand before the Council, and the high priest began to question them.

But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.

While they were listening to these things, they became more and more furious and began to grind their teeth at him.

ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Messiah to the people.

Then Philip began to speak, and, starting from this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus.

When Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him, bowed down at his feet, and began to worship him.

Then Peter began to speak: "Now I understand that God shows no partiality.

Then Peter began to explain to them point by point what had happened. He said,

"When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he was first given to us.

But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.

So Peter went out and began to follow him, not realizing that what was being done by the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.

Arriving in Salamis, they began to preach God's word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John to help them.

But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to object to the statements made by Paul and even to abuse him.

When the gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

and the word of the Lord began to spread throughout the whole region.

he said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" Then the man jumped up and began to walk.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

On the Sabbath day, we went out the city gate and walked along the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and began talking to the women who had gathered there.

Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."

But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles."

Then all of them took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages and to prophesy.

When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, they all became terrified, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in a window, began to sink off into a deep sleep as Paul kept speaking longer and longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He's not fit to go on living!"

When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.

Then Agrippa told Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

As they were leaving, they began to say to each other, "This man hasn't been doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment."

Much time had been lost, and because navigation had become dangerous and the day of fasting had already past, Paul began to warn those on the ship,

When a gentle breeze began to blow from the south, they thought they could make it to Phoenix, so they hoisted anchor and began sailing along the shore of Crete.

The next day, because we were being tossed so violently by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard.