"A cry was heard in Ramah! Weeping and great lamenting! Rachel weeping for her children, And inconsolable because they were gone."

The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"

Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain??emoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics??nd he cured them.

Great crowds followed him about, from Galilee and the Ten Towns and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan.

"You have heard that the men of old were told 'You shall not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

But I tell you that anyone who gets angry with his brother will have to answer to the court, and anyone who speaks contemptuously to his brother will have to answer to the great council, and anyone who says to his brother 'You cursed fool!' will have to answer for it in the fiery pit!

Be quick and come to terms with your opponent while you are on the way to court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds of people followed him.

saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress."

Then Jesus, seeing a crowd about him, gave orders to cross to the other side.

And he said to them, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and reproved the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Now at some distance from them there was a great drove of pigs feeding.

And when the crowd saw it, they were filled with awe, and praised God for giving such power to men.

When Jesus reached the official's house, and saw the flute-players and the disturbance the crowd was making,

But be on your guard against men, for they will give you up to their courts, and have you flogged in their synagogues,

You must not be afraid; you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

While he was still speaking, his mother and his brothers came up and stood outside the crowd, wanting to speak to him.

And such great crowds gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat down in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

So when he got out of the boat he found a great crowd gathered, and his heart was touched at the sight of them, and he cured those of them that were sick.

Then Jesus answered, "You have great faith! You shall have what you want." And her daughter was cured from that time.

Then great crowds came to him bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. And they laid them down at his feet, and he cured them,

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get bread enough in this solitude to feed such a crowd?"

And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Why do you not see that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

Great crowds followed him about and he cured them there.

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them.

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

As they were going out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

The crowd told them to be still, but they called all the louder, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

And most of the crowd spread their coats in his way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them before him.

The crowd answered, "It is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee!"

When the crowd heard this, they were astounded at his teaching.

That is the great, first command.

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

for false Christs and false prophets will appear, and they will show great signs and wonders to mislead God's chosen people if they can.

Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

At that same time Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out to arrest me with swords and clubs, as though I were a robber? Day after day I have sat in the Temple preaching, and you never seized me.

But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

and laid it in a new tomb that belonged to him, that he had cut in the rock, and he rolled a great stone over the doorway of the tomb, and went away.

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, and go and make it as secure as you can."

And they went and set the guard and put a seal on the stone.

And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

The men on guard trembled with fear of him, and became like dead men.

While they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and reported to the high priests all that had happened.

and such a crowd gathered that after a while there was no room even around the door, and he was telling them his message.

As they could not get him near Jesus on account of the crowd, they broke open the roof just over his head, and through the opening they lowered the mat with the paralytic lying on it.

So Jesus retired with his disciples to the seashore, and a great many people from Galilee followed him, and from Judea

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.

He told his disciples to have a boat always ready for his use, to prevent his being crushed by the crowd.

And again the crowd gathered in such numbers that there was no chance for them even to have their meals.

There was a crowd sitting around him when they told him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

Then he began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around him so great that he got into a boat and sat in it, a little way from the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the water.

So they left the crowd and took him away in the boat in which he was sitting. There were other boats with him.

Then he awoke and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Hush! Silence!" And the wind went down and there was a great calm.

Now there was a great drove of pigs feeding there on the hillside.

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him as he stood on the shore.

So he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and pressed around him.

and had had a great deal of treatment from various doctors and had spent all that she had and had not been benefited at all but had actually grown worse,

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

Jesus instantly perceived that healing power had passed from him, and he turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?' "

and he immediately sent one of his guard with orders to get John's head.

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.

He immediately had his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he was dismissing the crowd.

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples asked him what he meant by this figure.

greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly??23 all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man."

He took him off by himself away from the crowd, and put his fingers in the man's ears, and touched his tongue with saliva.

In those days when a great crowd had gathered again and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them,

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

When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.

One of the crowd answered, "Master, I brought my son to you, for he is possessed by a dumb spirit,

Then Jesus, seeing that a crowd was rapidly gathering, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never enter him again!"

And whoever causes one of these humble believers to fall might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea.

But his face fell at Jesus' words, and he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

And Jesus called them to him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them;

but it is not to be so among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

And they came to Jericho. As he was leaving the town with his disciples and a great crowd, Timaeus' son Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside.

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be torn down."

But you must be on your guard; they will hand you over to courts and you will be taken into synagogues and beaten, and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to testify to them.

But you must be on your guard; I have told you all about it beforehand.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with great power and glory,

Just at that moment, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders.

And a crowd of people came up and started to ask him for the usual favor.

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to set Barabbas free for them instead.

And as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he set Barabbas free for them, and after having Jesus flogged handed him over to be crucified.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He will drink no wine or strong drink, but he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth,

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

and she gave a great cry, and said, "You are the most favored of women, And blessed is your child!

Her neighbors and relatives heard of the great mercy the Lord had shown her, and they came and congratulated her.

The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people,

But, I tell you, there were plenty of widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was closed for three years and a half, and there was a great famine all over the land,

Once as the crowd was pressing about him to hear God's message, he happened to be standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,

Yet the news about him spread more and more, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

And as they could find no way to get him in, on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his mat through the tiles, among the people in front of Jesus.

Then Levi gave a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great throng of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them.