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

When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.

Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever.

In the evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove the spirits out with a word, and cured all who were sick,

Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

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

But he heard it, and said, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor!

Cure the sick, raise the dead, heal lepers, drive out demons. Give without payment, just as you received without payment.

Whoever gains his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will gain it.

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.

and went to his own part of the country. And he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished, and said, "Where did he get this wisdom, and the power to do these wonders?

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.

And the men of the place recognized him, and sent all over that district and brought to him all who were sick,

But he answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of what has been handed down to you?

does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

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

Alas for the world for such hindrances! They have to come, but alas for the man who causes them!

For some are incapable of marriage from their birth, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not try to keep them from coming to me, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as they are."

And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.

"Why do you put me to such a test, you hypocrites? Show me the poll-tax coin!" And they brought him a denarius.

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's people those days will be cut short.

"But immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces of the sky will shake.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will lament when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, in all his power and splendor.

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet-call, and they will gather his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Earth and sky will pass away but my words will never pass away.

when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

When did we see you sick or in prison, and go to see you?'

when I was a stranger, you did not invite me home, when I had no clothes, you did not supply me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then they in their turn will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or in need of clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait upon you?'

Jesus said to him, "It is true. But I tell you you will soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming upon the clouds of the sky!"

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed, sick with a fever, and they immediately told him about her.

In the evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons,

And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and he would not let the demons speak, because they knew that he was Christ.

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

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

With many such figures he told them the message, as far as they were able to receive it.

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?

He could not do any wonder there, except that he put his hands on a few sick people and cured them.

and drove out many demons, and cured many sick people by anointing them with oil.

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

And whatever village or town or farm he went to, they would lay their sick in the market-place and beg him to let them touch just the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched it were cured.

and so you nullify what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many such practices."

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

Should we pay it, or refuse to pay it?" But he saw through their pretense, and said to them, "Why do you put me to such a test? Bring me a denarius to look at."

for there will be such misery in those days as there has never been since the beginning of God's creation until now, and never will be again.

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of his own chosen people he has cut the days short.

and the stars will fall from the sky and the forces in the sky will shake.

Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will not.

But Jesus said, "I am! and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming in the clouds of the sky!"

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."

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,

As the sun went down all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and cured them.

So they did so, and inclosed such a shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

Jesus answered them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor.

A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death.

When Jesus heard this, he was astonished at him, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such faith as this even in Israel!"

and he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.

But Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who can this be about whom I hear such reports?" And he endeavored to see him.

and cure the sick there, and say to them, 'The Kingdom of God is close upon you!'

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the look of the earth and sky; and why can you not interpret this present time?

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, that will be the way with the Son of Man.

But Jesus called them up to him and said, "Let the children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

and said to him, "Tell us what authority you have for doing as you do, or who gave you any such authority?"

There will be great earthquakes, and pestilence and famine here and there. There will be horrors and great signs in the sky.

for I will give you such wisdom of utterance as none of your opponents will be able to resist or dispute.

Men will swoon with fear and foreboding of what is to happen to the world, for the forces in the sky will shake.

Earth and sky will pass away, but my words will not.

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

But a time is coming??t is already here!??hen the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and sincerity, for the Father wants such worshipers.

So he came back to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. There was at Capernaum one of the king's officials whose son was sick.

In these there used to lie a great number of people who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.

There was one man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

The sick man answered, "I have nobody, sir, to put me into the pool when the water stirs, but while I am getting down someone else steps in ahead of me."

because they could see the signs he showed in what he did for the sick.

But I do not seek honor for myself; there is someone who seeks it for me, and is the judge of it.

Jesus answered, "If I show special honor to myself, such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who shows me honor. You say he is your God,

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

Now a man named Lazarus was sick; he lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

It was the Mary who poured perfume upon the Master and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus: "Master, your friend is sick."

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on for two days in the place where he was,

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

though I knew that you always listen to me. But I have said this for the sake of the people that are standing around me that they may believe that you have made me your messenger."

Father, honor your own name!" Then there came a voice from the sky, "I have honored it, and I will honor it again!"

Jesus answered, "It was not for my sake that the voice came, but for yours.

I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father.

Now, Father, do such honor to me in your presence as I had done me there before the world existed.

And it is for their sake that I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated by truth.

Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not a kingdom of this world. If my kingdom were a kingdom of this world, my men would have fought to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom has no such origin."

And while they were gazing after him into the sky, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them,

and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been caught up from you into heaven will come in just the way that you have seen him go up to heaven."

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

I will show wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth below, Blood and fire and thick smoke.

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?

As long as it was unsold was it not yours, and after it was sold was not the money under your control? How could you think of doing such a thing? You did not lie to men but to God!"

Peter said to her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for such and such a sum?" "Yes," she said, "that was it."

so that people would carry their sick out into the streets, and lay them down on beds and mats, to have at least Peter's shadow fall on some of them as he went by.

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.