So the news about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were sick with various diseases, especially those who were suffering with torturing diseases; and he cured them.

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.

For the heathen are greedily pursuing all such things; and surely your heavenly Father well knows that you need them all.

When He went into Peter's house, He saw his mother-in-law lying in bed sick with fever.

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and at a mere word He drove the spirits out, and cured all who were sick,

When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

And the crowds saw it, and were stricken with awe, and gave praise to God for giving such power to men.

And when He heard it, He said, "It is not well, but sick people that have to send for a doctor.

Nobody sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat, for such a patch would tear away from the coat, and the hole would be bigger than ever.

Keep on curing the sick, raising the dead, healing lepers, and driving out demons. You received and gave no pay; you must give and take none.

and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and the heathen.

Anybody who gains his lower life will lose the higher life, and anybody who loses his lower life for my sake will gain the higher life.

Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man as such will receive the same reward as the upright man.

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

He went to His own home town, and kept teaching in their synagogue in such a way that they were dumbfounded, and said, "Where did He get this wisdom and this power to do such wonder-works?

So when He got out of the boat and saw a great crowd, His heart was moved with pity for them, and He cured their sick people.

And the men of that place recognized Him, and sent into all the countryside and brought to Him all who were sick,

But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you?

is under no obligation at all to help his parent.' So you have set aside what God has said for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

The disciples said to Him, "Where in this destitute place can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.

and whoever welcomes one little child like this for my sake welcomes me.

A curse on the world for such influences to do wrong! For they must come, but a curse on the man from whom these influences come!

For some are born incapable of marriage, 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 little children alone, and stop preventing them from coming to me, for to such as these the kingdom of heaven belongs."

And everyone who has given up home or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and in addition will be in possession of eternal life.

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

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

"And immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming 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 points of the compass, from one end of the sky to the other.

Sky and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away.

when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'

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

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then they will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or needing clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait on you?'

When the disciples saw it, they were very indignant, and said, "Why such waste?

Jesus answered him, "Yes, I am. But I tell you, you will all soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

In the evening, when the sun had gone down, they kept on bringing to Him all the people who were sick or under the power of demons,

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

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor. It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him!

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

King Herod heard of Him, for His name was now on everybody's lips, and people were saying that John the Baptist had risen from the dead, and that this was why such mighty powers were working in Him.

and hurried all over the countryside and began to bring the sick to Him on their pallets, wherever they heard He was.

And whatever villages or towns or country places He came to, they would lay the sick in the market-places and beg Him to let them touch just the tassel of His coat, and everybody that touched it was cured.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

So you must be on the lookout for yourselves; they will turn you over to courts, and to synagogues where you will be beaten, and you must appear before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

for there will be such misery at that time as has never been since the beginning of God's creation, and never will be again.

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of the people chosen as His own He has cut them short.

the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

Then He will send out His angels, and gather His chosen people from the four points of the compass, from one end of the sky to the other.

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

But some of the guests were indignantly saying to themselves, "Why was such a waste of the perfume made?

Jesus said, "Yes, I am, and you will all 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; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."

As the sun was setting, all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to Him. Then He continued to lay His hands upon them one by one and cured them.

But Jesus answered them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor.

Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you, and spurn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

There was a Roman captain who had a slave that was very dear to him, and he was sick and at the point of death,

and then He sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to cure the sick.

So Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who can this be about whom I hear such reports?" So he was trying to see Him.

For whoever chooses to save his lower life will lose his higher life, but whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will save his higher life.

to cure the sick there, and to say, 'The kingdom of God is close upon you.'

But continue to seek His will, and these things will be yours besides.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret day by day the look of earth and sky. Then how is it that you do not know how to interpret the present crisis?

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be when He comes.

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the people that are lost."

and said to Him, "Tell us what sort of authority you have for doing as you do, or who is it that gave you such authority?"

There will be great earthquakes and pestilences and famines in various places, and there will be dreadful portents and awful signs in the sky.

But before all this takes place, people will arrest you and persecute you, and turn you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

for I will give you such wisdom of speech as all your opponents combined will not be able to resist and refute.

men fainting with fear and apprehension of the things that are to come upon the world, for the powers of the sky will be shaken.

Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

So the high priests and the scribes continued to seek how they might put Him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

He in turn accepted their offer and began to seek a favorable opportunity to betray Him to them without exciting an uprising.

but their eyes were in such a state as to keep them from recognizing Him.

But a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the real worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality, for the Father is looking for just such worshipers.

So He came back to Cana in Galilee where He had turned the water into wine. Now there was at Capernaum an officer of the king's court whose son was sick.

and in these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people, blind, crippled, paralyzed.

The sick man answered, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved, but while I am trying to get down, somebody else steps down ahead of me."

This is why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He persisted in doing such things on the Sabbath.

How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?

And a vast crowd continued to follow Him, for they pressed on to view the wonder-works which He performed for the sick people.

In our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now, what do you say?"

Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, such glory amounts to nothing. It is the Father who glorifies me; and you claim that He is your God.

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a sinful man perform such wonder- works?" So there was a difference of opinion among them.

All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them.

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

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

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, listen! the one you love so well is sick."

But when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed over for two days in the place where He was.

and I am glad for your sake that I was not there so that you may come to have real faith in me. But let us go to him."

yes, I knew that you always listen to me. But I have said this for the sake of the crowd that is standing by, that they may come to believe that you have sent me."

Jesus answered, "This voice did not come for my sake, but for yours.

And so for their sake I am consecrating myself, that they too may be consecrated by truth.

Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would have been fighting to keep me from being turned over to the Jews. But as a matter of fact, my kingdom does not come from such a source."