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Jesus Christ » History of » Journeys toward jerusalem to attend the passover; heals many who are diseased, and teaches the people (in peraea)
It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan. A great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.
On leaving that place Jesus came into the borders of Judea, on the other side of the Jordan, Once more the people flocked about him, and again, as usual, he began teaching them.
Once he was teaching in one of the synagogues, on the Sabbath, a woman was present who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. she was bent double, and could not lift herself up at all. Jesus noticed her and called to him and said, "Woman, you are free from your weakness." read more.
Then he placed his hand on her, and she instantly stood upright and began to give glory to God. But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day." But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water, "and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?" As he said this, all adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd rejoiced for the glorious things that he continually did. This led him to say. "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? "It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches." And again he said: "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? "It is like leaven which a took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened." So he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching as he journeyed toward Jerusalem. And a man came behind him and said, "Lord are there but few that are saved?" "Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able, "when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply. "Then you will begin saying, 'But we have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets.' "But he will answer. "'I tell you I do not know were you came from; "'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out. "And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. "And lo, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last." That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you." "Go, tell that fox," he answered, "'Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.' "Yet I must continue my journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it would never do for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem! "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! "Behold! Your house is left to you, desolate! I tell you that you shall never see me again until you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord,"
Then he placed his hand on her, and she instantly stood upright and began to give glory to God. But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day." But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water, "and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?" As he said this, all adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd rejoiced for the glorious things that he continually did. This led him to say. "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? "It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches." And again he said: "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? "It is like leaven which a took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened." So he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching as he journeyed toward Jerusalem. And a man came behind him and said, "Lord are there but few that are saved?" "Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able, "when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply. "Then you will begin saying, 'But we have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets.' "But he will answer. "'I tell you I do not know were you came from; "'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out. "And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. "And lo, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last." That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you." "Go, tell that fox," he answered, "'Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.' "Yet I must continue my journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it would never do for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem! "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! "Behold! Your house is left to you, desolate! I tell you that you shall never see me again until you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord,"
Multitudes » The multitudes follow Christ
Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;
Meanwhile when myriads of the multitudes were thronging around him so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, first of all. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee, which is hypocrisy.
Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food.
Great crowds followed him from Galilee, from the ten towns, from Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.
A great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.
Then Jesus went again to the seaside, and the whole crowd kept coming to him, and he taught them.
Popularity of Christ » The multitudes follow him
Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;
Meanwhile when myriads of the multitudes were thronging around him so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, first of all. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee, which is hypocrisy.
Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food.
Great crowds followed him from Galilee, from the ten towns, from Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.
A great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.
Then Jesus went again to the seaside, and the whole crowd kept coming to him, and he taught them.