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happened.” And the young servant was healed
that same hour.
Jesus Heals Many People
14 When J
esus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s
mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high
fever. 15 But when Jesus touched her hand, the
fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a
meal for him.
16 That evening many d
emon-possessed
people were brought to J esus. He cast out
the evil spirits with a simple command, and
he healed all the sick. 17 This fulfilled the word
of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who
said,
“He took our sicknesses
and removed our diseases.”
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he
instructed his disciples to cross to the other
side of the lake.
19 Then one of the teachers of religious law
said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wher
ever you go.”
20 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live
in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has
no place even to lay his head.”
21Another of his disciples said, “Lord, first let
me return home and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let the
spiritually dead bury their own dead.”
Jesus Calms the Storm
23 Then
Jesus got into the boat and started
across the lake with his disciples. 24Suddenly, a
fierce storm struck the lake, with waves break
ing into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The
disciples went and woke him up, shouting,
“Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26 Jesus responded, “Why are you afraid?
You have so little faith!” Then he got up and
rebuked the wind and waves, and suddenly
there was a great calm.
27 The disciples were amazed. “Who is this
man?” they asked. “Even the winds and waves
obey him!”
Jesus Heals Two Demon-Possessed Men
28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the
lake, in the region of the Gadar enes, two men
who were possessed by demons met him. They
came out of the tombs and were so violent that
no one could go through that area.
29 They began screaming at him, “Why are
you interfering with us, Son of God? Have
you come here to torture us before God’s ap
pointed time?”
30 There happened to be a large herd of
pigs feeding in the distance. 31So the demons
begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that
herd of pigs.”
32“All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So
the demons came out of the men and entered
the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the
steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the
water.
33 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town, tell
ing everyone what happened to the d
emon-
possessed men. 34 Then the entire town came
out to meet J esus, but they begged him to go
away and leave them alone.
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
Jesus climbed into a boat and went back
across the lake to his own town. 2 Some
people brought to him a paralyzed man on a
mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the para
lyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins
are forgiven.”
3 But some of the teachers of religious law
said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does
he think he’s God?”
4 Jesus knew what they were thinking, so
he asked them, “Why do you have such evil
thoughts in your hearts? 5 Is it easier to say
‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and
walk’? 6 So I will prove to you that the Son of
Man has the authority on earth to forgive
sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed
man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat,
and go home!”
7And the man jumped up and went home!
8 Fear swept through the crowd as they saw
this happen. And they praised God for giving
humans such authority.
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Jesus Calls Matthew
9As J
esus was walking along, he saw a man
named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s
booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus
said to him. So Matthew got up and followed
him.
10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his dis
ciples to his home as dinner guests, along
with many tax collectors and other disrepu
table sinners. 11 But when the Pharisees saw
this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your
teacher eat with such scum?”
12 When J
esus heard this, he said, “Healthy
people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”
