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They were amazed at the way he taught, for he did not instruct them like the Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself.

and when they found him, they said, "Everybody is looking for you."

"See to it that you tell no one; instead, as a testimony to the people, go and let the cohen examine you, and offer for your cleansing what Moshe commanded."

As Yeshua was in Levi's house eating, many tax-collectors and sinners were sitting with Yeshua and his talmidim, for there were many of them among his followers.

And no one puts new wine in old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine is for freshly prepared wineskins."

He entered the House of God when Evyatar was cohen gadol and ate the Bread of the Presence," — which is forbidden for anyone to eat but the cohanim — "and even gave some to his companions."

Then he said to them, "Shabbat was made for mankind, not mankind for Shabbat;

Looking for a reason to accuse him of something, people watched him carefully to see if he would heal him on Shabbat.

Then, looking them over and feeling both anger with them and sympathy for them at the stoniness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Hold out your hand." As he held it out, it became restored.

He told his talmidim to have a boat ready for him, so that he could escape the crush of the crowd if necessary,

for he had healed many people, and all the sick kept pressing forward to touch him.

When his family heard about this, they set out to take charge of him; for they said, "He's out of his mind!"

For they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit in him."

Then his mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent a message asking for him.

A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you."

but they have no root in themselves. So they hold out for a while, but as soon as some trouble or persecution arises on account of the message, they immediately fall away.

For anyone who has something will be given more; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he does have will be taken away."

For Yeshua had already begun saying to him, "Unclean spirit, come out of this man!"

But Yeshua would not permit it. Instead, he said to him, "Go home to your people, and tell them how much Adonai in his mercy has done for you."

He went off and began proclaiming in the Ten Towns how much Yeshua had done for him, and everyone was amazed.