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"No one who has lit a lamp covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed; no, he puts it on a stand; so that those coming in may see the light.

So they set out; and as they were sailing, he fell asleep. A windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat began to fill up with water, putting them in great danger.

They went and woke him, saying, "Rabbi! Rabbi! We're about to die!" He woke up, rebuked the wind and the rough water; and they calmed down, so that it was still.

Now there was a herd of many pigs, feeding on the hill; and the demons begged him to let them go into these. So he gave them permission.

Then all the people of the Gerasene district asked him to leave them, for they had been seized with great fear. So he boarded the boat and returned.

Herod said, "I had Yochanan beheaded, so who is this about whom I keep hearing such things?" And he began trying to see him.

The day began to draw to a close. The Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away, so that they can go and get lodging and food in the towns and farms around here, because where we are is a remote place."

But they didn't understand what he meant by this. It had been concealed from them so that they would not grasp its meaning, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

Remember, I have given you authority; so you can trample down snakes and scorpions, indeed, all the Enemy's forces; and you will remain completely unharmed.

So he went up to him, put oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them. Then he set him on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.

But Marta was busy with all the work to be done; so, going up to him, she said, "Sir, don't you care that my sister has been leaving me to do all the work by myself?"

However, the Lord answered her, "Marta, Marta, you are fretting and worrying about so many things!

So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will the Father keep giving the Ruach HaKodesh from heaven to those who keep asking him!"

So if the Adversary too is divided against himself, how can his kingdom survive? I'm asking because you claim it is by Ba‘al-Zibbul that I drive out the demons.

If I drive out demons by Ba‘al-Zibbul, by whom do your people drive them out? So, they will be your judges!

Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they come and live there — so that in the end the person is worse off than he was before."

For just as Yonah became a sign to the people of Ninveh, so will the Son of Man be for this generation.

"No one who has kindled a lamp hides it or places it under a bowl; rather, he puts it on a stand, so that those coming in may see its light.

So take care that the light in you is not darkness!

As Yeshua spoke, a Parush asked him to eat dinner with him; so he went in and took his place at the table;