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They said to her, "But you don't have any relative with that name!"

but the angel said to them, "Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people.

When the festival was over, they started back home, but the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. His parents did not know this;

But they did not understand his answer.

So John said to all of them, "I baptize you with water, but someone is coming who is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

He has his winnowing shovel with him, to thresh out all the grain and gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out."

But John reprimanded Governor Herod, because he had married Herodias, his brother's wife, and had done many other evil things.

But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, ‘Human beings cannot live on bread alone.'"

But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Yet Elijah was not sent to anyone in Israel, but only to a widow living in Zarephath in the territory of Sidon.

And there were many people suffering from a dreaded skin disease who lived in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha; yet not one of them was healed, but only Naaman the Syrian."

but he walked through the middle of the crowd and went his way.

But he said to them, "I must preach the Good News about the Kingdom of God in other towns also, because that is what God sent me to do."

"Master," Simon answered, "we worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say so, I will let down the nets."

Jesus ordered him, "Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice as Moses ordered."

But the news about Jesus spread all the more widely, and crowds of people came to hear him and be healed from their diseases.

But he would go away to lonely places, where he prayed.

Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.

I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts."

Some people said to Jesus, "The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but your disciples eat and drink."