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The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

They will throw them into the fiery furnace , where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house."

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

They said to him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish."

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, "It's a ghost!" and cried out with fear.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .'"

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?"

Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven—and a few small fish."

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.