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And they jeered at him. But he put them all outside, took the child's father and mother and those with him, and went in where the child was.

On Shabbat he started to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They asked, "Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom he has been given? What are these miracles worked through him?

Isn't he just the carpenter? the son of Miryam? the brother of Ya‘akov and Yosi and Y'hudah and Shim‘on? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.

and if the people of some place will not welcome you, and they refuse to hear you, then, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them."

So they set out and preached that people should turn from sin to God,

they expelled many demons, and they anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

When Yochanan's talmidim heard of it, they came and took the body and laid it in a grave.

Those who had been sent out rejoined Yeshua and reported to him all they had done and taught.

There were so many people coming and going that they couldn't even take time to eat, so he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a place where we can be alone, and you can get some rest."

Send the people away, so that they can go and buy food for themselves in the farms and towns around here."

But he answered them, "Give them something to eat, yourselves!" They replied, "We are to go and spend thousands on bread, and give it to them to eat?"

He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and check." When they had found out, they said, "Five. And two fish."

and they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces and fish.

but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought it was a ghost and let out a shriek;

for they had all seen him and were terrified. However, he spoke to them. "Courage," he said, "it is I. Stop being afraid!"

He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,

After they had made the crossing, they landed at Ginosar and anchored.

and began running around throughout that whole region and bringing sick people on their stretchers to any place where they heard he was.

Wherever he went, in towns, cities or country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the tzitzit on his robe, and all who touched it were healed.

(For the P'rushim, and indeed all the Judeans, holding fast to the Tradition of the Elders, do not eat unless they have given their hands a ceremonial washing.