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And they brought to Him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man who was paralyzed, "Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven."

But when the crowds saw this, they were awestruck, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

And Jesus said to them, "The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

"Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

He said, "Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep." And they began laughing at Him.

And after He entered the house, the men who were blind came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."

But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout that land.

And as they were going out, behold, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to Him.

Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd.

"But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;

"It is enough for the disciple that he may become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they insult the members of his household!

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that occurred in you had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"—so that they might bring charges against Him.

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

"And if by Beelzebul I cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.