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But the rest said, "Wait! Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."

The women ran quickly from the tomb. They were very frightened but also filled with great joy, and they rushed to give the disciples the angel's message.

When they saw him, they worshiped him—but some of them doubted!

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!"

But Jesus reprimanded him. "Be quiet! Come out of the man," he ordered.

So Jesus healed many people who were sick with various diseases, and he cast out many demons. But because the demons knew who he was, he did not allow them to speak.

But Jesus replied, "We must go on to other towns as well, and I will preach to them, too. That is why I came."

But the man went and spread the word, proclaiming to everyone what had happened. As a result, large crowds soon surrounded Jesus, and he couldn't publicly enter a town anywhere. He had to stay out in the secluded places, but people from everywhere kept coming to him.

But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,

But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat with such scum?"

When Jesus heard this, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners."

But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

But the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?"

Then he turned to his critics and asked, "Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?" But they wouldn't answer him.

But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.

James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them "Sons of Thunder"),

But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, "He's possessed by Satan, the prince of demons. That's where he gets the power to cast out demons."

but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences."

But the plant soon wilted under the hot sun, and since it didn't have deep roots, it died.

He replied, "You are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables for everything I say to outsiders,