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But now I tell you: if a man divorces his wife for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, then he is guilty of making her commit adultery if she marries again; and the man who marries her commits adultery also.

nor by earth, for it is the resting place for his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

And if one of the occupation troops forces you to carry his pack one mile, carry it two miles.

so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil.

But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.

"So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

"But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Jesus reached out and touched him. "I do want to," he answered. "Be clean!" At once the man was healed of his disease.

When Jesus noticed the crowd around him, he ordered his disciples to go to the other side of the lake.

Jesus got into a boat, and his disciples went with him.

Jesus got into the boat and went back across the lake to his own town,

Jesus left that place, and as he walked along, he saw a tax collector, named Matthew, sitting in his office. He said to him, "Follow me." Matthew got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and other outcasts came and joined Jesus and his disciples at the table.

Some Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with such people?"

So Jesus got up and followed him, and his disciples went along with him.

A woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak.

She said to herself, "If only I touch his cloak, I will get well."

As he saw the crowds, his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were worried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

So he said to his disciples, "The harvest is large, but there are few workers to gather it in.

Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest."