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Then Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.

but Jesus walked through the crowd and went on his way.

They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.

When the sun went down, the people brought those who were sick to Jesus. Putting his hands on each sick person, he healed every one of them.

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man and said, "I will. Be healed!" Immediately the disease disappeared.

But because there were so many people there, they could not find a way in. So they went up on the roof and lowered the man on his mat through the ceiling into the middle of the crowd right before Jesus.

At once the man stood up before them, picked up his mat, and went home, praising God.

Then Levi gave a big dinner for Jesus at his house. Many tax collectors and other people were eating there, too.

One Sabbath day Jesus was walking through some fields of grain. His followers picked the heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

Jesus looked around at all of them and said to the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held out his hand, and it was healed.

The next morning, Jesus called his followers to him and chose twelve of them, whom he named apostles:

Simon (Jesus named him Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who later turned Jesus over to his enemies.

Jesus and the apostles came down from the mountain, and he stood on level ground. A large group of his followers was there, as well as many people from all around Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast cities of Tyre and Sidon.

Jesus looked at his followers and said, "You people who are poor are blessed, because the kingdom of God belongs to you.

But the one who hears my words and does not obey is like a man who built his house on the ground without a foundation. When the floods came, the house quickly fell and was completely destroyed."

When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask Jesus to come and heal his servant.

Soon afterwards Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his followers and a large crowd traveled with him.

And the son sat up and began to talk. Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

All the people were amazed and began praising God, saying, "A great prophet has come to us! God has come to help his people."