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Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I do choose. Be made clean!"

At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves; and he said to them, "Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?

And as he sat at dinner in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus and his disciples—for there were many who followed him.

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?

He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions."

He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;

He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him;

When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind."

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.

But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.

Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him.

He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:

But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come."

he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

and he shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me."

They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet