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So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!Genesis 6:5; 8:21;">[xr]

So by their fruit you will know them."

So JesusHe">[fn] reached out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do want to. Be made clean!" And instantly his leprosy was made clean.

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat began to be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesushe">[fn] kept sleeping.Mark 4:37; Luke 8:23;">[xr]

When Jesushe">[fn] arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes,Gergesenes; still other mss. read Gadarenes">[fn] two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26;">[xr]

So the demons began to plead with Jesus,him">[fn] saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

So the manhe">[fn] got up and went home.

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and said to him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27;">[xr]

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

So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."2 Thessalonians 3:1;">[xr]

Then Jesushe">[fn] called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.Mark 3:13-14; 6:7; Luke 6:13; 9:1;">[xr]

"See, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.Luke 10:3; Romans 16:19; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 5:15; Philippians 2:15;">[xr]

So when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. For truly I tell you, you certainly will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.Matthew 2:13; 4:12; 12:15; 16:28; Acts 8:1; 9:25; 14:6;">[xr]

"So never be afraid of them. For there is nothing covered that will not be exposed, and nothing secret that will not be made known.Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; 12:2-3;">[xr]

So stop beingdon't be">[fn] afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."

How much more is a human being worth than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. JesusHe">[fn] healed him so that the manthe man who was unable to talk">[fn] could speak and see.Matthew 9:32; Mark 3:11; Luke 11:14;">[xr]

So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand?

So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven,will be forgiven to people">[fn] but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.Mark 3:28; Luke 12:10; Acts 7:51; Hebrews 6:4; 1 John 5:16;">[xr]

For just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights,Jonah 1:17">[fn] so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.Jonah 1:17;">[xr]