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At sunset all who had friends suffering from any illness brought them to Him, and He laid His hands on them all, one by one, and cured them.

(For he was astonished and terrified--he and all his companions--at the haul of fish which they had taken;

On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, "Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

Reaching out His hand and touching him, Jesus said, "I am willing; be cleansed!" And instantly the leprosy left him.

Instantly he stood up in their presence, took up the mattress on which he had been lying, and went away to his home, giving glory to God.

Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them.

This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"

Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.

"Have you never read so much as this," answered Jesus--"what David did when he and his followers were hungry;

how he entered the house of God and took and ate the Presented Loaves and gave some to his followers--loaves which none but the Priests are allowed to eat?"

When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.

These were Simon, to whom also He had given the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

Then fixing His eyes upon His disciples, Jesus said to them, "Blessed are you poor, because the Kingdom of God is yours.

There is no disciple who is superior to his teacher; but every one whose instruction is complete will be like his teacher.

A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master, was ill and at the point of death;

and the Captain, hearing about Jesus, sent to Him some of the Jewish Elders, begging Him to come and restore his servant to health.

for he loves our nation, and at his own expense he built our synagogue for us."

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.