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John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

"I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

And He was in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild animals, and the angels were serving Him.

Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and went away to follow Him.

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

saying, "What business do You have with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are: the Holy One of God!"

After throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.

And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him."

And immediately after they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and they immediately spoke to Jesus about her.

And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

And a man with leprosy came to Jesus, imploring Him and kneeling down, and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean."

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out with His hand and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."

And it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating with tax collectors and sinners?"

And Jesus said to them, "While the groom is with them, the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?"

He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!"

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

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might put Him to death.