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but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

"It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE';

but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

"Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

"Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;

Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

When Jesus came into Peter's home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.