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But Peter and those with him had gone to sleep. When they woke up, they saw His shining-greatness and the two men who stood with Him.

See, a demon takes him and makes him cry out. It takes hold of him and makes him shake. Spit runs from his mouth. He has marks on his body from being hurt. The demon does not want to go from him.

While the boy was coming, the demon threw him down and made him lose the use of his mind for awhile. Jesus spoke sharp words to the demon. He healed the child and gave him back to his father.

They were all surprised at the great power of God. They all were thinking about the special things Jesus had done. And Jesus said to His followers,

The people did not want Him there because they knew He was on His way to Jerusalem.

James and John, His followers, saw this. They said, "Lord, do You want us to speak so fire will come down from heaven and burn them up as Elijah did?"

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes. Birds of the sky have nests. The Son of Man has no place to put His head."

Jesus said to him, "Anyone who puts his hand on a plow and looks back at the things behind is of no use in the holy nation of God."

Jesus said to them, "There is much grain ready to gather. But the workmen are few. Pray then to the Lord Who is the Owner of the grain-fields that He will send workmen to gather His grain.

Stay in the same house. Eat and drink what they give you. The workman should have his thanks. Do not move from house to house.

Then He turned to His followers and said without anyone else hearing, "Happy are those who see what you see!

Jesus said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to the city of Jericho. Robbers came out after him. They took his clothes off and beat him. Then they went away, leaving him almost dead.

He got down and put oil and wine on the places where he was hurt and put cloth around them. Then the man from Samaria put this man on his own donkey. He took him to a place where people stay for the night and cared for him.

Jesus had been praying. One of His followers said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray as John the Baptist taught his followers."

If Satan is divided against himself, how will his nation stand? And yet you say I put out demons through Satan!

"When a strong man watches his house and is ready to fight, his things are safe.

When a stronger man comes along, he wins the fight. He takes away all the things to fight with that the man of the house had put his trust in. Then the stronger man takes anything he wants from the house.

As Jesus was talking, a proud religious law-keeper asked Him to eat with him. Jesus went to the man's house and took His place at the table.

At that time thousands of people gathered together. There were so many that they walked on each other. Jesus spoke to His twelve followers first, saying, "Look out! Have nothing to do with the yeast of the proud religious law-keepers which is pretending to be something it is not.

Jesus said to His followers, "Because of this, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you are going to eat. Do not worry about your body, what you are going to wear.