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Now as He approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

And the dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

And fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"

Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?"

And standing behind Him at His feet, crying, she began to wet His feet with her tears. And she kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

"The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.

And His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd.

Now it happened that on one of those days He and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they set sail.

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times, and he was bound with chains and shackles, being kept under guard. And yet breaking his bonds, he was driven by the demon into the desolate regions.

And the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting down at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he began to plead with Him to come to his house,

came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped.

(For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

And it happened that while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming.

who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He was about to fulfill at Jerusalem.

Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him.