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And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority.

Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean."

And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him.

but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

And after looking around at them all he said to him, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored.

And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles:

Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon,

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.

As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her.