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

Now on one of those days Jesus 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 launched out.

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 and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.

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 became frightened.

And there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus' feet, and began to implore Him to come to his house;

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

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

And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must 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 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 accomplish 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.

While he was still approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. But while everyone was marveling at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples,

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,

When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem;

When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

And 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."

But Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."