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Jesus said, "Go. You are healed because you believed." Immediately the man was able to see again. He followed Jesus down the road.

He saw a fig tree with leaves. So he went to the tree to see if it had any figs growing on it. But he found no figs on the tree. There were only leaves, because it was not the right time for figs to grow.

When the leading priests and the teachers of the law heard what Jesus said, they began trying to find a way to kill him. They were afraid of him because all the people were amazed at his teaching.

But we can't say that John's baptism was from someone else." (These leaders were afraid of the people, because the people believed that John was a prophet.)

Jesus answered, "How could you be so wrong? It's because you don't know what the Scriptures say. And you don't know anything about God's power.

So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people. You Sadducees are so wrong!"

All people will hate you because you follow me. But those who remain faithful to the end will be saved.

because those days will be full of trouble. There will be more trouble than has ever happened since the beginning, when God made the world. And nothing that bad will ever happen again.

Again Peter said it was not true. A short time later, the people standing there said, "We know you are one of them, because you are from Galilee."

Pilate knew that the leading priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous of him.

The women were very afraid and confused. They left the tomb and ran away. They did not tell about what happened, because they were afraid.

Later, Jesus appeared to the eleven followers while they were eating. He criticized them because they had so little faith. They were stubborn and refused to believe the people who said Jesus had risen from death.

Now, listen! You will not be able to talk until the day when these things happen. You will lose your speech because you did not believe what I told you. But everything I said will really happen."

The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, because God is very pleased with you.

Great blessings are yours because you believed what the Lord said to you! You believed this would happen."

I am very happy because God is my Savior.

When the baby was eight days old, they came to circumcise him. They wanted to name him Zechariah because this was his father's name.

So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Galilee, and went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea. It was known as the town of David. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David.

Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (She was now pregnant.)

She gave birth to her first son. She wrapped him up well and laid him in a box where cattle are fed. She put him there because the guest room was full.