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So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves."

So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,

So they went and made the sepulchre secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

So they took the money and did as they were directed; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him."

But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them.

And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but new wine is for fresh skins."

so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath."

And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.

and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.

Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven."

yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."

And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.

So he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.

and besought him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live."