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"How terrible when everyone says only good things about you, because their ancestors said the same things about the false prophets.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without hoping to get anything back. Then you will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, because he is kind even to people who are ungrateful and full of sin.

That person is like a man building a house who dug deep and laid the foundation on rock. When the floods came, the water tried to wash the house away, but it could not shake it, because the house was built well.

So Jesus went with the men. He was getting near the officer's house when the officer sent friends to say, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, because I am not worthy to have you come into my house.

Those who do not stumble in their faith because of me are blessed!"

(When the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they all agreed that God's teaching was good, because they had been baptized by John.

Jesus said to the woman, "Because you believed, you are saved from your sins. Go in peace."

Some seed fell on rock, and when it began to grow, it died because it had no water.

He said this because Jesus was commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had taken hold of him. Though he had been kept under guard and chained hand and foot, he had broken his chains and had been forced by the demon out into a lonely place.

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Legion," because many demons were in him.

And people went to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, because the demons were gone. But the people were frightened.

All the people of the Gerasene country asked Jesus to leave, because they were all very afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and went back to Galilee.

When Jesus got back to Galilee, a crowd welcomed him, because everyone was waiting for him.

But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, because I felt power go out from me."

Jesus said to her, "Dear woman, you are made well because you believed. Go in peace."

All the people were crying and feeling sad because the girl was dead, but Jesus said, "Stop crying. She is not dead, only asleep."

The people laughed at Jesus because they knew the girl was dead.

Herod, the governor, heard about all the things that were happening and was confused, because some people said, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead."

Late in the afternoon, the twelve apostles came to Jesus and said, "Send the people away. They need to go to the towns and countryside around here and find places to sleep and something to eat, because no one lives in this place."

A man in the crowd shouted to him, "Teacher, please come and look at my son, because he is my only child.