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Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to ^(a)His own city.

^(b)And they brought to Him a ^(c)paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "^(d)Take courage, ^[a]son; ^(e)your sins are forgiven."

And some of the scribes said ^[b]to themselves, "This fellow ^(f)blasphemes."

And Jesus ^(g)knowing their thoughts said, "Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?

Which is easier, to say, ‘^(h)Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, ‘Get up, and walk'?

But so that you may know that ⁽ⁱ⁾the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" —then He *said to the ^(j)paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home."

And he got up and ^[c]went home.

But when the crowds saw this, they were ^[d]awestruck, and ^(k)glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

^(l)As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called ^(m)Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He *said to him, "⁽ⁿ⁾Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.

Then it happened that as ^[e]Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and ^[f]sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "^(o)Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"

But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not ^(p)those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

But go and learn ^[g](q)what this means: ‘^(r)I desire ^[h] compassion , ^[i] and not sacrifice ,' for ^(s)I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, "Why do we and ^(t)the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"

And Jesus said to them, "The ^[j]attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

But no one puts ^[k]a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for ^[l]the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

^(u)While He was saying these things to them, ^[m]a synagogue ^[n]official came and ^[o](v)bowed down before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live."

Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.

And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched ^(w)the ^[p]fringe of His ^[q]cloak;

for she was saying ^[r]to herself, "If I only ^(x)touch His garment, I will ^[s]get well."

But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, ^(y)take courage; ^(z)your faith has ^[t]made you well." ^[u]At once the woman was ^[v]made well.

When Jesus came into the ^[w]official's house, and saw ^(aa)the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,

He said, "Leave; for the girl ^(ab)has not died, but is asleep." And they began laughing at Him.

But ^(ac)when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and ^(ad)took her by the hand, and the girl ^[x]got up.

^(ae)This news spread throughout all that land.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, "Have mercy on us, ^(af)Son of David!"

When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They *said to Him, "Yes, Lord."

Then He touched their eyes, saying, "^[y]It shall be done to you ^(ag)according to your faith."

And their eyes were opened. And Jesus ^(ah)sternly warned them: "See that no one knows about this!"

But they went out and ^(ai)spread the news about Him throughout all that land.

As they were going out, ^(aj)a mute, ^(ak)demon-possessed man ^[z]was brought to Him.

After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "^(al)Nothing like this has ^[aa]ever been seen in Israel."

But the Pharisees were saying, "He ^(am)casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."

Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, ^(an)teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

^(ao)Seeing the ^[ab]people, He felt compassion for them, ^(ap)because they were ^[ac]distressed and ^[ad]dispirited like sheep ^[ae]without a shepherd.

Then He *said to His disciples, "^(aq)The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."

Jesus ^(a)summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to ^(b)heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

^(c)Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, ^(d)Simon, who is called Peter, and ^(e)Andrew his brother; and ^[a](f)James the son of Zebedee, and ^[b]John his brother;

^(g)Philip and ^[c]Bartholomew; ^(h)Thomas and ⁽ⁱ⁾Matthew the tax collector; ^[d](j)James the son of Alphaeus, and ^(k)Thaddaeus;

Simon the ^[e]Zealot, and ^(l)Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.

^(m)These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: "Do not ^[f]go ^[g]in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the ⁽ⁿ⁾Samaritans;

but rather go to ^(o)the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And as you go, ^[h]preach, saying, ‘^(p)The kingdom of heaven ^[i]is at hand.'

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

^(q)Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts,

or a ^[j]bag for your journey, or even two ^[k]coats, or sandals, or a staff; for ^(r)the worker is worthy of his ^[l]support.

And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay ^[m]at his house until you leave that city.

As you enter the ^[n]house, ^(s)give it your ^[o]greeting.

If the house is worthy, ^[p]give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, ^[q]take back your blessing of peace.

Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, ^(t)shake the dust off your feet.

Truly I say to you, ^(u)it will be more tolerable for the land of ^(v)Sodom and Gomorrah in ^(w)the day of judgment than for that city.

"^(x)Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so ^[r]be ^(y)shrewd as serpents and ^(z)innocent as doves.

But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the ^(aa)courts and scourge you ^(ab)in their synagogues;

and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

^(ac)But when they hand you over, ^(ad)do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

For ^(ae)it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

"^(af)Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and ^(ag)children will rise up against parents and ^[s]cause them to be put to death.

^(ah)You will be hated by all because of My name, but ^(ai)it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

"But whenever they ^(aj)persecute you in ^[t]one city, flee to ^[u]the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel ^(ak)until the Son of Man comes.

"^(al)A ^[v]disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. ^(am)If they have called the head of the house ^[w](an)Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

"Therefore do not ^(ao)fear them, ^(ap)for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

^(aq)What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim ^(ar)upon the housetops.

Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather ^(as)fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in ^[x](at)hell.

^(au)Are not two sparrows sold for a ^[y]cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

But ^(av)the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

So do not fear; ^(aw)you are more valuable than many sparrows.

"Therefore ^(ax)everyone who ^[z]confesses Me before men, I will also confess ^[aa]him before My Father who is in heaven.

But ^(ay)whoever ^[ab]denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

"^(az)Do not think that I came to ^[ac]bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

For I came to ^(ba) set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law ;

and ^(bb) a man's enemies will be the members of his household .

"^(bc)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

And ^(bd)he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

^(be)He who has found his ^[ad]life will lose it, and he who has lost his ^[ae]life for My sake will find it.

"^(bf)He who receives you receives Me, and ^(bg)he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

^(bh)He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

And ^(bi)whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these ^[af]little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."