9As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
1Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.2Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.”
28When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.
23Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.24Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.25The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
18When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
14When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.15But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.
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5When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,6“Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
1Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside.2Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”3Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.4Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, …
15“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.16You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?17A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.18A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good