Stop Worrying^(A)

²⁵ “So I tell you to stop worrying about what you will eat, drink, or wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes?

²⁶ “Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or gather the harvest into barns. Yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

²⁷ “Can any of you add a single hour to your life by worrying?

²⁸ “And why worry about clothes? Notice how the flowers grow in the field. They never work or spin yarn for clothes. ²⁹ But I say that not even Solomon in all his majesty was dressed like one of these flowers. ³⁰ That’s the way God clothes the grass in the field. Today it’s alive, and tomorrow it’s thrown into an incinerator. So how much more will he clothe you people who have so little faith?

³¹ “Don’t ever worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ ³² Everyone is concerned about these things, and your heavenly Father certainly knows you need all of them. ³³ But first, be concerned about his kingdom and what has his approval. Then all these things will be provided for you.

³⁴ “So don’t ever worry about tomorrow. After all, tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Jesus Walks on the Sea^(A)

²² Yeshua quickly made his disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him while he sent the people away. ²³ After sending the people away, he went up a mountain to pray by himself. When evening came, he was there alone.

²⁴ The boat, now hundreds of yards from shore, was being thrown around by the waves because it was going against the wind.

²⁵ Between three and six o’clock in the morning, he came to them. He was walking on the sea. ²⁶ When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. They said, “It’s a ghost!” and began to scream because they were afraid.

²⁷ Immediately, Yeshua said, “Calm down! It’s me. Don’t be afraid!”

²⁸ Peter answered, “Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water.”

²⁹ Yeshua said, “Come!” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water toward Yeshua. ³⁰ But when he noticed how strong the wind was, he became afraid and started to sink. He shouted, “Lord, save me!”

³¹ Immediately, Yeshua reached out, caught hold of him, and said, “You have so little faith! Why did you doubt?”

³² When they got into the boat, the wind stopped blowing. ³³ The men in the boat bowed down in front of Yeshua and said, “You are truly the Son of God.”

Jesus Cures a Demon-Possessed Boy^(A)

¹⁴ When they came to a crowd, a man came up to Yeshua, knelt in front of him, ¹⁵ and said, “Sir, have mercy on my son. He suffers from seizures. Often he falls into fire or water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t cure him.”

¹⁷ Yeshua replied, “You unbelieving and corrupt generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!”

¹⁸ Yeshua ordered the demon to come out of the boy. At that moment the boy was cured.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Yeshua privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we force the demon out of the boy?”

²⁰ He told them, “Because you have so little faith. I can guarantee this truth: If your faith is the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”^[a]

Nazareth Rejects Jesus^(A)

6 Yeshua left that place and went to his hometown. His disciples followed him. ² When the day of worship came, he began to teach in the synagogue. He amazed many who heard him. They asked, “Where did this man get these ideas? Who gave him this kind of wisdom and the ability to do such great miracles? ³ Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they took offense at him.

⁴ But Yeshua told them, “The only place a prophet isn’t honored is in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own house.” ⁵ He couldn’t work any miracles there except to lay his hands on a few sick people and cure them. ⁶ Their unbelief amazed him.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve^(B)

Then Yeshua went around to the villages and taught.

⁵ If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do, you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn’t find fault with them. ⁶ When you ask for something, don’t have any doubts. A person who has doubts is like a wave that is blown by the wind and tossed by the sea. ⁷ A person who has doubts shouldn’t expect to receive anything from the Lord. ⁸ A person who has doubts is thinking about two different things at the same time and can’t make up his mind about anything.