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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
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as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”—
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I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
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Jesus Announces the Good News
After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
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“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
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“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
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“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
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Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
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Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”
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“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
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But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
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“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.
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And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
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In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
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Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
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but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
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Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
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He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
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Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
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“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.
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Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”
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The Parable of the Growing Seed
He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
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He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!”
