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Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
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Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
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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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That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed.
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and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.
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So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
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He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.
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and to have authority to drive out demons.
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And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
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but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
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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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Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.
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The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.”
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When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well.
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As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.
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So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
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Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.
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She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
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While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
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He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”
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They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
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John the Baptist Beheaded
King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”
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That Which Defiles
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
