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John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
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And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
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Jesus Calls His First Disciples
As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
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When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.
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The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
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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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Simon and his companions went to look for him,
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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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Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?
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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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While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
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When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
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He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
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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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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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Crowds Follow Jesus
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
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Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
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James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”),
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Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
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When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
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And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come.
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He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
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“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
