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“a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
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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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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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Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,
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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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The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
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Jesus Heals Many
As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
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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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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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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
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Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
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Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
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Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?
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But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,
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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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“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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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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Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
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Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
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Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
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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.
