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and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.”
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Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
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Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
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Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
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But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.
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Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.
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When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
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Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
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Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him,
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Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
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Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
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Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?
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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.
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Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.
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But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.
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Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
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But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
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The Twelve Apostles
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
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The Faith of the Centurion
When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum.
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The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.
