Then Jesus said to them, “Undoubtedly, you will quote this saying to me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. Do here in your hometown what we’ve heard you did in Capernaum.’”

“Silence!” Jesus said, speaking harshly to the demon. “Come out of him!” The demon threw the man down before them, then came out of him without harming him.

James and John, Zebedee’s sons, were Simon’s partners and they were amazed too. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on, you will be fishing for people.”

Jesus ordered him not to tell anyone. “Instead,” Jesus said, “go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses instructed. This will be a testimony to them.”

Jesus calls a tax collector

Afterward, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

Jesus said to the legal experts and Pharisees, “Here’s a question for you: Is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

He stepped forward and touched the stretcher on which the dead man was being carried. Those carrying him stood still. Jesus said, “Young man, I say to you, get up.”

Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the largest debt canceled.” Jesus said, “You have judged correctly.”

Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

But Jesus said, “Someone touched me. I know that power has gone out from me.”

“Daughter, your faith has healed you,” Jesus said. “Go in peace.”

They were all crying and mourning for her, but Jesus said, “Don’t cry. She isn’t dead. She’s only sleeping.”

(They said this because about five thousand men were present.) Jesus said to his disciples, “Seat them in groups of about fifty.”

Jesus said to everyone, “All who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.

Jesus transformed

About eight days after Jesus said these things, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.

Everyone was overwhelmed by God’s greatness.

Jesus warns about his arrest

While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,

Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever is least among you all is the greatest.”

Then Jesus said to someone else, “Follow me.” He replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and spread the news of God’s kingdom.”

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand on the plow and looks back is fit for God’s kingdom.”

Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.”

When the crowds grew, Jesus said, “This generation is an evil generation. It looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except Jonah’s sign.

Jesus said, “How terrible for you legal experts too! You load people down with impossible burdens and you refuse to lift a single finger to help them.

Jesus said to him, “Man, who appointed me as judge or referee between you and your brother?”