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John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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“What should we do then?” the crowd asked.
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But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
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Jesus Calls His First Disciples
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.
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Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
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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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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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Blessings and Woes
He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,
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When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”
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Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son
Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.
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As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
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After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?
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While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:
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Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
Now Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd.
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Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
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because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
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“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
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but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
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Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
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He replied, “You give them something to eat.” They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.”
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Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
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Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.
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A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
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Jesus and Beelzebul
Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.
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As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
