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And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

Matthew 9

And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.