27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David! "  *

28 When he entered the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe*that I can do this? "

They said to him, "Yes, Lord."

29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "Let it be done for you according to your faith."30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, "Be sure that no one finds out."*31 But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that whole area.

29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.  *30 There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! " 31 The crowd demanded that they keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! "  *

32 Jesus stopped, called them, and said, "What do you want me to do for you? "

33 "Lord," they said to him, "open our eyes." 34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed him.

22 They came to Bethsaida.  * They brought a blind  * man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting  * on his eyes and laying his hands on  * him, he asked him, "Do you see anything? "

24 He looked up and said, "I see people — they look like trees walking."  *

25 Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. 26 Then he sent  * him home, saying, "Don’t even go into the village."*,*

31 Again, leaving the region of Tyre,  * he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,  * through  * the region of the Decapolis.  *32 They brought to him a deaf  * man who had difficulty speaking  * and begged Jesus to lay his hand on  * him. 33 So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man’s ears and spitting,  * he touched his tongue. 34 Looking up to heaven,  * he sighed deeply and said to him, "Ephphatha! "  * (that is, "Be opened! "). 35 Immediately his ears were opened,  * his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.  *36 He ordered them to tell no one,  * but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.  *

37 They were extremely astonished and said, "He has done everything well.  * He even makes the deaf  * hear and the mute speak."  *

46 They  * came to Jericho.  * And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind  * beggar,  * was sitting by the road.  *47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,  * he began to cry out, "Jesus, Son of David,  * have mercy  * on me! "  *48 Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, "Have mercy on me,  * Son of David! "

49 Jesus stopped and said, "Call him."

So they called the blind man and said to him, "Have courage!  * Get up; he’s calling for you." 50 He threw off his coat,  * jumped up, and came to Jesus.

51 Then Jesus answered him, "What do you want*me to do for you? "

"Rabboni,"*,* the blind man said to him, "I want to see."

52 Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has saved you."* Immediately he could see and began to follow Jesus on the road.

35 As  * he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. 36 Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what was happening. 37 "Jesus of Nazareth  * is passing by," they told him.

38 So he called out,  * "Jesus, Son of David,  * have mercy  * on me! " 39 Then those in front told him to keep quiet,  * but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me! "

40 Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to him. When he came closer, he asked him, 41 "What do you want me to do for you? "

"Lord," he said, "I want to see."

42 "Receive your sight,"* Jesus told him. "Your faith has saved you."*43 Instantly he could see, and he began to follow him, glorifying God.  * All the people,  * when they saw it, gave praise to God.

1 As he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi,  * who sinned, this man  * or his parents,  * that he was born blind? "

3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," Jesus answered. "This came about so that God’s works*might be displayed in him.4 We*must do the works*of him who sent me*while it is day.*Night is coming when no one can work.5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."*

6 After he said these things he spit on the ground, made some mud  * from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes. 7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the pool of Siloam"* (which means "Sent"). So he left, washed, and came back seeing.  *

2 Right away  * a man with leprosy  * came up and knelt before him,  * saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

3 Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, "I am willing; be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 Then Jesus told him, "See that you don’t tell anyone;*but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."*

2 Just then  * some men  * brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, "Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven."*

3 At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, "He’s blaspheming! "  *

4 Perceiving their thoughts,  * Jesus said, "Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?*5 For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"  — then he told the paralytic, "Get up, take your stretcher, and go home."7 So he got up and went home.

10 There he saw a man who had a shriveled hand, and in order to accuse him they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? "  *

11 He replied to them, "Who among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?*12 A person is worth far more than a sheep;*so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath."

13 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out, and it was restored,  * as good as the other.

30 Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. 31 So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up.  * The fever  * left her,  * and she began to serve  * them.  *

40 Then  * a man with leprosy  *,* came to him and, on his knees,  *,* begged him, "If you are willing, you can make me clean."  *41 Moved with compassion,  *,* Jesus reached out his hand and touched  * him. "I am willing," he told him. "Be made clean."42 Immediately the leprosy  * left him, and he was made clean.

3 They came to him bringing a paralytic,  * carried by four of them. 4 Since they were not able to bring him to  * Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5 Seeing their faith,  * Jesus told the paralytic, "Son, your sins*are forgiven."*

6 But some of the scribes  * were sitting there, questioning  * in their hearts: 7 "Why does he speak like this? He’s blaspheming!  * Who can forgive  * sins  * but God alone? "  *

8 Right away  * Jesus perceived in his spirit  * that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?9 Which is easier:*to say to the paralytic,*‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat, and walk’?*10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man*has authority*on earth to forgive sins"*  — he told the paralytic — 11 "I tell you: get up,*take your mat, and go home."

12 Immediately he got up, took the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded  * and gave glory  * to God,  * saying, "We have never seen anything like this! "  *

1 Jesus  * entered the synagogue  * again, and a man was there who had a shriveled  * hand. 2 In order to accuse  * him, they were watching him closely  * to see whether he would heal  * him on the Sabbath.  *3 He told the man with the shriveled hand, "Stand before us."4 Then he said to them, "Is it lawful*to do good*on the Sabbath or to do evil,*to save life*or to kill? "* But they were silent.  *5 After looking around at them with anger,  * he was grieved at the hardness  * of their hearts and told the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.  *

12 While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy  * all over him.  * He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

13 Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him,  * saying, "I am willing; be made clean," and immediately the leprosy left him.

18 Just then some men came,  * carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before him. 19 Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

20 Seeing their faith he said, "Friend,*your sins are forgiven."

21 Then the scribes and the Pharisees  * began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? "  *

22 But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, "Why are you thinking this in your hearts?*23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"  — he told the paralyzed man, "I tell you: Get up, take your stretcher, and go home."

25 Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.  *

6 On another Sabbath  * he entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was shriveled. 7 The scribes and Pharisees were watching him closely,  * to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against him.  *8 But he knew their thoughts  * and told the man with the shriveled hand, "Get up and stand here."* So he got up and stood there. 9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? "*10 After looking around at them all,  * he told him, "Stretch out your hand."* He did, and his hand was restored.  *

1 When he had concluded saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum.  *2 A centurion’s servant, who was highly valued by him, was sick and about to die. 3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, requesting him to come and save the life of his servant. 4 When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to grant this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue."  *

6 Jesus went with them, and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, "Lord, don’t trouble yourself, since I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I didn’t even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.  *,*8 For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. 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."

9 Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel."10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.

11 a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit  *,* for over eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.  *12 When Jesus saw her, he called out to her,  *"Woman, you are free of your disability."13 Then he laid his hands on her,  * and instantly she was restored  * and began to glorify God.  *

1 One Sabbath, when he went in to eat  * at the house of one of the leading Pharisees,  * they were watching him closely.  *2 There in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid. 3 In response, Jesus asked the law experts  * and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not? "*4 But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

11 While traveling to Jerusalem,  * he passed between  * Samaria and Galilee.  *12 As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy  *,* met him. They stood at a distance 13 and raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master,  * have mercy on us! "

14 When he saw them, he told them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests."* And while they were going, they were cleansed.

15 But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.  *16 He fell facedown  * at his feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan.  *

17 Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?18 Didn’t any return to give glory to God except this foreigner? "19 And he told him, "Get up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you."*,*

1 After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  *2 By the Sheep Gate  * in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda  * in Aramaic, which has five colonnades. 3 Within these lay a large number of the disabled — blind, lame, and paralyzed.  *

5 One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realized he had already been there a long time,  * he said to him, "Do you want to get well? "

7 "Sir,"  * the disabled man answered, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me."

8 "Get up," Jesus told him, "pick up your mat and walk."9 Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.

Now that day was the Sabbath,  *

46 He went again to Cana  * of Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.  *47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea  * into Galilee, he went to him and pleaded with him to come down and heal his son, since he was about to die.

48 Jesus told him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders,*you will not believe."*

49 "Sir,"  * the official said to him, "come down before my boy dies."

50 "Go," Jesus told him, "your son will live." The man believed what  * Jesus said to him and departed.

51 While he was still going down, his servants met him saying that his boy was alive. 52 He asked them at what time he got better. "Yesterday at one in the afternoon  * the fever left him," they answered. 53 The father  * realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." So he himself believed, along with his whole household.

54 Now this was also the second sign  * Jesus performed after he came from Judea to Galilee.  *

20 Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years approached from behind and touched the end of his robe,  *21 for she said to herself, "If I can just touch his robe, I’ll be made well."  *,*

22 Jesus turned and saw her. "Have courage, daughter," he said. "Your faith has saved you."*,* And the woman was made well from that moment.  *

25 Now a woman suffering from bleeding  * for twelve years 26 had endured  * much under many doctors.  * She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. 27 Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched  * his clothing.  *28 For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well."  *29 Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed  * of her affliction.

43 A woman suffering from bleeding  * for twelve years,  * who had spent all she had on doctors  * and yet could not be healed by any, 44 approached from behind and touched the end of his robe.  * Instantly her bleeding stopped.

45 "Who touched me? " Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter  * said, "Master,  * the crowds are hemming you in and pressing against you."  *

46 "Someone did touch me," said Jesus. "I know that power has gone out from me."*47 When the woman saw that she was discovered, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she declared the reason she had touched him and how she was instantly healed. 48 "Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has saved you.*Go in peace."*

18 As he was telling them these things,  * suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, "My daughter just died,  * but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."  *19 So Jesus and his disciples got up and followed  * him.

23 When Jesus came to the leader’s house, he saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.  *24 "Leave," he said, "because the girl is not dead but asleep."* And they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.  *

22 One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus,  * came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet  *23 and begged him earnestly, "My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on  * her so that she can get well  *,* and live." 24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

38 They came to the leader’s house, and he saw a commotion — people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, "Why are you making a commotion and weeping?*The child*is not dead but asleep."*40 They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father,  * mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was. 41 Then he took the child  * by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum"  * (which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, get up"*). 42 Immediately the girl got up  * and began to walk.  * (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.  *

31 "To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other:

We played the flute for you,

but you didn’t dance;

we sang a lament,

but you didn’t weep!

33 For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine,*and you say, ‘He has a demon! ’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ’*35 Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

36 Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.  *37 And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house.  * She brought an alabaster jar of perfume

41 Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue.  * He fell down at Jesus’s feet and pleaded with him to come to his house, 42 because he had an only daughter  * about twelve years old, and she was dying.

While he was going, the crowds were nearly crushing him.  *

49 While he was still speaking,  * someone came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, "Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother  * the teacher  * anymore."

50 When Jesus heard it, he answered him, "Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be saved."*51 After he came to the house, he let no one enter with him except Peter, John, James,  * and the child’s father and mother. 52 Everyone was crying  * and mourning for her.  * But he said, "Stop crying, because she is not dead but asleep."*

53 They laughed at him, because they knew she was dead. 54 So he  * took her by the hand  * and called out, "Child, get up! "*55 Her spirit returned,  * and she got up at once. Then he gave orders that she be given something to eat. 56 Her parents were astounded, but he instructed them to tell no one what had happened.  *

1 Now a man was sick — Lazarus from Bethany,  * the village of Mary and her sister Martha.  *2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair,  * and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 So the sisters sent a message to him: "Lord, the one you love is sick."

4 When Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God,*so that the Son of God*may be glorified through it."5 Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was. 7 Then after that, he said to the disciples, "Let’s go to Judea*again."

8 "Rabbi,"  * the disciples told him, "just now the Jews tried to stone you,  * and you’re going there again? "

9 "Aren’t there twelve hours in a day? " Jesus answered. "If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.*10 But if anyone walks during the night,*he does stumble, because the light is not in him."

11 He said this, and then he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,*but I’m on my way to wake him up."

12 Then the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."

13 Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought he was speaking about natural sleep. 14 So Jesus then told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.

23 As he got into the boat,  * his disciples  * followed him. 24 Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves — but Jesus kept sleeping. 25 So the disciples came and woke him up, saying, "Lord, save us! We’re going to die! "

26 He said to them, "Why are you afraid, you of little faith? " Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea,  * and there was a great calm.

27 The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey  * him! "

15 When evening came, the disciples  * approached him and said, "This place is deserted, and it is already late.  * Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

16 "They don’t need to go away," Jesus told them. "You give them something to eat."

17 "But we only have five loaves and two fish here," they said to him.

18 "Bring them here to me," he said. 19 Then he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.  *20 Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces.  *21 Now those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

25 Jesus came toward them walking on the sea  * very early in the morning.  *

32 Jesus called his disciples and said,  *"I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, otherwise they might collapse on the way."

33 The disciples said to him, "Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place  * to feed such a crowd? "

34 "How many loaves do you have? " Jesus asked them.

"Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."

35 After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.  *37 They all ate and were satisfied. They collected the leftover pieces — seven large baskets full. 38 Now there were four thousand men who had eaten, besides women and children.

24 When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the temple tax approached Peter and said, "Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax? "  *

25 "Yes," he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,  *"What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes? From their sons or from strangers? "*,*

26 "From strangers," he said.  *

"Then the sons are free," Jesus told him. 27 "But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin.*Take it and give it to them for me and you."*

18 Early in the morning,  * as he was returning to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again! " At once the fig tree withered.

20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly? "

21 Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.*22 And if you believe, you will receive*whatever you ask for in prayer."

37 A great windstorm  * arose, and the waves  * were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 He was in the stern, sleeping  * on the cushion. So they woke him up  * and said to him, "Teacher! Don’t you care that we’re going to die? "  *

39 He got up, rebuked  * the wind, and said to the sea, "Silence!*Be still! " The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he said to them, "Why are you afraid?*Do you still have no faith? "

41 And they were terrified  *,* and asked one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey  * him! "  *

35 When it grew late, his disciples  * approached him and said, "This place is deserted,  * and it is already late. 36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat."

37 "You give them something to eat," he responded.

They said to him, "Should we go and buy two hundred denarii  * worth of bread and give them something to eat? "

38 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see."

When they found out they said, "Five, and two fish." 39 Then he instructed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 Everyone ate and was satisfied.  *43 They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish. 44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were five thousand men.

48 He saw them straining  * at the oars,  * because the wind was against them. Very early in the morning  * he came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them. 49 When they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost  * and cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified.  * Immediately he spoke with them and said, "Have courage!*It is I.*Don’t be afraid."*51 Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,