Milagres de Jesus
Os Evangelhos registram dezenas de milagres realizados por Jesus — curas, ressurreições, domínio sobre a natureza e libertações. Cada milagre revelava sua divindade e compaixão.
Curas de cegos e surdos
Jesus devolveu a visão aos cegos e a audição aos surdos, manifestando seu poder sobre toda enfermidade e deficiência.
Jesus restores sight and speech
As Jesus went on from there two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" And arriving in the house, the blind men approached Him; so He says to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They say to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He touched their eyes saying, "According to your faith let it be to you." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them saying, "See to it that no one knows!" But going out they spread the news about Him in all that country.
Two blind men
Now as they went on from Jericho a large crowd followed Him. And then, two blind men sitting alongside the road and hearing, "Jesus is passing by!" cried out saying, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!" So the crowd threatened them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more saying, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!!" Jesus stopped, called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" They say to Him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened!" So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
A blind man
Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him. So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; then spitting into his eyes and laying hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything. And looking up he said, "I do see men, only they look like walking trees." Then He put His hands on his eyes again, and made him look up; and he was restored and saw everyone clearly. Then He sent him away to his house, saying, "Neither go into the village nor tell anyone in the village."
Jesus heals a deaf mute
Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, Jesus came to the Sea of Galilee by way of the Decapolis region. Then they brought to Him a deaf man with thick speech and begged Him to place His hand on him. After taking him aside, away from the crowd, He put His fingers in his ears; He also spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" Immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began to speak clearly. Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He would command them, so much the more they would proclaim it. People were astonished beyond measure, saying: "He has done everything well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
Blind Bartimaeus
They came to Jericho. Then as He was going out from Jericho, with His disciples and a large crowd, the blind Bartimaeus (son of Timaeus) was sitting by the roadside begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus the Natsorean, he began to call out and say, "O Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!" Many started telling him to shut up, but he started calling out even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" So Jesus stood still and said to call him. Then they called the blind man, saying to him: "Courage! Get up! He’s calling you!" Tossing off his cloak, he got up and went to Jesus. Jesus reacted by saying to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to Him, "Rabouni, that I may see again!" So Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has healed you." And immediately he could see, and followed Jesus on the road.
A blind man near Jericho
Then it happened, as He approached Jericho, that a certain blind man was sitting alongside the road begging. Hearing a crowd going by, he asked what it was. So they told him that Jesus the Natsorean was passing by. Well he shouted, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Those who led the way started reproving him, to shut him up; but he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" So Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to Him. When he got close He asked him, saying, "What do you want me to do for you?" So he said, "Lord, that I may see again!" Then Jesus said to him: "See again! Your faith has made you well." And immediately he did! and he followed Him, glorifying God. And all who witnessed it gave praise to God.
The man born blind
Now as He was passing by He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, in that he was born blind?" Jesus answered: "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God might be displayed in him. I" (in this verse), but none of the versions mentioned goes along—a curious proceeding. must accomplish the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
The man is healed
Upon saying these things He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud on the blind man’s eyes. And He said to him, "Go wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, ‘Sent’). So he went and washed, and came away seeing!
Curas de paralíticos e enfermos
Paralíticos caminharam, leprosos ficaram limpos e todo tipo de doença foi curada pelo toque e pela palavra de Jesus.
And then, a leper came and worshiped Him saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." So reaching out His hand Jesus touched a leper was unheard of, because of the contamination; this was a powerful demonstration of authority. him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed!" And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus says to him: "See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a proof to them."
And then, they came to Him carrying a paralytic lying on a pallet. And seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Courage, son; your sins are forgiven you!" But then, some of the scribes said within themselves, "This man blasphemes!" So Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said: "Why do you think evil in your hearts? So which is easier, to say ‘Your sins are forgiven’, or to say ‘Get up and walk’? "your sins are forgiven" because no one can see if it happened or not; but "get up and walk"—if he doesn’t, you look silly! But so that you may know that the Son of the Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins"—then He says to the paralytic, "On your feet, pick up your pallet and go to your house!" So he got up and went off to his house.
And there was a man with a withered hand! And they asked Him saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"—so that they might accuse Him. So He said to them: "What man will there be among you who has one sheep, and should this one fall into a ditch on the Sabbath, will he not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." Then He says to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" And he stretched it out, and it was restored whole like the other.
Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down with a fever, so without delay they told Him about her. So He went and grasping her hand lifted her up; immediately the fever left her and she began to serve them.
A leper—the proof
A leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling before Him and saying to Him, "If you want to, you are able to cleanse me." So being moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him: "I want to; be cleansed!" And when He said this, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.
Then four men came, carrying a paralytic to Him. And not being able to get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where He was; upon breaking through they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. So seeing their faith Jesus says to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
Now some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts: "Why does this guy speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" Immediately Jesus perceived in His spirit what they were reasoning within themselves and said to them: "Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins have been forgiven’, or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and start walking!’? But so that you may know that the Son of the Man man" refers to pristine Adam and "the son" to an only pristine descendant, it makes great sense. It seems to indicate a perfect human prototype, like Adam was before the fall—the human side of the God-man. has authority on the earth to forgive sins"—He says to the paralytic: "To you I say, get up, pick up your pallet and go to your house!" So forthwith he got up, picked up his pallet and went out in front of them all; so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
A Sabbath healing—the rejection
Another time He went into the synagogue, and there was a man there with a withered hand. So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. Well, He says to the man with the withered hand, "Come out in the middle!" Then He said to them: "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent. After looking around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, He says to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" So he stretched, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other!
A leper—the proof
Now it happened, while He was in one of the towns—a man full of leprosy! Upon seeing Jesus he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can cleanse me!" So He extended His hand and touched him, saying, "I want to; be cleansed!" Immediately the leprosy left him.
"Your sins are forgiven"
And then, some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a cot, and tried to take him in and place him before Him. When they could not find how to do it, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with the cot through the tiling into the center, in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith He said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you!"
A ‘discussion’ ensues
So the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" But Jesus perceived their reasonings and reacted by saying to them: "Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you’, or to say, ‘Get up and walk!’?, because no one can see if it happened or not. If you say, "Get up and walk!" and he does not, it makes you look stupid. But that you may know that the Son of the Man man" refers to pristine Adam and "the son" to an only pristine descendant, it makes great sense. It seems to indicate a perfect human prototype, like Adam was before the fall—the human side of the God-man. has authority on earth to forgive sins"—He said to the paralyzed man: "I say to you, get up! Take your cot and go to your house."
God is glorified
Immediately he stood up in front of them, took up what he had been lying on, and set out to his own house glorifying God.
He heals on the Sabbath
Now it happened on a different Sabbath that He entered the synagogue and began to teach. Well there was a man there whose right hand was shriveled; so the scribes and the Pharisees started watching, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against Him. But He knew their thoughts and said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Get up and stand in the center." So he got up and stood. Then Jesus said to them: "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" And when He had looked around at them all, He said to him, "Stretch out your hand!" So he did that, and his hand was restored, as sound as the other.
The faith of a centurion
Now when He concluded all His sayings in the hearing of the people, He entered Capernaum. Well a certain centurion’s slave, who was valuable to him, was sick and about to die. So when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him to come and rescue his slave. And when they came to Jesus they started pleading earnestly with Him, saying that the one for whom He would do this was worthy, "Because he loves our nation, and he himself built our synagogue." So Jesus went with them.
But when He was no longer far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him: "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. In fact I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. Just say a word and my servant will be healed; because I also am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. I say to one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does."
Well upon hearing these things Jesus marveled at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith!" When those who were sent returned to the house they found that the slave who had been sick was well.
He saw a woman there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years—she was bent over and could not straighten up. So He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity!" He placed His hands on her and immediately she was made straight and started glorifying God.
Jesus heals a man with dropsy
Then it happened, when He entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And then, there in front of Him was a man who had dropsy! And Jesus reacted by saying to the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" But they kept silent. So He took hold of him, healed him, and let him go.
Jesus cleanses ten lepers
Now as He was traveling toward Jerusalem, He went along between Samaria and Galilee. And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him—being lepers they stood at a distance. They called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" And paying attention He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went they were cleansed! Well one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice; then he fell on his face at His feet, thanking Him—and he was a Samaritan! So Jesus reacted by saying: "Were not all ten cleansed? So where are the nine? None were found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner!" Then He said to him, "Get up and go; your faith has made you well."
After these things there was the feast’ and ‘a feast’—I take it that the best evidence is on the side of the definite article. In that event the feast was the Passover (with the other alternative it could still be the Passover), the second during Christ’s public ministry; one and a half years are behind Him and there are two to go. For events between the first two Passovers see Mark 1:14-2:17, Luke 4:14-5:39 and Matthew 4:12-8:4. feast of the Jews, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
The pool of Bethesda
Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called Bethesda, century Copper Scroll from Qumran. The so-called ‘critical text’ (UBS and N-A) serves up the pitiful ‘Bethzatha’, following just five Greek manuscripts (as in TEV, RSV, Jer., etc.). The UBS editors have introduced an historical error into their text on the flimsiest of evidence, even going against their favorites, 𝕻75 and B. in Hebrew, which has five porches. walkway. In them a large number of sick people were lying—blind, lame, paralyzed—waiting for the moving of the water; because an angel would go down from time to time into the pool and stir up the water—then the first one to get in after the stirring of the water became well of whatever disease that was holding him.
The man selected for healing
Now there was a certain man there who had been sick for 38 years. Seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been sick a long time, Jesus says to him, "Do you want to get well?" The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to throw me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming another gets in before me." Jesus says to him, "Get up, pick up your pallet and walk!" Immediately the man became well and picked up his pallet and started to walk!
Jesus heals at a distance
So Jesus went again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. Now there was a certain royal official whose son was sick in Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die. So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders you will not believe!" The official says to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!" Jesus says to him, "Go; your son lives." Well the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and off he went. Now while he was still going down his slaves met him and reported saying, "Your son lives!" So he inquired of them the hour in which he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." So the father knew that it was at the exact hour in which Jesus told him, "Your son lives." Both he himself and his whole household believed. Again, coming out of Judea into Galilee, Jesus performed this second miraculous sign.
A mulher com fluxo de sangue
Uma mulher que sofria há doze anos tocou a orla do manto de Jesus e foi curada instantaneamente pela sua fé.
And then—a woman who had been hemorrhaging for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she kept saying to herself, "If only I may touch His garment I will be healed." But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Take courage, daughter; your faith has made you well." And the woman was healed from that very hour.
The hemorrhage
Now a certain woman—who had been bleeding for twelve years, and had suffered many things under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse— when she heard about Jesus, she came from behind in the crowd and touched His garment. (She had kept saying, "If I can just touch His clothes, I will be healed.") Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed from the affliction.
And a woman—suffering with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole livelihood on physicians, but could not be healed by any— approaching from behind touched the border of His garment; and immediately the flow of her blood stopped! So Jesus said, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those with him said: "Master, the people are pressing against you and crowding in, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ " But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, because I noticed power going out from me." Now when the woman saw that she could not hide, she came trembling, and falling down before Him she told Him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. So He said: "Courage, daughter, your faith has healed you. Go into peace."
Ressurreições
Jesus ressuscitou mortos — a filha de Jairo, o filho da viúva de Naim e Lázaro. Ele é Senhor sobre a morte.
Jesus raises the dead
While He was saying these things to them, there he was; a certain ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live." So Jesus got up and followed him, with His disciples.
When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flutists and the crowd making a commotion, He says to them, "Go away, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping." So they began to ridicule Him. But when the crowd had been put outside, He went in and grasped her hand, and the girl got up.
A hemorrhage and a dead girl
And then, one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, comes, and upon finding Him he falls at His feet and pleads earnestly with Him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; do come and lay your hands on her so that she may be saved, and she will live." So He went with him. A large crowd was also following Him, and they were pressing around Him.
Then He came to the synagogue ruler’s house and found a commotion—weeping and loud wailing. So upon entering He said to them: "Why are you making such a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but is asleep." But they started ridiculing Him. After He put them all out, He took the child’s father and mother, and those with Him, and went in where the child was lying. And taking the child by the hand He said to her, "Talitha koumi," which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" Immediately the girl got up and started walking around (she was twelve years old). And they were overcome with great amazement.
Inconsistency of the Pharisees
"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they similar? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying,
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we mourned to you, and you did not cry.’
Because John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ The Son of the Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Just look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Still, by all her children wisdom is justified."
A lesson in forgiveness
Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with Him, so He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined. But then, a woman in the town who was a sinner, when she found out that He was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume,
And then, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue; he fell down at Jesus' feet and started begging Him to come to his house, because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying.
A desperate woman
Now as He was going, the crowds were pressing against Him.
Jesus raises a dead girl
While He was still speaking, here came someone from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying to him: "Your daughter has died. Don’t bother the teacher." But upon hearing it Jesus reacted by saying to him, "Don’t be afraid; just believe and she will be healed." When He arrived at the house, He allowed no one to go in except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother. Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, "Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping." They started ridiculing Him, knowing that she had died. So He put them all outside, and grasping her hand He called, saying, "Child, arise!" Then her spirit returned, and she got right up! And He directed that she be given something to eat. Her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened.
Lazarus of Bethany
Now a certain man, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick. (It was the Mary who [later] anointed the Lord with myrrh and wiped His feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick.) So the sisters sent to Him saying, "Lord, please, the one you love is sick!"
Jesus lets Lazarus die on purpose
Upon hearing it Jesus said, "This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.) So, when He heard that he was sick He stayed where He was two more days! Then after this He says to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again."
The disciples say to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and you are going back there?" Jesus answered: "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks in the night he does stumble, because the light is not in him." him"—I take it that here in verse 10 Jesus refers to spiritual darkness and light, because no one has sunlight inside him. With God’s light inside, Jesus was not going to stumble, regardless of the time of day.
Having said these things He says to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going in order to awaken him." His disciples said to Him, "Lord, if he is sleeping he will get well." But Jesus had spoken of his death, while they thought He was talking about natural sleep. So then Jesus said to them plainly: "Lazarus died.
Domínio sobre a natureza
Jesus acalmou a tempestade, andou sobre as águas e multiplicou pães. A natureza obedece à voz do seu Criador.
Jesus controls wind and wave
Now when He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And then—a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered by the waves. But He was sleeping. So the disciples came and awakened Him saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" And He says to them, "Why are you cowardly, you little-faiths?" Then rising He rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. should have solved the problem. Again Jesus undoes the consequences, as well as the cause. So the men marveled, saying, "What sort of being is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"
Now with evening coming on His disciples approached Him saying: "The place is uninhabited and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food." But Jesus said to them: "They do not need to go away. You give them to eat." But they say to Him, "We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish." So He said, "Bring them here to me." Then He commanded the crowds to recline on the grass. And taking the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, He blessed; and breaking the loaves He gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. So they all ate and were filled; and they took up the fragments that remained, twelve baskets full. Now those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
So in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
Then Jesus summoned His disciples and said: "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already remained with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." So His disciples say to Him, "Where could we get, in an uninhabited place, enough bread so as to satisfy such a great crowd?" Jesus says to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few small fish." So He commanded the crowds to recline on the ground. And taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks, broke and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. So they all ate and were filled; and they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained. Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Money from a fish
When they entered Capernaum those who collected the temple tax approached Peter and said, "Does your Teacher not pay the temple tax?" He says, "Yes." So when they entered the house Jesus anticipated him saying: "Simon, what do you think? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or poll tax, from their sons or from strangers?" Peter says to Him, "From the strangers." Jesus said to him: "Well then, the sons are free. But, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And opening its mouth you will find a ‘stater’ [a coin]; take that and give it to them for me and you."
"If you have faith"—Monday, 04/01/30 AD
Now in the early morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it, just leaves. And He says to it, "May you never again produce fruit!" And forthwith the fig tree started to wither. And seeing it the disciples marveled saying, "How quickly the fig tree became withered!" So in answer Jesus said to them: "Assuredly I say to you, if you (pl.) have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and be thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And anything whatever you may ask in the believing prayer, you will receive."
Well a strong cyclonic wind came up, such that the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling up. But He was on the poop deck, sleeping on the cushion; so they awakened Him and said to Him, "Teacher, don’t you care that we are perishing?" Then, having been awakened, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Shut up; be muzzled!" So the wind stopped and there was a complete calm. And He said to them: "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?" They were terrified and started saying to one another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!?"
When it was late in the day, His disciples came to Him and said: "This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send them away so they may go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat." But in reply He said to them, "You feed them!" to perform the miracle, before they had seen it done. Wow! They say to Him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and feed them?" So He says to them: "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they knew they said, "Five, and two fish."
Then He directed them all to recline in groups on the green grass. So they reclined in ‘plots’ of hundreds and of fifties. And taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to His disciples to serve the people; He also divided the two fish among them all. Well they all ate and were filled. And they picked up twelve full baskets of broken pieces; also of the fish. There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
And He saw them straining at rowing, because the wind was against them. Well about the fourth watch of the night He comes to them walking on the water, and would have passed by them; but they saw Him walking on the water, supposed He was a ghost, and yelled! Because they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke with them and said: "Have courage! It is I; don’t be afraid!" Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were totally astounded within themselves, and kept marveling.
Food for 4,000 men
In those days, the multitude being very large and not having anything to eat, Jesus called His disciples and said to them: "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me three days now and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will give out on the way, because some of them have come a long distance." His disciples answered Him, "From what source could anyone satisfy these people with bread here in a wilderness?" He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven." So He told the crowd to sit down on the ground; then taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, He broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before the crowd, and they did. They also had a few small fish; so blessing them He said to distribute them as well. Well they ate and were filled; they even took up seven hampers of broken pieces that were left over. Now those who had eaten were about four thousand; and He sent them away.
A barren fig tree
Now the next day, as they were leaving Bethany, He was hungry. And seeing from a distance a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it He found nothing but leaves, because it was not fig season. So Jesus reacted by saying to it, "Let no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And His disciples were listening.nd
How to drown a mountain
Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him: "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has dried up!" So in answer Jesus said to them: "Have faith in God. Because I tell you assuredly, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be picked up and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that the things he says will happen, he will have whatever he says. That is why I say to you, whatever things you ask for in prayer, believe that you receive, and you will have them.
"And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your trespasses.
By the sea
Now it happened, as He had come along the Lake of Genesaret, that the multitude crowded Him to hear the Word of God; He saw two boats standing by the lake (the fishermen were out of them, washing their nets). So He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Sitting down He began to teach the crowds from the boat.
A miraculous catch
When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And in answer Simon said to Him, "Master, we have worked hard the whole night and caught nothing, but based on your word I will let down the net." When they had done this, they caught such a large number of fish that their net began to tear. So they signaled to their partners who were in the other boat to come help them; they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. Upon experiencing this Simon Peter fell at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" Because astonishment gripped him and all who were with him at the haul of fish which they had caught; yes, this included James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don’t be afraid; from now on you will be catching people." Pulling the boats up on the shore, they left it all and followed Him.
Jesus stills a storm
Now it happened on one of those days that He got into a boat with His disciples; and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. But as they sailed He fell asleep. A windstorm descended on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in jeopardy. So they came and awakened Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves of water—and they stopped, and there was a calm! So He said to them, "Where is your faith?" But being terrified they marveled, saying to each other: "Who can this be? Because He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!"
Jesus stills a storm
Now it happened on one of those days that He got into a boat with His disciples; and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. But as they sailed He fell asleep. A windstorm descended on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in jeopardy. So they came and awakened Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves of water—and they stopped, and there was a calm! So He said to them, "Where is your faith?" But being terrified they marveled, saying to each other: "Who can this be? Because He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!"
Jesus handles demon infestation
Then they sailed to the district of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve approached and said to Him, "Dismiss the crowd, so that they may go to the surrounding villages and their farms, lodge and find food; because we are in a deserted place here." But He said to them, "You feed them!" So they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd" (there were about five thousand men). But He said to His disciples, "Make them recline in groups of fifty!" They did so, making them all recline. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the pieces they left were taken up.
Water into wine
On the third day) day; 1:35-42 happened the next (3rd) day; 1:43-51 happened the next (4th) day. So the third day here must count from the last day mentioned (1:43-51), although it could (and in Jewish thought probably did) include it. The wedding started that day, but such weddings often lasted several days (and the wine would run out toward the end, if it did). Jesus and His disciples (four?) probably had about an 80-mile walk, 55 miles up the Jordan valley (relatively smooth and straight) and 25 of rougher terrain. Since they did all their traveling on foot, and were therefore used to it, they could easily make the distance in two days. a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples had been invited to the wedding. So when the wine had given out, Jesus' mother says to Him, "They don’t have any wine!" Jesus says to her: "What is that to you and me, woman? My time has not yet come." His mother says to the servants, "Do whatever He may tell you."
(Now there were six stone waterpots set there, according to the purification rites of the Jews, containing 20 or 30 gallons each.) Jesus says to them, "Fill the pots with water." So they filled them to the brim. So He says to them, "Now, draw some out and take it to the master of ceremonies." So they took it. Well, when the master of ceremonies tasted the water that had become wine—he did not know where it came from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew—he calls the bridegroom and says to him: "Everybody serves the good wine first, then, when people are intoxicated, the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"
This, the first of the miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee and revealed His glory; and His disciples believed into Him.
Now He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He was about to do. Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for them, so that each of them could receive a little." One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, says to Him, "There is a little boy here who has five loaves of barley bread and two small fish, but what are they for so many?"
Then Jesus said, "Make the people recline." Now there was plenty of grass in the place; so the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted. So when they were full He says to His disciples, "Collect the leftover fragments so that nothing be wasted." So they collected and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that were left over from those who had eaten.
Then, after they had rowed some three or four miles, watch). They had been on the water at least nine hours and most probably rowing most of that time (they were in a fishing boat, not a little rowboat). They were tired! From the parallel accounts it is clear that Jesus sent them on their way. He deliberately sent them into a difficult and trying situation. We need to understand that He may do the same with us. they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat; and they were afraid. But He said to them, "It is I; don’t be afraid!" Then they wanted to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
Breakfast on the beach
After these things Jesus, risen from the dead, revealed Himself to His disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He did it like this: Simon Peter, Thomas (called Twin), Nathanael (from Cana of Galilee), Zebedee’s sons and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter says to them, "I’m going fishing." They say to him, "We’re coming with you." Off they went and got right into the boat, and that whole night they caught nothing.
Well when daybreak had now come Jesus stood on the beach; however the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus says to them, "Boys, you don’t have any food, do you?" They answered Him, "No." So He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find." So they did, and now they were unable to haul it in because of the multitude of fish! Then that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter, "It’s the Lord!" Upon hearing that it was the Lord, Simon Peter tied on his outer garment (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat dragging the net with the fish (for they were not far from the land, but about 100 yards).
Then, as they stepped onto the land they saw a charcoal fire in place with fish lying on it, and bread. Jesus says to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." Simon Peter got up and dragged the net onto the land, full of one hundred and fifty-three large fish [!]; and although being so many, the net was not torn.
Libertações
Jesus expulsou demônios com autoridade. Os espíritos impuros não resistiam à sua palavra e saíam imediatamente.
Jesus heals at a distance
As He entered Capernaum a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, being terribly tormented." And Jesus says to him, "I will go and heal him." But in answer the centurion said: "Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof; but only speak a word and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does." Upon hearing him Jesus marveled, and said to those who were following: "Assuredly I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith! And I say to you that many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens; but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness farthest away. There, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; and let it be done for you just as you believed." And his servant was healed in that very hour.
Jesus controls any number of demons
Upon His coming to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, two demonized men met Him, coming out from the tombs, very dangerous, so that no one could pass that way. And then—they cried out saying: "What do you have to do with us, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Abyss—they were really worried; they knew something we do not. Now a good way off from them there was a herd of many pigs feeding. So the demons kept imploring Him saying, "Since you are going to cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of pigs." So He said to them, "Go!" And coming out they went off into the herd of pigs. And then—the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the water! So the swineherds ran away, and going into the town they told everything, including about the demonized men. And then, the whole town went out to meet with Jesus; and upon seeing Him they begged Him to depart from their borders.
As they were going out, well, they brought to Him a mute man, demonized. And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the crowds marveled saying, "Never was it seen like this in Israel!"
The Pharisees blaspheme the Holy Spirit
Then a demonized man was brought to Him, blind and mute, and He healed him, so that the A blind and B mute B spoke and A saw.
A crumb for a little dog
Going out from there Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. And then, a Canaanite woman coming from those parts cried out to Him saying: "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demonized." But He answered her not a word. So His disciples came and urged Him saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us." But in answer He said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." So she came and worshiped Him saying, "Lord, help me!" But in answer He said, "It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs." So she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus answered and said to her: "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
A tough kind of demon
As they came to the crowd a man approached Him and kneeling to Him said: "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is moonstruck and suffers badly! For he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him." Then in answer Jesus said: "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that very hour.
Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying: "Hey, what do you want with us, Jesus Natsarene?!), but since Hebrew is read from right to left, for us the order is reversed = n, ts, r. This word root means ‘branch’. Greek has the equivalent for ‘ps’ and ‘ks’, but not for ‘ts’, so the transliteration used a ζ (zeta) ‘dz’, which is the voiced counterpart of ‘ts’. But when the Greek was transliterated into English it came out as ‘z’! But Hebrew has a ‘z’, ז (zayin), so in transliterating back into Hebrew people assumed the consonants נזר, replacing the correct tsadde with zayin. Neither ‘Nazareth’ nor ‘Nazarene’, spelled with a zayin, is to be found in the Old Testament, but there is a prophetic reference to Messiah as the Branch, netser—Isaiah 11:1—and several to the related word, tsemach—Isaiah 4:2, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:15; Zechariah 3:8, 6:12. So Matthew (2:23) is quite right—the prophets (plural, being at least three) referred to Christ as the Branch. Since Jesus was a man, He would be the ‘Branch-man’, from ‘Branch-town’. Which brings us to the word ‘Natsorean’. The familiar ‘Nazarene’ (Ναζαρηνος) [Natsarene] occurs in Mark 1:24, 14:67, 16:6 and Luke 4:34, but in Matthew 2:23 and in fourteen other places, including Acts 22:8 where the glorified Jesus calls Himself that, the word is ‘Natsorean’ (Ναζωραιος), which is quite different. I have been given to understand that the Natsareth of Jesus' day had been founded some 100 years before by a Branch family, who called it Branch town; they were very much aware of the prophecies about the Branch and fully expected the Messiah to be born from among them—they called themselves Branch-people (Natsoreans). Of course everyone else thought it was a big joke and tended to look down on them. "Can anything good…?" Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!" So Jesus rebuked him saying: "Shut up and get out of him!" The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
The ‘legion’
Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes. And when He got out of the boat, right away a man with an unclean spirit met Him, coming from the tombs. —He had his dwelling among the tombs. No one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, only to have had the chains torn apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; no one had been strong enough to tame him. Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.— When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and kneeled down to Him, and with a loud cry he said: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, don’t torment me!" Because He was saying to him, "You unclean spirit, come out of the man!" Then He asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, saying, "Legion is my name, because we are many." He started begging Him repeatedly that He would not send them out of that region. Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. So all the demons begged Him saying, "Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter them." And forthwith Jesus gave them permission; and coming out the unclean spirits went into the pigs (there were about two thousand); but the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned by the sea.
So those who were tending the pigs ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.
But you say that if a man should say to father or mother, ‘Whatever profit you might have received from me is Korban’ (that is, a gift to God), you don’t even allow him to do anything for his father or his mother any more, making the Word of God of no effect by your tradition that you have handed down. Yes, you do many such things."
That which really defiles
Upon summoning the larger crowd He said to them: "Hear me, everyone, and understand: There is nothing outside a man that can defile him by going into him; rather, the things that come out of him, those are the ones that defile him.
A ‘crumb’ for a ‘little dog’
Then He got ready and went from there into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice. In fact, as soon as she heard about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at His feet. Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenecian by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first; it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs." So she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs." So He said to her, "Because of this saying you may go; the demon has gone out of your daughter." She went away to her house and found that the demon was gone and the daughter had been placed on the bed.
In answer a man in the crowd said: "Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. Indeed, I spoke to your disciples, that they might cast it out, but they could not." But He answered him by saying: "O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you, how long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me!" So they brought him to Him. Upon seeing Him the spirit convulsed him, and falling to the ground he started wallowing, foaming at the mouth. Then He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said: "From childhood. Really, it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." Jesus said to him, "It’s ‘if you can believe’; all things are possible to the one who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"
When Jesus saw that the crowd was running up, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You mute and deaf spirit, I am commanding you, get out of him and never enter him again!" Then it yelled, convulsed him violently, and came out. Well he looked to be dead; so much so that many said, "He’s dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stayed on his feet.
Peter’s mother-in-law
Then He left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering with a high fever, and they requested Him on her behalf. So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.
Well when He stepped out on the land, a certain man of that town met Him, who had had demons for a long time—he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house, but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus he gave a yell, fell down before Him, and with a loud voice he said: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!" because He had commanded the unclean spirit to get out of the man (it had seized him many times—he would be bound with chains and shackles, being kept under guard; then bursting the bonds he would be driven by the demon into deserted places). Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion" (because many demons had gone into him). And he kept imploring Him that He would not order them to go away into the Abyss. Abyss’, presumably the same one mentioned in Revelation 20:3. The demons knew something that most of us do not.
Now a herd of many pigs was feeding there on the hillside; and they started begging Him that He would allow them to go into those; so He gave them permission. Then the demons exited the man and entered the pigs—and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned!
Well when the herders saw what had happened they ran away and reported it in the town and in the countryside. So they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus; they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
However, I tell you truly: there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Kingdom of God!"
Peter, John and James see the ‘Kingdom’
Now about eight days after these words, it happened that He took along Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as He prayed, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing dazzling white. And then, two men started talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah; they appeared in glory and were explaining His ‘departure’, that He was about to bring to fruition in Jerusalem.
Now Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; but becoming fully awake, they saw His glory, and the two men who stood with Him. Then it happened: as they were parting from Him, Peter said to Jesus: "Master, it is good for us to be here" and "Should we make three shelters: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah?"—not knowing what he was saying.
And then, a man from the crowd called out, saying: "Teacher, I beg you, look upon my son, for he is my only begotten. And oh, a spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams, and it convulses him with foaming, and it hardly departs from him, destroying him! And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." Then in answer Jesus said: "O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you (pl)? Bring your (sg) son here!" But while he was still coming the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father. Everyone was amazed at the majesty of God.
Jesus foretells His death, again
But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, He said to His disciples,
A divided house
Then He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. As a result, when the demon had gone out the mute spoke! And the crowds marveled.
And a certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear! servant of the high priest"—presumably this man was leading the expedition. We know from John 18:10 that his name was Malchus. But Jesus reacted by saying, "Allow at least this!" and touching his ear He healed him.
Jesus praises John
Now when John’s messengers had departed, He began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to observe, a reed being shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see, a man clothed in soft garments? Really, those with gorgeous apparel and living in luxury are in palaces. But what did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. This is he about whom it is written:
‘Take note, I am sending my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
Further, I tell you that among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
(When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)