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 healed two blind men.
As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, "Have mercy on us and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah, the Descendant of King David!" Jesus went into the house, where he was staying, and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to heal your eyes?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord!" Then he touched their eyes and he said to them, "Because you believe that I can heal your eyes, I am healing them right now!" And they were able to see [IDM]! Then Jesus told them sternly, "Be sure [IDM] that you do not tell anybody what I did for you!" But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
Jesus healed two blind men.
As we were leaving Jericho city, a large crowd of people followed us. As we walked along, we saw two blind men sitting alongside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they yelled to him, "Lord, Descendant of King David, you are the Messiah Take pity on us!" People in the crowd scolded them and told them to be quiet. But the blind men yelled even louder, "Lord, Descendant of King David, you are the Messiah Have pity on us!" Jesus stopped and called them to come to him. Then he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him, "Lord, heal our eyes [IDM] so that we can see!" Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Immediately they were able to see, and they went with Jesus.
Jesus healed a blind man.
They arrived in the boat at Bethsaida town. People brought to Jesus a blind man and earnestly requested that Jesus touch him in order to heal him. Jesus took the hand of the blind man, led him outside the town, he put his saliva on the man’s eyes, he put his hands on the man, and then he asked him, "Do you see anything?" The man looked up and then he said, "Yes, I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them clearly. They look like trees!" Then Jesus again touched the eyes of the blind man. The man looked intently and at that moment he was completely healed! He could see everything clearly. Jesus said to him, "Do not go into the town! First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did!" Then he sent the man to his home.
When Jesus went back to Lake Galilee, some people brought a deaf-mute man to Jesus and asked him to heal the man, which he did.
Jesus and his disciples left the region around Tyre city and went north through Sidon city, then toward the east through the district of the Ten Towns, and then south to the towns near Lake Galilee. There, people brought to him a man who was deaf and who could hardly talk. They begged Jesus to lay his hands on him in order to heal him. So Jesus took him away from the crowd in order that the two of them could be alone. Then he put one of his fingers into each of the man’s ears. After he spat on his fingers, he touched the man’s tongue with his fingers. Then he looked up toward heaven, he sighed because he was concerned for the man, and then in his own language he said to the man’s ears, "Ephphatha", which means, "Be opened {Open up}!". At once the man could hear plainly [MTY]. He also began to speak clearly because what was causing him to be unable to speak was healed {Jesus healed what was causing him to be unable to speak}. Jesus told ◄the people/his friends► not to tell anyone what he had done. But, although he ordered them and others repeatedly not to tell anyone about it, they kept talking about it very much. People who heard about it were utterly amazed and were saying enthusiastically, "Everything he has done is wonderful! Besides doing other amazing things, he enables deaf people to hear! And he enables those who cannot speak to speak!"
After a blind man called out and asked Jesus to have mercy on him, Jesus healed him.
On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples came to Jericho town. Afterwards, while they were leaving Jericho along with a great crowd, a blind man who habitually begged for money was sitting beside the road. His name was Bartimaeus and his father’s name was Timaeus. When he heard people say that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by, he shouted, "Jesus! You who are the Messiah descended from King David, ◄be merciful to/help► me!" Many people rebuked him and told him that he should be quiet. But he shouted even more, "You who are the Messiah descended from King David, ◄be merciful to/help► me!" Jesus stopped and said, "Call him to come over here!" They summoned the blind man, saying, "Jesus is calling you! So cheer up and get up and come!" He threw aside his cloak as he jumped up, and he came to Jesus. Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Sir, I want to be able to see again!" Jesus said to him, "I am healing you because you believed in me. So you may go home!" He could see immediately. And he went with Jesus along the road.
Jesus healed a blind man.
As Jesus and his disciples came near to Jericho city, a blind man was sitting beside the road. He was begging for money. When he heard the crowd of people passing by, he asked someone, "What is happening?" They told him, "Jesus, the man from Nazareth town, is passing by." He shouted, "Jesus, you who are descended from King David, the Messiah, pity me!" Those who were walking at the front of the crowd scolded the man and told him to be quiet. But he shouted more loudly, "You who are descended from King David, the Messiah, pity me!" Jesus stopped and told people to bring the man to him. When the blind man came near, Jesus asked him, "What do you (sg) want me to do for you?" He replied, "Lord, enable me to see again!" Jesus said to him, "Then see! Because you have trusted [PRS] in me, I have healed you!" Immediately he was able to see! And he went with Jesus, praising God. And when all the people who were going with Jesus saw it, they also praised God.
Jesus healed a man who was born blind.
As Jesus walked along with us, he saw a man who had been blind from the time he was born. We disciples asked him, "Teacher, was this man blind from when he was born because his parents sinned or because he himself sinned?" Jesus replied, "His being blind was not because he or his parents sinned. Instead, he has been blind in order that people can see the power of God {the power of God can be seen} as a result of what will now happen to him. While there is still time, I must do the work that the one who sent me wants me to do. Just like daytime is followed by nighttime when people do not work, at the end of our lives [MET] it is too late for us to do what God wants. While I am still living in this world, I am the one who enables people to know about God, like [MET] a light enables the people in [MTY] this world to see what is in the darkness."
After he said that, he spat on the ground. He made a little bit of mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. Then he said to him, "Go and wash in Siloam pool!" (That name means ‘sent;’ just like they sent the water by a channel into the pool, God sent Jesus). So the man went and washed in the pool, and when he went home he was able to see!
Curas de paralíticos e enfermos
Paralíticos caminharam, leprosos ficaram limpos e todo tipo de doença foi curada pelo toque e pela palavra de Jesus.
After he left the crowds, a man who had the skin disease called leprosy unexpectedly came and knelt before him. He said to Jesus, "Lord/Sir, please heal me, because I know you are able to heal me if you are willing to." Then Jesus, disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers, stretched out his hand and touched the man. He said to him, "I am willing to heal you, and I heal you now!" Immediately the man was healed from his leprosy {he was no longer a leper}. Then Jesus said to him, "Go and show yourself to a nearby priest so that he can examine you and verify that you no longer have leprosy. Then, after he tells the local people, they will know that you no longer have leprosy, and you will be able to associate with them again. Make sure that now you do not report about my healing you to anyone other than the priest. Then go to the Temple in Jerusalem and give the priest the offering that Moses commanded that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer as a sacrifice to God."
Some men brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the paralyzed man, he said to him, "Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins." Some of the men who taught the Jewish laws said among themselves, "He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God He is insulting God!" Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, "◄You should not think evil thoughts, accusing me because I claim that I am God!/Why do you think evil thoughts, saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God?► [RHQ] It would not be risky for someone to say to this man, ‘I forgive your sins’, because no one could see whether or not it really happened. But no one, without having the power to heal, would say to him, ‘Get up and walk!’, because people could easily see whether it happened or not! [RHQ] So I am going to do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins of people while I am on the earth, as well as to heal people." Then he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!" And immediately the man got up, picked up his sleeping pad, and went home!
He saw a man with a shriveled hand there. The Pharisees thought that Jesus would be disobeying the tradition about not working on the day of rest if he healed the man, so one of them asked him, "Does God permit us to heal people on our day of rest?" They asked that question so that they might accuse him if he healed someone ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. He replied to them, "Would anyone among you who has only one sheep that falls into a hole ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► just leave it there [RHQ]? Certainly not! You would take hold of it and lift it out right away, and that would be acceptable work on our day of rest, too Because sheep are valuable, their owners may work on our day of rest in order to rescue them. So, because people are more valuable than sheep, it is certainly right for us to do something good by healing another person any day, including our day of rest!" Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your withered hand!" The man stretched it out, and it became normal like the other hand!
Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed because she had a high fever. Right away someone told Jesus about her being sick. He went to her, and helped her up by taking hold of her hand. She recovered at once from the fever, and then she got up and served them some food.
Jesus cured a leper and arranged for him to be able to associate with people again.
One day a man who had a bad skin disease called leprosy came to Jesus. He knelt down in front of Jesus and then he pleaded with him saying, "Please heal me, because I know you are able to heal me if you want to!" Jesus felt very sorry for him. So he ignored the religious laws about coming close to people who had that disease. He reached out his hand and touched the man. Then he said to him, "Since I am willing to heal you, be healed {I heal you} now!" Immediately the man was healed! He was no longer a leper!
Some people came to the house bringing to Jesus a man who was paralyzed. He was carried by four men {Four men carried him} on a sleeping pad. They were not able to bring the man to Jesus because there was a crowd there. So they went up the steps to the flat roof and removed some of the tiles above where Jesus was. Then, after they made a big hole in the roof, they lowered by ropes the sleeping pad on which the paralyzed man lay. They lowered it through the hole, down in front of Jesus. After Jesus perceived that the men believed that he could heal this man, he said to the paralyzed man, "My friend, I forgive your sins!" There were some men who taught the Jewish laws sitting there. They started thinking like this: "◄Who does this man think he is, talking like that/This man shouldn’t talk like that!► [RHQ]? ◄He is insulting God!/Does he think he is God?► [RHQ] ◄No person can forgive sins!/Who can forgive sins?► [RHQ] Only God can forgive sins!" Jesus sensed that they were deliberating like that within themselves. So he said to them, "◄You should not question within yourselves whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins!/Why do you question whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins?► [RHQ] It is not risky [RHQ] for someone to tell the man who is paralyzed, ‘Your sins are forgiven {I forgive your sins},’ because no one can prove that it has happened. But no one would say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your stretcher, and then walk away’, unless he really had the power to heal him, because people can easily see whether it happens or not. So I will do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive sins on earth as well as to heal people." Then he said to the paralyzed man, "To you I say, ‘Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad! And then go home!’" The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad, and then he went away, while all the people there were watching. They were all amazed, and they praised God and said, "We have never before seen anything like what happened just now!"
After Jesus healed a man with a withered arm on the Sabbath, Jewish leaders began to plan to kill him.
On another ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, Jesus entered ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place► again. There was a man there whose hand was shriveled. Some men of the Pharisee sect watched him carefully in order to see whether he would heal the man ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. They did this in order that if he healed the man, they would accuse him of disobeying their Jewish laws, because he worked ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. Jesus said to the man whose hand was shriveled, "Stand up here in front of everyone!" So the man stood up. Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, "Do the laws that God gave Moses permit people to do good ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, or do they permit people to do evil? Specifically, do his laws permit us to save a person’s life ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, or do they permit us to let him die by refusing to help him?" But they did not reply. He looked around at them angrily. He was very distressed that they were stubbornly not wanting to help the man. So he said to the man, "Reach out your hand!" When the man reached out his withered hand, his hand became all right again!
Jesus healed a leper and enabled him to associate with people again.
While Jesus was in one of the cities there in the district of Galilee, there was a man there who was very severely affected by leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he prostrated himself before him and, wanting Jesus to heal him, pleaded with him, "Lord/Sir, please heal me, because you are able to heal me if you are willing to!" Then Jesus, disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers, reached out his hand and touched the man. He said, "I am willing to heal you; and I heal you now!" Immediately the man was healed. He was no longer a leper [PRS]!
several men brought on a sleeping pad a man who was paralyzed. They wanted to bring him into the house and lay him in front of Jesus. But there was no way to do that because of the large crowd of people, so they went up the steps onto the roof. They tied ropes onto the sleeping pad and, after removing some of the tiles on the roof, they lowered the man on the sleeping pad. They lowered him through the opening into the midst of the crowd in front of Jesus. When Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the man, he said to him, "My friend, I forgive your sins!" The men who taught the Jewish laws and the rest of the Pharisees began to think within themselves, "Who does this man think he is, saying that? He is insulting God! ◄Nobody can forgive sins!/What person can forgive sins?► [RHQ] Only God can do that!" Jesus perceived what they were thinking. So he said to them, "◄You should not think that way about what I said!/Why do you question within yourselves about what I said?► [RHQ] Consider this: It would not be risky for someone to say to this man, ‘I forgive your sins,’ because no one could see whether or not his sins were really forgiven. But no one [RHQ], without having the power to heal, would say to him, ‘Get up and walk!’ because people could easily see whether he was healed or not. But as a result of my healing this man you (pl) will know that God has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins of people while I am on the earth, as well as to heal people." Then he said to the man who was paralyzed, "To you I say, ‘Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!’ " Immediately the man was healed. He stood up in front of them. He picked up the sleeping pad on which he had been lying, and went home, praising God.
Another ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► Jesus entered a ◄synagogue/Jewish meeting place► and taught the people. There was a man there whose right hand was shriveled. The men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees who were there watched Jesus, to see if he would heal the man ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. They did this so that, if he healed the man, they would accuse him of disobeying their laws by working on the day of rest. But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Come and stand here in front of everyone!" So the man got up and stood there. Then Jesus said to the others, "I ask you this: Do the laws that God gave Moses permit people to do what is good ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, or do they permit people to harm others? Do they permit us to save a person’s life on our day of rest or to let him die [HYP] by refusing to help him?" They refused to answer him. So after he looked around at them all, he said to the man, "Stretch out your shriveled hand!" The man did that, and his hand became all right again!
Jesus healed a man without going to his house because the man’s master believed that Jesus could do that.
After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went with his disciples to Capernaum town. There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die. When the officer heard about Jesus, he summoned some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave. When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus to return with them. They said, "This officer deserves that you (sg) do this for him, because he loves us Jewish people, and he paid the money to build a synagogue for us." So Jesus went with them. When he was near the officer’s house, the officer decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he summoned some friends. He told them to go to Jesus and tell him this: "Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. Because I am a non-Jew, I am not worthy for you (sg), a Jew, to come into my house [MTY] and associate with me. I did not feel worthy to come to you, either. But please command that my servant be healed, and he will become well! I believe this because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me and I obey them. I also have soldiers under my authority. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority." When the officer’s friends arrived and told that to Jesus, he marveled at what the officer had said. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, "I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted in me like this non-Jewish man does. No one from Israel, where I would expect people to believe in me, has trusted in me like he has!" When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
There was a woman there whom an evil spirit [MTY] had crippled for 18 years. She was always bent over; she could not stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, "Woman, I am freeing you (sg) from your illness!" He put his hands on her. Immediately she stood up straight, and she praised God!
Jesus told the Jewish leaders that they were being hypocritical about not helping people on the Sabbath.
One ◄Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day►, Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some men who studied the Jewish laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him. Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen. Jesus said to them, "Is it permitted in our(inc) Jewish laws to heal someone ◄on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath►, or not?" They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► (OR, they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go home.
Jesus healed ten lepers, but only a non-Jewish one thanked him.
As Jesus and his disciples were walking along the road to Jerusalem, they were going through the region between Samaria and Galilee districts. As they entered one village, ten lepers came near the road. Because lepers were not permitted to come near other people, they stood at some distance and called out, "Jesus, Master, pity us and heal us!" When he saw them, he said to them, "Each of you should go and show yourself to a priest in Jerusalem so that he can see if you are healed." As they were going there, they were healed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God loudly. He came to Jesus, prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet, and thanked him. This man was a Samaritan, not a Jew. Then Jesus said, "I healed ten lepers ◄I am disappointed that the other nine did not come back!/Where are the other nine?► [RHQ] I am disappointed [RHQ] that this non-Jewish man was the only one who returned to thank God; none of the others came back to me!" Then he said to the man, "Get up and continue on your journey. God [PRS] has saved you and healed you (sg) because you trusted in me."
The Jewish leaders did not like the fact that Jesus healed a paralyzed man on the Sabbath day.
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem when the Jews were having another celebration. At one of the gates into the city called the Sheep Gate, there is a pool. In our language we call it Bethzatha. Around the pool were five open areas with roofs over them. Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed. One of those who was there had been paralyzed for 38 years. Jesus saw him lying there and found out that the man had been like that for a long time. He said to the man, "Do you want to become well?" The paralyzed man replied to him, "Yes, sir, I want to get well, but there is no one to help me get down into the pool when the water is stirred {stirs}. While I am trying to get to the pool, someone else always gets there before me." Jesus said to him, "Get up! Then pick up your mat and walk!" The man immediately was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking!
The day on which this happened was a Jewish day of rest.
Jesus went again to Cana in Galilee district. That was where he previously turned water into wine. There was one of the king’s officials who lived in Capernaum, whose son was very sick. When that man heard others say that Jesus had returned to Galilee district from Judea district, he went to Jesus in Cana and pleaded with him, "Please come down to Capernaum and heal my son, who is about to die!" Jesus said to him, "You people will believe my message only if you see me perform more miracles!" But the official said to him, "Sir, ◄I believe in you/I believe that you came from God►. So please come down to my home before my son dies!" Jesus said to him, "Then you may go home. Your son ◄will live/not die►!" The man believed what Jesus said, and left. The next day while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, "Your child is going to live!" He asked them, "At what time did my son start to become well?" They said to him, "His fever ceased yesterday afternoon at one o’clock." Then the boy’s father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, "Your son will ◄live/not die►." So he and all the people in his house believed that Jesus was the Messiah.
That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee district, after he had returned from Judea district.
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.
Then a woman who had been suffering constant vaginal bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, "I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding. So if I touch him or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed without anyone finding out about it." So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment. Then Jesus turned around to see who had touched him. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, "Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed [PRS] that I could heal you, I have healed you." The woman was healed at that very moment.
There was a woman in the crowd who had vaginal bleeding [EUP] every day for twelve years. She had suffered much while many doctors treated her. But although she had spent all her money to pay the doctors, she had not been helped {they had not helped her}. Instead, she had become worse [EUP]. After she heard that Jesus healed people, she came to where he was and pushed in the crowd close behind Jesus. She did that because she was thinking, "If I touch him or even if I touch his clothes, I will be healed {his power will heal me}." So she touched Jesus’ clothes. At once her bleeding stopped. At the same time, she sensed that she had been cured of {that he had cured} her illness.
Then a woman came near. She had been suffering from constant vaginal [EUP] bleeding for twelve years, but she could not be healed by anyone {no one could heal her}. She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his robe in order to be healed. At once her bleeding stopped. Jesus said, "Who touched me?" When everyone said that they had not touched him, Peter said, "Lord, there is a large crowd of people around you (sg) and crowding against you, so any one of them might have touched you!" But Jesus said, "I know that someone deliberately touched me, because my power has healed someone who touched me." When the woman realized that she could not prevent Jesus (OR, people) from knowing that she was healed, her body began to shake. She was afraid that because she had disobeyed the law that a woman with such a condition should not touch others, Jesus might scold her for doing that. She prostrated herself before Jesus. As the other people were listening, she told why she had touched him and how she had been healed immediately. Jesus said to her, "◄Ma’am/My dear woman►, because you believed [PRS] that I could heal you, I have healed you. Go from here, and may you experience God’s peace within you."
Ressurreições
Jesus ressuscitou mortos — a filha de Jairo, o filho da viúva de Naim e Lázaro. Ele é Senhor sobre a morte.
Jesus healed a woman who had constant hemorrhaging. He also caused a young girl to become alive again.
While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him to show respect. Then he said, "My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live again!" So Jesus got up, and he and we disciples went with the man.
Then Jesus and some of us disciples came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players playing funeral music and the crowd that had gathered wailing loudly because the girl had died. Knowing that he would cause her to live again, he said to them, "Go away and stop the funeral music and wailing, because the girl is not dead! She is just sleeping!" The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead. But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into the room where the girl was lying. He took hold of her hand and she became alive again and got up.
One of the men who presided over a ◄synagogue/Jewish meeting place►, whose name was Jairus, came there. When he saw Jesus, he prostrated himself at his feet. Then he pleaded with Jesus earnestly, "My twelve-year old daughter is sick and nearly dead! Please come to my house and place your hands on her in order that she will be healed {to heal her}, so that she will not die!" So Jesus and the disciples went with him.
A large crowd followed Jesus and many pushed close to him.
Then he allowed only his three closest disciples, Peter, James, and John, to go with him to Jairus’ house. He did not allow any other people to go with him. After they arrived near the house, Jesus saw that the people there were in turmoil. They were weeping and wailing [DOU] loudly. He entered the house and then he said to them, knowing that he was going to cause her to live again, "◄Do not make such a disturbance!/Why are you making such a disturbance?► [RHQ] Stop crying, for the child is not dead! On the contrary, she is only sleeping [HYP, EUP]!" The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead. But he sent all the other people outside the house. Then he took the child’s father and mother and the three disciples who were with him. He went into the room where the child was lying. He took hold of the child’s hand and said to her in her own language, "Talitha, Koum!" That means, "Little girl, get up!" At once the girl got up and walked around. (It was not surprising that she could walk, because she was twelve years old.) When this happened, all who were present were very astonished.
Then Jesus also said, "Many of you people have heard what John and I have taught. ◄I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what many of you people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?► [RHQ] You are like children who are playing games in an open area. Some of them are calling to the others, saying, ‘We (exc) played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’ Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me! When John came and preached to you, he did not eat ordinary food [SYN] or drink wine, like most people do. But you rejected him, saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’ In contrast, I, the one who came from heaven, eat the same food and drink wine as others do. But you reject me, saying, ‘Look! This man eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and other sinners!’ But those who are truly God’s children [PRS] realize that what John and I do is truly wise."
Jesus told why he appreciated the sinful woman pouring perfume on his feet.
One day one of the Pharisees named Simon invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined to eat. There was a woman in that city who many people knew had been a prostitute [EUP]. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
Just then a man named Jairus, who was one of the leaders ◄of the synagogue/of the Jewish meeting place► there, came near and prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet. He pleaded with Jesus, "Please come to my house and heal my daughter, my only daughter, who is about twelve years old, because she is dying!"
As Jesus went with him, many people crowded close to Jesus.
While he was still talking to her, a man from Jairus’ house came and said to Jairus, "Your daughter has died. So ◄it is useless that you bother the teacher any longer by urging him to go to your house!/why do you bother the teacher any longer by urging him to go to your house?► [RHQ]" But when Jesus heard that, he said to Jairus, "Do not think that there is nothing more that can be done. Just believe that I can help her. If you(sg) do that, she will live again." When they arrived outside Jairus’ house, Jesus allowed only Peter, John, James, and the girl’s mother and father to go in Jairus’ house with him. All the people there were crying and beating their chests to show that they were sad. But, knowing that he would cause the girl to live again, he said to them, "Stop crying! She is not dead! She is just sleeping [MET]!" The people laughed at him, because they knew that the girl was dead. But Jesus took hold of her hand and called to her, saying, "Child, get up!" At once her spirit returned to her body and she got up. Jesus immediately said, "Give her something to eat!" Her parents were amazed, but Jesus told them not to tell anyone else yet what had happened.
Jesus’ friend, Lazarus, died.
One time there was a man whose name was Lazarus who was very sick. He lived in Bethany village, where his older sisters Mary and Martha also lived. Mary was the woman who later poured perfume on the feet of the Lord Jesus, and then wiped his feet with her hair. So the two sisters sent someone to tell Jesus about Lazarus, saying, "Lord, the one you love very much is very sick." They hoped that Jesus would come, but when Jesus heard the message, he said, "His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in people realizing how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of what I will do." Jesus loved Martha and her younger sister Mary and Lazarus. But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.
But Jesus wanted to see Lazarus. So he said to us disciples, "Let’s go back to Judea." We said, "Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish leaders [SYN] wanted to kill you by throwing stones at you. So ◄we think that you should not go back there again!/are you sure that you want to go back there again?► [RHQ]" To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen [MET], Jesus replied, "There are [RHQ] twelve hours in the daytime, which is enough time to do what God wants us to do. People who walk in the daytime will not stumble over things they cannot see, because they see things by the light from the sun. It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light."
After he said that, he told us, "Our friend Lazarus has gone to sleep. But I will go there so that I can wake him up." So we said to him, "Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. So you do not need to risk your life by going there." Jesus was speaking figuratively about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep. So then he told us plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
Domínio sobre a natureza
Jesus acalmou a tempestade, andou sobre as águas e multiplicou pães. A natureza obedece à voz do seu Criador.
The disciples were amazed when Jesus calmed a storm on the lake.
Then Jesus got into the boat. The disciples also got in, and they started sailing close to the shoreline around Lake Galilee. Suddenly strong winds blew on the lake, and very high waves were splashing into the boat and filling it. But Jesus was sleeping. They went and woke him up, and said to him, "Sir/Lord, rescue us! We are about to drown!" He said to them, "◄You should not be terrified!/Why are you terrified?► [RHQ] I am disappointed that in spite of all you have seen me do, ◄you do not believe very much that I can rescue you./do you not believe that I can rescue you?► [RHQ]" Then he got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to calm down. And the wind stopped blowing and the lake became calm. As a result, they were amazed, and they said to one another, "This man is certainly an extraordinary person [RHQ]! All things are under his control! Even the winds and the waves obey him [PRS]!"
When it was nearly evening, we disciples came to him and said, "This is a place where nobody lives, and it is very late. Dismiss the crowds so that they can go into the nearby towns. Have them do that so that they can buy food for themselves." But Jesus said to us, "They do not need to leave to get food. Instead, you yourselves give them something to eat!" We said to him, "But we have only five loaves of bread and two cooked fish here!" He said to us, "Bring them to me!" He told the people who had gathered there to sit on the grass. Then he took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. Then he gave them to us disciples, and we distributed them to the crowd. All the people in the crowd ate until they had enough to eat. Then we disciples gathered the pieces that were left over, and we filled twelve baskets with them. Those who ate were about 5,000 men. We did not count the women and children!
Then Jesus came down from the hills to the lake. Some time between three and six o’clock in the morning he walked on the water toward our boat.
Jesus miraculously fed over 4,000 people.
Then Jesus called us disciples to him and said to us, "This crowd of people has been with me for three days and have nothing left to eat. I feel sorry for them. I do not want to send them away while they are still hungry, because if I did that, they might faint on the way home." We disciples said to him, "In this place where nobody lives, ◄we cannot possibly obtain enough food to feed such a large crowd!/how can we obtain a large enough amount of food to feed such a large crowd?► [RHQ]" Jesus asked us, "How many small loaves do you have?" We said to him, "We have seven small loaves and a few cooked fish." He told the people to sit on the ground. Then he took the seven small loaves and the fish. After he thanked God for them, he broke them into pieces, and he kept giving them to us. Then we kept distributing them to the crowd. Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously, all those people ate and had plenty to satisfy them. There were 4,000 men who ate, but no one counted the women and the children who also ate. Then we disciples collected the pieces of food that were left over, and we filled seven large baskets with them.
Jesus arranged for a miracle so that Peter could pay the Temple tax.
When we came to Capernaum city, the men who collect taxes for the Temple approached Peter and said to him, "Your teacher pays the Temple tax, does he not?" He answered them, "Yes, he does pay it." When we came into the house where Jesus was saying, before Peter began to talk about paying taxes, Jesus said to him, "Simon, from whom do you think rulers collect revenue or taxes? Do they collect taxes from the citizens of their own country, or from citizens of countries they have conquered?" Peter answered him, "From citizens of other countries." Then Jesus said to him, "So citizens of their own country do not need to pay taxes. But even though the Temple is mine, pay the tax for us so that the Temple tax collectors will not become angry with us. In order to get the money to pay it, go to the lake. Cast your fish line and hook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a silver coin that is worth enough to pay the tax for you and me. Take that coin and give it to the Temple tax collectors."
Jesus taught the disciples a lesson from what happened to a fig tree.
Early the next morning, when we were returning to the city, Jesus was hungry. He saw a fig tree near the road. So he went over to it to pick some figs to eat. But when he got close, he saw that there were no figs on the tree. There were only leaves on it. So to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel, he said to the fig tree, "May you never again produce figs!" As a result, the fig tree withered that night. The next day when we disciples saw what had happened to the tree, we marveled, and we said to Jesus, "◄It is astonishing that the fig tree withered so quickly!/How is it that the fig tree dried up so quickly?►" [RHQ] Jesus said to us, "Think about this: If you believe that God has power to do what you ask him to and you do not doubt that, you will be able to do things like what I have done to this fig tree. You will even be able to do marvelous deeds like saying to a nearby hill, ‘Uproot yourself and throw yourself into the sea’, and it will happen! In addition to that, whenever you ask God for something when you pray to him, if you believe that he will give it to you, you will receive it from him."
A strong wind came up and the waves started coming into the boat! The boat was soon nearly full of water! Jesus was in the back part of the boat. He was sleeping, with his head on a cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher! ◄You ought to be concerned that we are about to die!/Are you not concerned that we are about to die?► [RHQ]" So Jesus got up and rebuked the wind. Then he said to the lake, "Be quiet! Be still! [DOU]" The wind immediately stopped blowing and then the lake became very calm. He said to the disciples, "◄I am disappointed that you are afraid like that!/Why are you afraid like that?► [RHQ] Do you not yet believe that I can protect you?" They were very awestruck. They said to one another, "Not only do the demons obey this man, but even the wind and the waves obey him! "◄What kind of man is he?/This man is not like ordinary people!► [RHQ]"
When it became late in the afternoon the people became hungry and there was no place to obtain food; as a result, Jesus miraculously provided food for them.
Late in the afternoon, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a place where no people live and it is very late. So send the people away in order that they may go to the surrounding farms and villages in order that they can buy for themselves something to eat!" But he replied, "No, you yourselves give them something to eat!" They replied, "◄We could not buy enough bread to feed this crowd, even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days!/How could we buy enough bread to feed this mob, even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days?►" [RHQ] But he replied to them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!" They went and found out and then they told him, "We have only five flat loaves and two cooked fish!" He instructed the disciples to tell all the people to sit down on the green grass. So the people sat in groups. There were 50 people in some groups and 100 people in other groups. Jesus took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked God for them. Then he broke the loaves and fish into pieces and kept giving them to the disciples in order that they would distribute them to the people. Everyone ate this food until they all had enough to eat! The disciples then collected twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and of the fish that were left over. There were approximately 5,000 men who ate the bread and fish. They did not even count the women and children.
He saw that the wind was blowing against them as they rowed. As a result, they were having great difficulty. He approached them early in the morning, when it was still dark, by walking on the water. He intended to walk by them. They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed because they all were terrified when they saw him. But he talked to them. He said to them, "Be calm! Do not be afraid, because it is I!" He got into the boat and sat down with them and the wind immediately stopped blowing. They were completely amazed about what he had done.
Again Jesus provided food miraculously for a great crowd who gathered to hear him and became hungry.
During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. After they had been there a couple days, they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples to come closer and then he said to them, "This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing left to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them. Furthermore, if I send them home while they are still hungry, some of them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away." Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of his disciples replied, "◄We cannot possibly find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live!/How can we find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live?►" [RHQ] Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They replied, "We have seven flat loaves." Jesus commanded the crowd, "Sit down on the ground!" After they sat down, he took the seven loaves, he thanked God for them, he broke them into pieces and started giving them to his disciples in order that they might distribute them to the people. They found that they also had a few small dried fish. So after he thanked God for these, he told the disciples, "Distribute these also." After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd, the people ate this food and they had plenty to satisfy them. The disciples collected the pieces of food that were left over. They filled seven large baskets full of those pieces. They estimated that there were about 4,000 people who ate on that day.
Jesus cursed a fig tree as a sign of what would happen to the people of Israel.
The next day, as Jesus and his disciples were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. He saw from a distance a fig tree with all its leaves, so he went to it to see if he could find any figs on it. But when he came to it, he found only leaves on it. This was because it was not yet time when normal fig trees have ripe figs. But to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel, he said to the tree, "No one shall ever eat from you again because you will no longer bear figs." The disciples heard what he said.
When Jesus and his disciples passed the fig tree that Jesus had cursed, they saw that it had withered. Jesus used this as an illustration for trusting that God would answer prayer.
The next morning, while they were going along the road toward Jerusalem, they saw that the fig tree that Jesus had cursed had withered completely. Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the fig tree and he exclaimed to Jesus, "Teacher, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!" Jesus replied, "You should not be surprised that God did what I asked! You must trust that God will do whatever you ask him to do! Also note this: If anyone says to this hill, ‘Be raised up {Rise up} and then be thrown {throw yourself} into the lake!’ and if he does not doubt that what he asks for will happen, that is, if he believes that what he asks for will happen, God will do it for him. So I tell you, whenever you ask God for something when you pray, believe that you will receive it, and, if you do, God will do it for you. Now, I tell you this also: Whenever you are praying, if you have a grudge against people because they have harmed you, forgive them, in order that your Father in heaven will likewise forgive your sins."
Jesus chose some fishermen to be his disciples.
One day while many people were crowding around him to hear the message from God, Jesus was standing on the shore of Gennesaret Lake, which is also called Lake Galilee. He saw two fishing boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had gone out of the boats and were washing their fishing nets on the shore. One of the boats belonged to Simon. Jesus got in that boat and asked Simon to push the boat a little bit away from the shore so that he could speak to the crowd more easily. Jesus sat in the boat and taught the people who were on the shore. After he finished speaking to them, he said to Simon, "Push the boat out to where the water is deep. Then let your nets down into the water to catch some fish!" Simon replied, "Master, we (exc) worked hard all night but we did not catch any fish. But because you (sg) tell me to do it, I will let down the nets." When Peter and the men with him had done that, they caught so many fish that their nets were breaking. They motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. So they came and filled both the boats with fish from the net. The result was that the boats were so full that they began to sink. Simon and all the men who were with him were amazed at how many fish they had taken. James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners, were among those who were amazed. When Simon, whose other name was Peter, saw the fish, feeling ashamed to be in the presence of someone who obviously had God’s power, he prostrated himself before Jesus and said, "Lord, you should go away from me, because I am a sinful man!" But Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid! Up until now you(sg) have been gathering fish [MET], but from now on you will gather people to become my disciples." So after they brought the boats to the shore, they left their business [HYP] in the hands of others and went with Jesus.
Jesus calmed a storm.
One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples. He said to them, "Let’s go around to the other side of the lake." So they started to go. As they were sailing, he fell asleep. A big windstorm struck the lake. Soon the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. Jesus’ disciples woke him up. They said to him, "Master! Master! We (inc) are going to drown!" He got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to be calm. The wind immediately stopped blowing and the waves calmed down. The lake became calm. He said to them, "◄I am disappointed that you did not trust me to help you!/Why did you not trust me to help you?►" [RHQ] They were afraid. They were also amazed. They said to each other, "◄What kind of man is this?/This man is not like ordinary men!► [RHQ] He not only commands people, but when he commands the wind and the water, they also obey him!"
Jesus calmed a storm.
One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples. He said to them, "Let’s go around to the other side of the lake." So they started to go. As they were sailing, he fell asleep. A big windstorm struck the lake. Soon the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. Jesus’ disciples woke him up. They said to him, "Master! Master! We (inc) are going to drown!" He got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to be calm. The wind immediately stopped blowing and the waves calmed down. The lake became calm. He said to them, "◄I am disappointed that you did not trust me to help you!/Why did you not trust me to help you?►" [RHQ] They were afraid. They were also amazed. They said to each other, "◄What kind of man is this?/This man is not like ordinary men!► [RHQ] He not only commands people, but when he commands the wind and the water, they also obey him!"
Jesus expelled many demons from a man.
Jesus and his disciples arrived at the region near Gerasa, a town which was on the eastern side of Lake Galilee.
Jesus fed over 5,000 people miraculously.
Late in the afternoon Jesus’ twelve apostles came to him and said, "This is a place where nobody lives, so dismiss the people so that they can go to the surrounding villages and other places where they can get some food and find places to stay!" But he said to them, "No, you yourselves give them something to eat!" They replied, "We (exc) have only five small loaves and two cooked fish. Are you (sg) going to give us the money to go somewhere and buy food for all these people?" There were about 5,000 men there. He replied to the disciples, "No, just tell the people to sit down. Tell them to sit in groups, with about 50 people in each group." After they told the people that, they all sat down. Then he took the five small loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked God for them. Then he broke them into pieces and gave them to the disciples so that they would distribute them to the crowd. All the people in the crowd ate until they all had enough to eat. Then the disciples collected twelve baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over!
In Cana Jesus did his first miracle, turning water into delicious wine.
Two days later there was a wedding celebration in Cana town, in Galilee district. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and we his disciples were also there, because we had been invited {someone had invited us} also. When the guests had drunk all the wine that was there, Jesus’ mother said to him, "The wine is all gone; can you do something about that?" Jesus said to her, "Ma’am/Woman, ◄do not tell me what to do!/why do you tell me what to do?► [RHQ] It is not yet time [MTY] to show that I am the Messiah by working miracles." Then Jesus’ mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you!" There were six empty stone jars there. The Jews habitually put water in them to use for washing things to make them acceptable to God. Each jar held ◄20 to 30 gallons/80 to 120 liters►. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water!" So they filled the jars to the brim. Then he told them, "Now, ladle out some of it and take it ◄to the head waiter/to the master of ceremonies►." So the servants did that. ◄The head waiter/The master of ceremonies► tasted the water, which had now become wine. He did not know where the wine had come from, but the servants who had ladled out the wine knew. The wine was delicious! So he called the bridegroom over, and said to him, "Everyone else serves the best wine first. Then when the guests have drunk so much that they cannot tell the difference, they serve the cheap wine. But you have not done what others do. You have kept the best wine until now!" That was the first miracle that Jesus did. He did it in Cana town, in Galilee district. By doing it he showed how awesome he is, and as a result, we his disciples believed that he truly was the Messiah.
He asked this only to find out if Philip believed what Jesus could do, because Jesus already knew what he himself was going to do. Philip replied to him, "Even if we had the amount of money a man earns in eight months, that would not be enough to buy bread so that each person could have a little bit!" Another one of us disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s younger brother, said to Jesus, "There is a boy here who has five small barley loaves and two cooked fish. But ◄they will not help much among so many people!/what good will that do among so many people?► [RHQ]" Jesus said, "Tell the people to sit down!" There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down comfortably. There were about 5,000 men among the crowd. Then Jesus took the small loaves and the fish and thanked God for them. Then he gave them to us, and we distributed the small loaves and the fish to all the people sitting on the ground. Because God caused the food to keep increasing, everyone ate as much as they wanted. When everyone had all the food they wanted, he said to us disciples, "Gather up the pieces that are left over. Do not let anything be wasted!" So we gathered up the pieces of the small loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. We filled twelve baskets with those pieces!
After we had rowed ◄three or four miles/five or six kilometers►, we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified! But he said to us, "Do not be afraid! It is I!" We were glad to take him into the boat. As soon as we did that, the boat reached the shore where we were going!
Jesus appeared to seven disciples and enabled them miraculously to catch a lot of fish.
After that, Jesus showed himself to us disciples when we were at Tiberias Lake, which is another name for Galilee Lake. This is what happened: Simon Peter, Thomas who was called {whom we called} The Twin, Nathaniel from Cana town in Galilee, my older brother and I, and two other disciples were together. Simon Peter said to us, "I am going to try to catch some fish." We said, "We will go with you." So we went down to the lake and got into the boat. But that night we caught nothing. Early the next morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but we did not know that it was Jesus. He called out to us, "My friends, you have not caught any fish, have you?" We answered, "You are correct, we have not caught any." He said to us, "Throw your net out from the right-hand side of the boat! Then you will find some!" We did that, and we caught so many fish in the net that we were unable to pull the net into the boat! But I knew that it was Jesus, so I said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Peter had taken off his cloak while he was working, but as soon as he heard me say "It is the Lord!" he wrapped his cloak around himself and jumped into the water and swam to shore. The rest of us came to the shore in the boat, pulling the net full of fish. We were not far from shore, only about 100 yards/meters. When we got to the shore, we saw that there was a fire of burning coals there, with a large fish on the fire, and some buns. Jesus said to us, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught!" Simon Peter got in the boat and dragged the net to the shore. It was full of large fish. There were 153 of them! But in spite of there being so many fish, the net was not torn.
Libertações
Jesus expulsou demônios com autoridade. Os espíritos impuros não resistiam à sua palavra e saíam imediatamente.
Jesus healed from a distance a Roman officer’s servant because the officer trusted in him.
When Jesus went to Capernaum city, a Roman officer who commanded 100 soldiers came to him. He begged Jesus to help him. He said to him, "Sir, my servant is lying in bed at home and is paralyzed, and he has severe pain." Jesus said to him, "I will go to your house and heal him." But the officer said to him, "Lord/Sir, do not bother to go. I am a non-Jew, so I am not worthy for you, a Jew, to come into my house [MTY] and associate with me. Instead, just command that my servant be healed, and he will be healed. I believe this because, as for me, I am a man under the authority of others, and I also have soldiers under my authority. When I say to one of them ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority." When Jesus heard this, he marveled. He said to the crowd that was walking with him, "Listen to this: I have never before found anyone who has as firm a faith in me as this non-Jewish man has. Not even in Israel, where I would expect people to believe in me, have I found anyone who has the kind of faith in me that he has! I tell you truly that many other non-Jewish people who will believe in me like this Roman officer will come from distant countries, including those far to the east and far to the west [SYN], and they will sit down to eat with [MTY] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in heaven, where God rules. But the Jews [IDM] who should have allowed God to rule over them will be sent to hell, where there is total darkness. And as a result, they will weep because of their suffering and will grind their teeth because they will have severe pain [MTY]." Then Jesus said to the officer, "Go home. What you believed would happen, that I would heal your servant from a distance, will happen." Then the officer went home and found out that his servant became well at the exact time that Jesus told him that he would heal him.
Jesus expelled some demons from two men.
When they came to the east side of the lake, they arrived in the region where the Gadarenes lived. Jesus got out of the boat and began walking on the road. Then two men who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} came out of the burial caves where they were living. Because they were extremely violent and attacked people, no one dared to travel on the road near where they were living. Suddenly they shouted to Jesus, "You are the Son of God! Because you have nothing in common with us [IDM, RHQ], leave us alone Have you come here [RHQ] to torture us before the time [MTY] God has appointed to punish us?" There was a large herd of pigs not far away, digging for food with their noses. So the demons begged Jesus, saying, "You are going to cast us out of the men, so send us into the herd of pigs!" Jesus said to them, "If that is what you want, go!" So the demons left the men and entered the pigs. Suddenly the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. The men who were tending the pigs became afraid and ran into the town and reported everything that had happened, including what had happened to the two men who had been controlled by demons {whom demons had controlled}. Then it seemed as if all the people [HYP] who lived in that town [MTY] went to meet Jesus. When they saw him and the two men who had been controlled by the demons, they begged Jesus to leave their region because they thought that he would destroy more things than just the pigs (OR, because they realized he must be very powerful).
Jesus expelled a demon, but the Pharisees accused him of doing such things by Satan’s power.
When Jesus and we disciples left the house, some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}. After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd who saw this marveled. They said, "Never before have we seen anything as marvelous as this happen in Israel!"
Jesus refuted the argument that he was expelling demons by Satan’s power, and he warned that making such statements is an unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit.
One day when Jesus was at home, some men brought to Jesus a man who, because of being controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}, was blind and unable to speak. Jesus healed him by expelling the demon. As a result, the man began to talk and was able to see.
Jesus healed a non-Jewish woman’s daughter after testing the mother’s faith in him.
After Jesus took us and left Galilee district, we went into the region where the cities of Tyre and Sidon are located. A woman from the group of people called Canaanites who live in that region came to the place where Jesus was staying. She kept shouting to him, "Lord, you are the descendant of King David, you are the Messiah! Have pity on me and my daughter! She is suffering very much because a demon controls her." But Jesus did not answer her at all. We disciples came to him, and knowing that the woman was not a Jew, we said to him, "Tell her to leave, because she keeps bothering us by yelling behind us!" But Jesus said to her, "I have been sent {God has sent me} to help only the Israelite people at this time [SYN]. They are like sheep that have gotten lost [MET] because they do not know the way to heaven." But she came closer to Jesus and knelt down in front of him to worship him. She pled, "Lord/Sir, help me!" Then, to suggest to her that he needed to help the Jews first and not the non-Jews, whom the Jews called dogs, he told her, "It is not good for someone to take food that has been prepared for the children and throw it to the little dogs." But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God, the woman said to Jesus, "Lord/Sir, what you say is correct, but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall to the floor when their masters sit at their tables and eat!" Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, because you believe firmly in me, I will heal your daughter as you desire!" At that moment the demon left her daughter, and she became well.
Jesus healed an epileptic boy, and he rebuked his disciples for not having enough faith to do miracles.
When Jesus and the three disciples returned to the rest of us disciples and to the crowd that had gathered, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. He said to him, "Sir/Lord, have mercy on my son and heal him! He has epilepsy and suffers very much. Because of this illness, he has fallen in the fire and in the water many times. I brought him to your disciples in order that they might heal him, but they were not able to heal him." Jesus responded by saying to everyone who had gathered there, "You who have seen how I help people do not believe that you can do anything! Your minds are distorted! How long do I have to be with you before you are able to do what I do [RHQ]? How long do I have to endure your not believing [RHQ]? Bring the boy here to me!" When they brought the boy to Jesus, Jesus rebuked the demon that was causing the epilepsy. As a result, the demon came out of the boy, and right then the boy was healed.
Suddenly, while he was teaching, a man appeared in their worship place who had an evil spirit in him, and he shouted, "Jesus, from Nazareth town, since we evil spirits have nothing in common with you, ◄do not interfere with us!/what do you want with us evil spirits?► [RHQ] ◄Do not destroy us now!/Have you come to destroy us now?► [RHQ] I know who you are. I know that you are the holy one who has come from God!" Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "Be quiet! And come out of the man!" The evil spirit shook the man hard. He screamed loudly, and then he came out of the man and left.
Jesus expelled evil spirits from a Gerasene man and then allowed them to enter a herd of pigs, which then ran down a hill and drowned. As a result, the local people asked Jesus to leave the area.
Jesus and his disciples arrived on the east side of Lake Galilee. They landed near where the Gerasene people lived. There was a man in that region whom evil spirits controlled. Because that man was violent and people were afraid of him, they had tied him up many times. As he grew more violent, no one was able to tie him up any longer, not even with chains, because the chains would be broken by him {he would break the chains} whenever he was bound {they bound him} with them. The iron shackles would also be smashed by him {He would also smash the iron shackles} whenever they were fastened {they fastened them} on his feet. He lived in one of the caves where they bury dead people. During both night and day he would scream among the caves and in the hills. He would also cut himself with sharp stones. That day he came out of the caves. As Jesus and his disciples got out of the boat, that man saw Jesus from a distance. He immediately ran to Jesus, and then he knelt before him. Jesus said to the evil spirit, "You evil spirit, come out of this man!" But the demon did not leave quickly. It shouted very loudly, "Jesus, I know that you are the ◄Son of/man who is also► God, so ◄we have nothing in common./what do we have in common?► [IDM, RHQ] So leave me alone I ask you to promise, knowing God is listening, that you will not torture me now!" So, in order to expel the demon more easily, Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Crowd/Mob because there are many of us evil spirits in this man." Then the evil spirits fervently kept begging Jesus that he not send them out of the region. At the same time, a large herd of pigs was ◄grazing/rooting for food► nearby on the hillside. So the evil spirits pleaded with Jesus, "Allow us to go to the pigs in order that we might enter them!" He permitted them to do that. So the evil spirits left the man and entered the pigs. The herd, which numbered about 2,000, rushed down the cliff into the lake, and drowned in the lake.
The men who had been tending the pigs ran and reported in the town and the countryside what had happened. Many people went to see what had happened.
But you teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people give their things to God instead of giving them to their parents. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you to provide for you, I have now promised to give to God. So I cannot any longer help you!’ As a result, you are actually telling people that they no longer have to help their parents! And, by doing that, you disregard what God commanded! You teach your own traditions to others and tell them strongly that they should obey them And you do many other things like that."
Then Jesus again summoned the crowd to come closer. Then he said to them figuratively, "All of you people listen to me! Try to understand [DOU] what I am about to tell you. Nothing that people eat causes God to consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s ◄inner beings/hearts► that causes God to reject them."
Jesus went to the region around Tyre to be away from people, but they learned of it, and a woman came to ask him to expel an evil spirit from her daughter.
After Jesus and his disciples left Galilee district, they went to the region around Tyre. While he stayed at a certain house, he desired that no one know it, but people soon found out that he was there. A certain woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit within her, heard about Jesus. At once she came to him and prostrated herself at his feet. This woman was not a Jew. Her ancestors came from Greece country, but she was born in the region around Phoenicia town in Syria district. She pleaded with Jesus that he expel the evil spirit from her daughter. But he wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs [MET], he spoke to her saying, "First let the children eat all they want, because it is not good for someone to take the food the mother has prepared for the children and then throw it to the little dogs." But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God [MET], she replied to him, "Sir, what you say is correct, but even the little dogs, which lie under the table, eat the crumbs that the children drop." Jesus said to her, "Because of what you have said, you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you. So I will help you. Now you may go home, because I have caused the evil spirit to leave your daughter." The woman returned to her house and saw that her child was lying quietly on the bed and that the evil spirit had left.
A man in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son here in order that you would heal him. There is an evil spirit in him that makes him unable to talk. Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it." Jesus replied by saying to those people, "◄I am very disappointed that although you have observed how I help people, you do not believe that you are able to do anything!/Why is it that although you have observed how I help people, you do not believe that you are able to do anything?► [RHQ] ◄I have been with you a long time, and you still cannot do what I do!/How long do I have to be with you before you can do what I do?► [RHQ] Bring the boy to me!" So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and the boy fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth. Jesus asked the boy’s father, "How long has he been like this?" He replied, "This started to happen when he was a child. The spirit does not only do this, but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!" Jesus exclaimed to him, "Do not say [RHQ] ‘If you can’, for God/I can do anything for people who believe in him/me!" Immediately the child’s father shouted, "I believe that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly. Help me to believe more strongly!" Because Jesus wanted to heal the boy before the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "You evil spirit, you who are causing this boy to be deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!" The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, "He is dead!" However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. He was healed!
Jesus healed Simon’s mother-in-law and many others.
Jesus and his disciples left ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place► and entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. So others in Simon’s family (OR, the disciples) asked Jesus to heal her. So he bent over her and commanded the fever to leave her. At once she became well! She got up and served them some food.
There was a man in that region in whom demons lived. He was from the town of Gerasa. (OR, In that area there was a man from that town whom demons controlled.) For a long time he had not worn clothes. He did not live in a house. Instead, he lived in burial caves. Many times demons attacked him. He was guarded {People tried to guard him} so that he would not injure others. Chains were fastened {They fastened chains} on his hands and shackles on his feet, but he would break the chains and shackles. Then he would be sent away by the demons {the demons would send him away} to some desolate area.
When Jesus stepped out of the boat onto the shore, the man saw him. He ran to Jesus and prostrated himself before him. Then Jesus commanded, "You evil spirit, come out of that man!" But it did not leave immediately. Instead, it caused the man to shout very loudly, "Jesus, Son of the great God in heaven, since we (inc) have nothing in common, leave me alone [RHQ]! I beg you, do not torture me now!" In order to expel the demon more easily, Jesus asked the demon, "What is your (sg) name?" He replied, "My name is Crowd/Mob." He said that because many demons had entered that man. The demons kept begging Jesus that he would not command them to go into the deep place where God punishes demons. There was a large herd of pigs ◄grazing/rooting for food► on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus that he allow them to enter the pigs. So he did. The demons left the man and entered the pigs. Then the herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
When the men who were taking care of the pigs saw what happened, they ran! They told people inside the town and outside the town what had happened. So people went out to see what had happened. When they came to where Jesus was, they saw that the man from whom Jesus had expelled the demons was sitting at the feet of Jesus, listening to him. He had clothes on, and his mind was normal again. Then those people became afraid because they thought that Jesus would destroy more of their property (OR, because they realized that he must be very powerful).
But listen carefully! Some of you (pl) who are here now will see God ruling [MET] in many powerful ways. You will see it before you die!"
Jesus talked with Moses and Elijah.
About a week after Jesus said those things, he took Peter, James, and James’ brother John and led them up a mountain so that he could pray there. As he was praying, his face appeared very different to them. His clothes became as bright as lightning. Suddenly, two men appeared who had the brightness of heaven surrounding them. They were prophets who had lived long ago, Moses and Elijah. They started talking with Jesus about how he would accomplish what God had planned when he died [EUP] very soon in Jerusalem.
Peter and the other disciples who were with him were sound asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ brightness. They also saw the two men standing with him. As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, it is wonderful for us to be here! Allow us to make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah!" But he really did not realize what he was talking about.
Then a man from the crowd exclaimed, "Teacher, I plead with you, do something to help my son! He is my only child! At various times an evil spirit suddenly seizes him and causes him to scream. The evil spirit shakes him violently and causes him to foam at the mouth. It does not leave until my child is completely exhausted. I pleaded with your disciples who were here for them to expel the evil spirit, but they were not able to do it!" Jesus replied by saying to everyone who had gathered there, "You who have seen how I help people do not believe that you can do anything. What you think is perverted! How long must I be with you before you are able to do what I do [RHQ]? How long must I endure your lack of faith?" Then he said to the boy’s father, "Bring your (sg) son here to me!" While they were bringing the boy to Jesus, the demon attacked the boy, threw him to the ground, and shook him severely. But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit and healed the boy. Then he returned him to his father’s care. All the people there were amazed at the great power of God.
Jesus predicted his arrest.
While they were all amazed at all the miracles Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,
Jesus taught people various things about demons.
One day there was a man there who, because a demon controlled him [MTY], was unable to speak. After Jesus expelled the demon, the man began to talk. Most of the people there were amazed.
One of his disciplesdrew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest to kill him, but only cut off his right ear. But Jesus said, "Do not do any more of that!" He touched the servant’s ear and healed him.
When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, "Think about what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area when you went there to see John [RHQ]. You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message [MET], like a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind [RHQ]. Then what kind of man did you go there to see [RHQ]? Was he [RHQ] a man who wore expensive clothes? No! You know very well that people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, not in the desolate areas! Then what kind of person did you go to see? Did you [RHQ] go there to see John because he was a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that John is more important than an ordinary prophet. He is the one about whom these words that God said to the Messiah have been written {the prophet Malachi wrote these words} in the Scriptures: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you (sg) [SYN]. He will prepare people for your coming.’
I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, God considers that no one is greater than John. However, God considers everyone who has let God rule their lives [MET] to be greater than John, even if they are insignificant people."
When they heard what Jesus said (OR, what John preached), all the people, including tax collectors, whom many people despised, agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By letting John baptize them}, they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right. But the Pharisees and the men who taught the Jewish laws were not baptized by John {did not let John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do.