For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.

But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.

So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!”

and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade.”