When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

“Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

So he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up among all these people.”

He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.”

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

Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

He swore to her, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.