and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”

When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you raising objections within yourselves?

Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”

Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”