<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat.

If<n id="1" /> a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

They were even more astonished and said<n id="1" /> to one another, &#8220;Then<n id="2" /> who can be saved?&#8221;<n id="3" />

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;The wedding guests<n id="2" /> cannot fast while the bridegroom<n id="3" /> is with them, can they?<n id="4" /> As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

&#8220;Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming!<n id="1" /> Who can forgive sins but God alone?&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> he called them and spoke to them in parables:<n id="2" /> &#8220;How can Satan cast out Satan?

And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

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

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But<n id="1" /> she could not

His disciples answered him, &#8220;Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?&#8221;

Then Jesus said to him, &#8220;&#8216;If you are able?&#8217;<n id="1" /> All things are possible for the one who believes.&#8221;

He told them, &#8220;This kind can come out only by prayer.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

It<n id="1" /> could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins<n id="2" /> and the money<n id="3" /> given to the poor!&#8221; So<n id="4" /> they spoke angrily to her.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> a leper<n id="2" /> came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. &#8220;If<n id="3" /> you are willing, you can make me clean,&#8221; he said.

He said to them, &#8220;Are you so foolish? Don&#8217;t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

<t /><p class="bodytext">After Jesus<n id="1" /> left there, he went to the region of Tyre.<n id="2" /> When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but<n id="3" /> he was not able to escape notice.

and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.