Then<n id="1" /> they asked Jesus<n id="2" /> to leave their region.

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the other ten<n id="2" /> heard this,<n id="3" /> they became angry with James and John.

Jesus began to say to them, &#8220;Watch out<n id="1" /> that no one misleads you.

They were distressed, and one by one said to him, &#8220;Surely not I?&#8221;

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.<n id="1" />

They began to salute him: &#8220;Hail, king of the Jews!&#8221;<n id="1" />

He spoke openly about this. So<n id="1" /> Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

<p class="bodytext">Peter began to speak to him, &#8220;Look,<n id="1" /> we have left everything to follow you!&#8221;<n id="2" />

He took Peter, James,<n id="1" /> and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, &#8220;This man is one of them.&#8221;

Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, &#8220;I do not know this man you are talking about!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat<n id="2" /> as they made their way.

So<n id="1" /> he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis<n id="2" /> what Jesus had done for him,<n id="3" /> and all were amazed.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits.<n id="2" />

As Jesus<n id="1" /> came ashore<n id="2" /> he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So<n id="3" /> he taught them many things.p>

They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the Pharisees<n id="1" /> came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for<n id="2" /> a sign from heaven<n id="3" /> to test him.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Jesus, Son of David,<n id="2" /> have mercy<n id="3" /> on me!&#8221;

But as the man<n id="1" /> went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus<n id="2" /> was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still<n id="3" /> they kept coming<n id="4" /> to him from everywhere.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">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<n id="1" /> the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.