They<n id="1" /> were talking to each other about all the things that had happened.

Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us.<n id="1" /> They<n id="2" /> were at the tomb early this morning,

But they were startled and terrified, thinking<n id="1" /> they saw a ghost.<n id="2" />

So<n id="1" /> they worshiped<n id="2" /> him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,<n id="3" />

and were continually in the temple courts<n id="1" /> blessing<n id="2" /> God.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>&#8220;The voicei>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>of one shouting in the wilderness:i>b><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>makei>b><n id="3" /> <i><b>his paths straightb>.i>p>

And he<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;To you<n id="2" /> I will grant this whole realm<n id="3" /> &#8211; and the glory that goes along with it,<n id="4" /> for it has been relinquished<n id="5" /> to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

But<n id="1" /> Jesus rebuked him:<n id="2" /> &#8220;Silence! Come out of him!&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then, after the demon threw the man<n id="4" /> down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.<n id="5" />

They<n id="1" /> were all amazed and began to say<n id="2" /> to one another, &#8220;What&#8217;s happening here?<n id="3" /> For with authority and power<n id="4" /> he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!&#8221;

He got into<n id="1" /> one of the boats, which was Simon&#8217;s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then<n id="2" /> Jesus<n id="3" /> sat down<n id="4" /> and taught the crowds from the boat.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Blessed are you when people<n id="1" /> hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil<n id="2" /> on account of the Son of Man!

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice<n id="1" /> is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When<n id="2" /> the river burst against that house,<n id="3" /> it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

As he approached the town gate, a man<n id="1" /> who had died was being carried out,<n id="2" /> the only son of his mother (who<n id="3" /> was a widow<n id="4" />), and a large crowd from the town<n id="5" /> was with her.

Fear<n id="1" /> seized them all, and they began to glorify<n id="2" /> God, saying, &#8220;A great prophet<n id="3" /> has appeared<n id="4" /> among us!&#8221; and &#8220;God has come to help<n id="5" /> his people!&#8221;

and sent them to Jesus<n id="1" /> to ask,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Are you the one who is to come,<n id="3" /> or should we look for another?&#8221;

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">we wailed in mourning,<n id="3" /> yet you did not weep.&#8217;p>

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,<n id="1" /> he said to himself, &#8220;If this man were a prophet,<n id="2" /> he would know who and what kind of woman<n id="3" /> this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.&#8221;

When he saw<n id="1" /> Jesus, he cried out, fell<n id="2" /> down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, &#8220;Leave me alone,<n id="3" /> Jesus, Son of the Most High<n id="4" /> God! I beg you, do not torment<n id="5" /> me!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks<n id="2" /> and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;No one who puts his<n id="2" /> hand to the plow and looks back<n id="3" /> is fit for the kingdom of God.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>