<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> came to Nazareth,<n id="3" /> where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue<n id="4" /> on the Sabbath day, as was his custom.<n id="5" /> He<n id="6" /> stood up to read,<n id="7" />

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha,<n id="1" /> yet<n id="2" /> none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.&#8221;<n id="3" />

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;

Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because<n id="1" /> your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors<n id="2" /> did the same things to the prophets.<n id="3" />p>

To the person who strikes you on the cheek,<n id="1" /> offer the other as well,<n id="2" /> and from the person who takes away your coat,<n id="3" /> do not withhold your tunic<n id="4" /> either.<n id="5" />

Why<n id="1" /> do you see the speck<n id="2" /> in your brother&#8217;s eye, but fail to see<n id="3" /> the beam of wood<n id="4" /> in your own?

Then<n id="1" /> he came up<n id="2" /> and touched<n id="3" /> the bier,<n id="4" /> and those who carried it stood still. He<n id="5" /> said, &#8220;Young man, I say to you, get up!&#8221;

At that very time<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> cured many people of diseases, sicknesses,<n id="3" /> and evil spirits, and granted<n id="4" /> sight to many who were blind.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Some time<n id="1" /> afterward<n id="2" /> he went on through towns<n id="3" /> and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news<n id="4" /> of the kingdom of God.<n id="5" /> The<n id="6" /> twelve were with him,

So<n id="1" /> the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs<n id="2" /> rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

<p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler&#8217;s<n id="1" /> house came and said, &#8220;Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.&#8221;

(Now about five thousand men<n id="1" /> were there.)<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> he said to his disciples, &#8220;Have<n id="4" /> them sit down in groups of about fifty each.&#8221;

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>

Stay<n id="1" /> in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you,<n id="2" /> for the worker deserves his pay.<n id="3" /> Do not move around from house to house.

Woe to you!<n id="1" /> You are like unmarked graves, and people<n id="2" /> walk over them without realizing it!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

And I will say to myself,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!&#8221;&#8217;

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief<n id="1" /> was coming, he would not have let<n id="2" /> his house be broken into.

But<n id="1" /> the twelve<n id="2" /> understood none of these things. This<n id="3" /> saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp<n id="4" /> what Jesus meant.<n id="5" />p>

Why then didn&#8217;t you put<n id="1" /> my money in the bank,<n id="2" /> so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?&#8217;

Not so with you;<n id="1" /> instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader<n id="2" /> like the one who serves.<n id="3" />