He stretched out his hand and touched<n id="1" /> him saying, &#8220;I am willing. Be clean!&#8221; Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

And the men<n id="1" /> were amazed and said,<n id="2" /> &#8220;What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Then<n id="1" /> the entire town<n id="2" /> came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.p>

Whenever<n id="1" /> you enter a town or village,<n id="2" /> find out who is worthy there<n id="3" /> and stay with them<n id="4" /> until you leave.

Whenever<n id="1" /> they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say,<n id="2" /> for what you should say will be given to you at that time.<n id="3" />

From<n id="1" /> the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.<n id="2" />

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Then he said to the man, &#8220;Stretch out your hand.&#8221; He stretched it out and it was restored,<n id="1" /> as healthy as the other.

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy,<n id="1" /> but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

<t /><p class="bodytext">While Jesus<n id="1" /> was still speaking to the crowds,<n id="2" /> his mother and brothers<n id="3" /> came and<n id="4" /> stood outside, asking<n id="5" /> to speak to him.

To the one who had said this, Jesus<n id="1" /> replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Who is my mother and who are my brothers?&#8221;

And pointing<n id="1" /> toward his disciples he said, &#8220;Here<n id="2" /> are my mother and my brothers!

But he has no root in himself and does not endure;<n id="1" /> when<n id="2" /> trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He presented them with another parable:<n id="1" /> &#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

But on Herod&#8217;s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

Instructed by her mother, she said, &#8220;Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.&#8221;

For God said,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<b><i>Honor your father and motheri>b>&#8217;<n id="2" /> and &#8216;<b><i>Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to deathi>b>.&#8217;<n id="3" />

&#8220;Yes, Lord,&#8221; she replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters&#8217; table.&#8221;

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.