The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,<n id="1" />

There was also an inscription<n id="1" /> over him, &#8220;This is the king of the Jews.&#8221;p>

because the sun&#8217;s light failed.<n id="1" /> The temple curtain<n id="2" /> was torn in two.

They<n id="1" /> found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,<n id="2" />

but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.<n id="1" />

(but their eyes were kept<n id="1" /> from recognizing<n id="2" /> him).<n id="3" />

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

<p class="bodytext">After Jesus left<n id="1" /> the synagogue, he entered Simon&#8217;s house. Now Simon&#8217;s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus<n id="2" /> to help her.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives<n id="1" /> sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus.<n id="2" /> He placed<n id="3" /> his hands on every one of them and healed them.

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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> they said to him, &#8220;John&#8217;s<n id="2" /> disciples frequently fast<n id="3" /> and pray,<n id="4" /> and so do the disciples of the Pharisees,<n id="5" /> but yours continue to eat and drink.&#8221;<n id="6" />

But<n id="1" /> he knew<n id="2" /> their thoughts,<n id="3" /> and said to the man who had the withered hand, &#8220;Get up and stand here.&#8221;<n id="4" /> So<n id="5" /> he rose and stood there.

He<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;You have been given<n id="2" /> the opportunity to know<n id="3" /> the secrets<n id="4" /> of the kingdom of God,<n id="5" /> but for others they are in parables, so that <b><i>although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understandi>b>.<n id="6" />p>

They<n id="1" /> came<n id="2" /> and woke him, saying, &#8220;Master, Master,<n id="3" /> we are about to die!&#8221; So<n id="4" /> he got up and rebuked<n id="5" /> the wind and the raging waves;<n id="6" /> they died down, and it was calm.

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Where is your faith?&#8221;<n id="2" /> But they were afraid and amazed,<n id="3" /> saying to one another, &#8220;Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water,<n id="4" /> and they obey him!&#8221;p>

Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy,<n id="1" /> but as they became fully awake,<n id="2" /> they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

As<n id="1" /> the boy<n id="2" /> was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground<n id="3" /> and shook him with convulsions.<n id="4" /> But Jesus rebuked<n id="5" /> the unclean<n id="6" /> spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

He<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest<n id="2" /> to send out<n id="3" /> workers into his harvest.

But Martha was distracted<n id="1" /> with all the preparations she had to make,<n id="2" /> so<n id="3" /> she came up to him and said, &#8220;Lord, don&#8217;t you care<n id="4" /> that my sister has left me to do all the work<n id="5" /> alone? Tell<n id="6" /> her to help me.&#8221;

But the Lord said to him, &#8220;Now you Pharisees clean<n id="1" /> the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.<n id="2" />