Then ¹  the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.”

Jerusalem, ¹  Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, ²  and around Tyre ³  and Sidon ⁴  a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

I tell you the truth, ¹  people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. ² 

So ¹  he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis ²  what Jesus had done for him, ³  and all were amazed.

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

For they all gave out of their wealth. ¹  But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.” ² 

But ¹  Jesus ²  did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, ³  that he had mercy on you.”

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money ¹  to the poor, and you will have treasure ²  in heaven. Then come, follow me.”