\id MRK - Plain English Version 
\h Mark 
\toc3 Mark 
\toc2 Mark 
\toc1 The Good News According to Mark 
\mt1 Mark wrote this good news about Jesus  
\mt2 (The book in the Holy Bible called \k Mark\k*)  
\imt1 About this book  
\ip The Holy Bible has 4 books about the things that Jesus did, and the messages he told to people when he was here on the earth, about 2,000 years ago. Those books are in the 2nd part of the Holy Bible, called the \em New Testament\em*. The men that wrote them were Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. They wrote their books after Jesus went back to heaven. Most of the things in their books happened in the country we now call Israel.  
\ip This book has everything that Mark wrote about Jesus. It is important for us today because it tells us about the good things that Jesus did, and the messages that he brought to us from God.  
\ip Mark was a young man when Jesus was here on the earth. He probably knew Jesus and Jesus’s special workers very well. Some of the things he wrote about are things he probably saw happen, and the rest he probably heard about from Peter and other people that saw them happen. Mark wrote this book about 20 or 30 years after those things happened.  
\ip Mark was sometimes called John Mark. His mother had a house in Jerusalem city, and after Jesus went back to heaven, his followers sometimes met together in Mark’s mother’s house (see Acts 12:12). Some time later, Paul and Barnabas went to lots of different places to tell people about Jesus, and they took Mark with them to help them (see Acts 13:5; 15:36-39; 2 Timothy 4:11). He was a friend of Peter and a cousin of Barnabas (see Colossians 4:10).  
\cl Chapter  
\c 1  
\s1 John baptised people  
\p
\v 1 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* story \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w*. \w It|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s son. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* story starts like \w this|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 2-3 A long time before Jesus was born, God told a man called Isaiah to write in God’s book about something God was going to do for Jesus. And it happened the way Isaiah wrote. He wrote this,  
\q1 “God will send a man to get everything ready for him.  
\q1 That man will talk about him and make a way for people to listen to him.  
\q1 That man will be out in the bush, and he will call out to people, and he will say, ‘You mob get ready.  
\q1 God is coming to this country, so you have to get ready for him.  
\q1 It is like when a big boss comes, and you have to make a good road for him.’”\x * \xo 1:2-3 \xt Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1\x*   
\m
\v 4-6 Isaiah was talking about a man called John. God sent him to get things ready for Jesus, so he started to tell people God’s message. He lived out in the bush and wore rough clothes made out of camel’s hair, and a leather belt. He ate grasshoppers and bush honey.\x * \xo 1:4-6 \xt 2 Kings 1:8\x*  
\p John talked to people out there in the bush. He said, “You mob have to be really sorry for the wrong way you are living. You have to turn right around and live God’s way.” He also told them, “If you do that, I will baptise you. That means, I will take you through a special washing ceremony. And God will not do payback for the bad things you did.”  
\p A lot of people went out into the bush to listen to John. They came from the city called Jerusalem and from other towns in that country called Judea. Some people told John that they were sorry for the wrong things they did, so he baptised them in the Jordan River.   
\p
\v 7 \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2478"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* country later. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* important \w than|strong="G2478"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w stronger|strong="G2478"\w* \w than|strong="G2478"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G2425"\w* \w enough|strong="G2425"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w shoes|strong="G5266"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* baptised \w you|strong="G5210"\w* just \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G1722"\w* new man \w will|strong="G1473"\w* put \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* baptise \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.”   
\s1 John baptised Jesus  
\p
\v 9 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* left \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* south \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River. \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* baptising \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 10 \w After|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* baptised \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w split|strong="G4977"\w* open, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* pigeon, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* flew \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”\x * \xo 1:11 \xt Genesis 22:2; Psalm 2:7; Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 12:18; Mark 9:7 \x*   
\s1 Satan tested Jesus  
\p
\v 12 \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bush.  
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trick \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad spirits. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* bad. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w wild|strong="G2342"\w* animals \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* angel messengers \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus went back to Galilee  
\p
\v 14 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country’s government boss \w was|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptiser, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* grab \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* jail. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told everyone \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* family. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* mob \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* notice \w and|strong="G2532"\w* turn \w right|strong="G2540"\w* around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w*.”\x * \xo 1:15 \xt Matthew 3:2\x*   
\s1 Jesus told some fishermen to leave their job and follow him  
\p
\v 16 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* walked next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* throwing \w a|strong="G2532"\w* net \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water \w to|strong="G2532"\w* catch fish. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* job. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* man \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* young brother Andrew.   
\p
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* 2 \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop catching fish \w and|strong="G2532"\w* start catching \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”\fig Jesus told Simon and Andrew to come with him|src="lll6-14.tif" size="col" ref="1:17" \fig*  
\v 18 \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* away, Simon \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew dropped \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* walking \w along|strong="G2532"\w* next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* getting \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* catch fish. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* father \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 20 Like \w before|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w their|strong="G1438"\w* work \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G3694"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* work-men \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G3694"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus forced a bad spirit to leave a man  
\p
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Capernium. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* Saturday \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, Saturday \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* rest \w and|strong="G2532"\w* show \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* talked \w with|strong="G2532"\w* clear \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really surprised. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* really straight. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law teachers didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* talk \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 1:22 \xt Matthew 7:28-29\x*   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* middle \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meeting, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 24 “Leave \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* trouble \w us|strong="G3004"\w* bad spirits? \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w*? \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* strongly. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G5392"\w*. \w Come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* knocked \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w down|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* made \w him|strong="G3588"\w* shake \w and|strong="G2532"\w* scream \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* watching, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really surprised. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w*’s \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w*? \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much \w power|strong="G1849"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tells bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4151"\w* away.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told everyone \w about|strong="G4066"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*. Everyone \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w country|strong="G4066"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story \w about|strong="G4066"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus made a lot of sick people better  
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\v 29 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s \w mother-in-law|strong="G3994"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w lying|strong="G2621"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* bed, really hot \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sweating \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w*.”  
\v 31 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w held|strong="G2902"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lift|strong="G1453"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. Straight away, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* better. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat. \fig Jesus made Simon’s mother-in-law better|src="tlc-025.tif" size="col" ref="1:31" \fig*   
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\v 32 Late \w that|strong="G3588"\w* afternoon, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* down, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* bad spirits \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Simon’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* house.  
\v 33 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* outside \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house.  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w better|strong="G2980"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2192"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* son, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G1492"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad spirits \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* quiet.   
\s1 Jesus prayed  
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\v 35 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G1773"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w*, \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* everywhere \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 37 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G3956"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 38 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, \w let|strong="G2443"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w towns|strong="G2969"\w* around \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* everyone \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* news. \w That|strong="G2443"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* job \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w around|strong="G3650"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country, talking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* meeting houses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s story. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* bad spirits \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 1:39 \xt Matthew 4:23; 9:35\x*   
\s1 A man had a bad skin sickness, but Jesus made him better  
\p
\v 40 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* man walked \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really bad skin sickness. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G1120"\w* \w on|strong="G1437"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w knees|strong="G1120"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* show \w him|strong="G3870"\w* respect, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1437"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w make|strong="G2511"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w* better. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* man \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w make|strong="G2511"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* better.” \fig A man had a bad skin sickness, but Jesus made him better|src="gw074a.tif" size="col" ref="1:40" \fig*   
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\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w felt|strong="G4697"\w* really sorry \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sick man, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2511"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* better.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* touched \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* better \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 42 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* away, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G3588"\w* better.   
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\v 43-44 Then Jesus told him strongly, “I don’t want you to tell anyone about this. But I want you to go to God’s ceremony house and show your skin to the leader of the Jewish ceremonies there, so that he can see that you are better. And you have to do the right ceremony that Moses gave us, to say thank you to God. When you do that ceremony, everyone will know that you are better.”\x * \xo 1:43-44 \xt Leviticus 14:1-32\x*   
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\v 45 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* everyone, “\w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1909"\w* \w better|strong="G4183"\w*.” \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w story|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3840"\w*. Lots \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w*, \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stay \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bush. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3840"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bush.   
\c 2  
\s1 Some men carried their sick friend to Jesus  
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\v 1 \w Some|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* later, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* called Capernium. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 2 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Soon \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big mob outside \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* inside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house, teaching \w the|strong="G2532"\w* people \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s story. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* 4 \w men|strong="G5064"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* crippled man \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* house. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’t \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* swag. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* man close \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G5342"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* better.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3699"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* blocking \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w up|strong="G4374"\w* \w on|strong="G2895"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flat \w roof|strong="G4721"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* made \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hole \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G2895"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* swag \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G5465"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hole \w into|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. \fig The crippled man’s friends put him down through a hole in the roof to see Jesus|src="wa03824b.tif" size="col" ref="2:4" \fig*   
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* really trusted \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crippled man, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* know \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*? \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish law teachers didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G2521"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* law teachers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* thinking,  
\v 7 “\w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* shaming \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
\p
\v 8-9 Straight away, Jesus knew what the Jewish law teachers were thinking, so he said to them, “You are thinking the wrong way. I might say to this man, ‘You did bad things, but I say you are not guilty of them.’ Or I might say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your swag and go home.’ I can do both of those things.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w show|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w both|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2192"\w* guilty, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G2192"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w*’m \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w looked|strong="G1492"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* crippled \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 11 “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w*, \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, pick \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* swag \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* swag \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* home. Everybody \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really surprised. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w*’ve \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told a tax man to join his followers  
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\v 14 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5058"\w* money \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w tax|strong="G5058"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* father’s name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Alfius. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w*, follow \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* straight \w away|strong="G3855"\w*, \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \fig Jesus told Levi to follow him|src="tlc-028.tif" size="col" ref="2:14" \fig*   
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\v 15 Later \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w some|strong="G3588"\w* food \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Levi’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* money \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Roman government, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law teachers \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* law teachers \w also|strong="G2532"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G2068"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s way?”   
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\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen, \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* doctor, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w healthy|strong="G2480"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* doctor. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m like \w a|strong="G2192"\w* doctor. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* mob reckon \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m here \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* turn around \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2480"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* mob \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* anything \w wrong|strong="G2560"\w* yourselves, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* help \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus talked about not eating food  
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\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes stopped eating food \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* respected \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptiser \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* stop eating food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* respect \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* know, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*?”   
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w wedding|strong="G3567"\w* ceremony everybody \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* eat food \w together|strong="G3326"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* getting married. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m still \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* eating food. \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 20 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* enemies \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* me away, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* sad, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stop eating food.”   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* 2 picture stories \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* teaching, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* start thinking \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* way. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* hole \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* fix \w that|strong="G3588"\w* hole \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* bit \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4470"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w wash|strong="G3361"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4470"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tear|strong="G4978"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4470"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* still \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w useless|strong="G3762"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* story. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* cracked bottle. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* leak \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* lose \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* bottles.”   
\s1 Jesus talked about the Jewish rest day  
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\v 23 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* walked \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* garden \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* seed food \w growing|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* bit hungry, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* grabbed \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seeds \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat.\x * \xo 2:23 \xt Deuteronomy 23:25\x*  
\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* mob \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got angry. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w thing|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* today \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* getting seeds off \w those|strong="G3588"\w* plants. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* work. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* breaking \w our|strong="G2532"\w* law.” \fig Some Pharisees got angry because Jesus’s followers grabbed seeds on the Jewish rest day|src="tlc-031.tif" size="col" ref="2:24" \fig*   
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\v 25-26 Jesus said to them, “Remember the story about David and his men. You know, it was when Abiathar was the big boss of the Jewish ceremonies. David and his men were really hungry, and they didn’t have any food. So David went into God’s ceremony place and got the special bread. Only the men that look after the Jewish ceremonies can eat that bread. But David and his men ate that special bread, and so they broke our Jewish law, but God didn’t punish them.”\x * \xo 2:25-26 \xt 1 Samuel 21:1-6; Leviticus 24:9\x*   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* law \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow.  
\v 28 Listen, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m boss \w over|strong="G2962"\w* everything. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w not|strong="G1510"\w* worried \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* grabbing \w some|strong="G3588"\w* seeds \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat.”   
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\s1 Jesus made a man’s hand better on the Jewish rest day  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting house \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w dried|strong="G3583"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* useless.  
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Pharisee mob \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish law. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G2723"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w watched|strong="G3906"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* help \w the|strong="G1722"\w* man \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dried \w up|strong="G1722"\w* hand, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2723"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* better \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* broke \w the|strong="G1722"\w* law.”   
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\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* knew \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* thinking like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* everybody, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Pharisee mob, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* law \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*? \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* right \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* right \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*? \w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* better? \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Pharisee mob \w said|strong="G3004"\w* nothing.   
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* care \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* worried \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* really angry. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* really sad \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* useless \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, “Hold \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2588"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* straight \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* better. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* dried \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* friends \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Herod. \w At|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* meeting \w they|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* work \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*.   
\s1 A big mob followed Jesus to the big lake  
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\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* followed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* places. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Galilee country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Judea country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Idjumia country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* city, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* towns \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River. \w All|strong="G3745"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w* themselves.   
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\v 9-10 Jesus made lots of people better that day, and a lot more people wanted to touch him to get better too. A lot of people pushed up close to him, so he said to his followers, “Get a boat ready for me. I might need more room. If they push me too much, I will get up on that boat.”\x * \xo 3:9-10 \xt Mark 4:1; Luke 5:1-3\x*   
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\v 11 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* living inside \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Every|strong="G2532"\w* time \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* pushed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G4363"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G2532"\w* time \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shouted \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w* \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* stay quiet. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “Don’t \w tell|strong="G5318"\w* anyone \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m really \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s son.”   
\s1 Jesus picked out 12 men to be his special workers  
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\v 13 \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* follow \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14-15 Then Jesus picked out 12 of them. He wanted them to be his special workers. Jesus told them, “You mob will walk around with me and live with me, and after that, I will send you to other places to tell people God’s good news, and God will give you the power to force bad spirits out of people.”   
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\v 16-19 These are the names of those 12 men that Jesus picked out,  
\li1 – Simon. Jesus gave him another name. He called him \em Peter\em*.  
\li1 – James and John. They were Zebedee’s sons, and they were loud men, so Jesus gave them another name. He called them \em Thunder men\em*.  
\li1 – Andrew  
\li1 – Philip  
\li1 – Bartholomew  
\li1 – Matthew  
\li1 – Thomas  
\li1 – James. He was the son of Alfius.  
\li1 – Thadius  
\li1 – Simon. He used to be one of the mob that wanted to fight the Roman government bosses.  
\li1 – Judas Iscariot. Some time later he turned against Jesus.   
\s1 Jesus is stronger than Satan  
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\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* followers \w were|strong="G2532"\w* really busy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’t \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* some \w food|strong="G5315"\w*.  
\v 21 Somebody \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s family \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* family \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* crazy \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* head,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* home \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish law \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad spirits \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2192"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* boss \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Beelzebul, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Satan. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* power \w to|strong="G2532"\w* force bad spirits \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x * \xo 3:22 \xt Matthew 9:34; 10:25\x*   
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\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* knew \w the|strong="G1722"\w* law teachers \w were|strong="G2532"\w* rubbishing \w him|strong="G1722"\w* like \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* stories \w to|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Think \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad spirits. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* reckon \w he|strong="G2532"\w* fights \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits? \w That|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’t \w make|strong="G2532"\w* sense.  
\v 24 Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1909"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* tribe splits \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* 2 mobs \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fight \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tribe \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* weak \w and|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w up|strong="G2476"\w*.  
\v 25 \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* way, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* family, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* split \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G2476"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* family.  
\v 26 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* fighting \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* weak \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w power|strong="G1410"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* got \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* wrong.   
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\v 27 Listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* picture story. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*’s \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story Satan \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m taking \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 28 Listen, \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* against \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* later, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* guilty.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* somebody says bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* always \w guilty|strong="G1777"\w*. \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* blame \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*.”\x * \xo 3:29 \xt Luke 12:10\x*   
\p
\v 30 \w That|strong="G3754"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w what|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3754"\w* Jewish law teachers. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w they|strong="G3754"\w* reckoned \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* him. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* reason \w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* talked \w so|strong="G3754"\w* straight \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus talked about his true family  
\p
\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* young brothers \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house where \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* teaching, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* time. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* younger brothers \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\p
\v 33-34 Jesus looked around at the people sitting there and said, “Do you want to know my real family? You just have to look around. These people here are my real family.  
\v 35 \w My|strong="G1473"\w* real family \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brothers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* sisters, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 Jesus told a story about seeds and ground  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit away \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dry \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dry \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 4:1 \xt Luke 5:1-3\x*  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* picture stories \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \fig Jesus sat in a boat to teach the big mob of people|src="BA03019BW.tif" size="col" ref="4:2" \fig*  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* story. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 3 “\w You|strong="G3708"\w* mob \w listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w now|strong="G2400"\w*. \w A|strong="G3708"\w* man wanted \w to|strong="G3708"\w* grow \w some|strong="G3588"\w* seed food \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* garden.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4098"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seeds \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* garden.  
\p \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* seeds \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* hard, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seeds couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w grow|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* saw \w those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds lying \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2719"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2719"\w*.   
\p
\v 5-6 And some seeds went another way. They fell on ground that had too much rock in it. Those seeds grew up really fast, but they had too much rock and only a little bit of ground, so when the sun got hot, they dried up and died.   
\p
\v 7 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rubbish grass \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* growing \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* grow, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rubbish grass blocked \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grow properly. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grow \w any|strong="G3756"\w* new seeds \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* really \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds grew properly \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w seed|strong="G4098"\w* food plants. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* ready, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* really big mobs \w of|strong="G2532"\w* new seeds \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.” \fig Jesus told a story about the seeds that a man threw all over his garden|src="GT Sower Parable.tif" size="col" ref="4:8" \fig*   
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w*’ve got \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* properly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* notice \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told stories to teach people  
\p
\v 10 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* time later, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* 12 special workers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* few \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w us|strong="G4012"\w* picture stories, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* stories \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*?”   
\p
\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* stories \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* stories \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* gets \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* family. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* picture stories. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 12 \w You|strong="G3708"\w* know, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* got \w one|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* men \w to|strong="G2443"\w* write \w these|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s book. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w People|strong="G3361"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* eyes \w at|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* try \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w means|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ears, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* try \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w them|strong="G3708"\w* properly.  
\q1 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w me|strong="G3708"\w* properly, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* blame \w them|strong="G3708"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad things \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’t want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* know \w about|strong="G1994"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*.’  
\m \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* things \w are|strong="G2532"\w* happening \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”\x * \xo 4:12 \xt Isaiah 6:9-10\x*   
\s1 This is what the story about seeds and ground means  
\p
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3756"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* picture story? \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* easy story, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* stories \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 Listen \w to|strong="G3056"\w* me again. \w In|strong="G3056"\w* \w my|strong="G3588"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w*, \w a|strong="G3056"\w* man threw \w the|strong="G3588"\w* seeds into \w his|strong="G3588"\w* garden, \w to|strong="G3056"\w* grow \w some|strong="G3588"\w* food. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3056"\w* picture \w of|strong="G3056"\w* somebody \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tells \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* birds ate \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* birds \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bad spirits. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* makes \w them|strong="G3588"\w* forget \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* notice \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w its|strong="G3752"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* ground \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much rock \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* start \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* notice \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w* believing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G4624"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w taking|strong="G1096"\w* notice \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w turn|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* back \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G4624"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* threw \w some|strong="G3588"\w* seeds \w into|strong="G1519"\w* rubbish grass, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* grass blocked \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grow. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*,  
\v 19 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* stop \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* properly \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w worry|strong="G3308"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* life. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* start \w to|strong="G2532"\w* think \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much \w about|strong="G4012"\w* money, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* trick themselves. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* want \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4012"\w* different \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G3062"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w worry|strong="G3308"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* think \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w for|strong="G4012"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* stops \w them|strong="G3588"\w* listening properly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* properly \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seeds \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* grew properly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* plants grew \w up|strong="G1909"\w* big, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1565"\w* lots \w of|strong="G3056"\w* new seeds. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3056"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grow stronger \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stronger \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told a picture story about a light  
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w When|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w lights|strong="G3088"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w candle|strong="G3088"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bowl. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w candle|strong="G3088"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* way. \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* candles \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* everyone \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see clearly.\x * \xo 4:21 \xt Matthew 5:15; Luke 11:33\x*  
\v 22 \w Well|strong="G1063"\w*, just \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w God|strong="G3361"\w* wants \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w understand|strong="G3761"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* true. \w He|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* hide \w them|strong="G2443"\w* away. \w You|strong="G1437"\w* see, \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w things|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* hasn’t told \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w yet|strong="G1063"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* know \w them|strong="G2443"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w light|strong="G5318"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* shine \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G2443"\w*.\x * \xo 4:22 \xt Matthew 10:26; Luke 12:2\x*  
\v 23 \w You|strong="G1487"\w*’ve \w all|strong="G2192"\w* got \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, so \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* listen \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w* properly, \w and|strong="G2192"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* notice \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w my|strong="G2192"\w* words.”   
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\v 24-25 Then Jesus said, “Make sure you listen to the right message and think about it properly. When you really take notice of a true message, God will help you understand it, and he will help you to know more and more of his word. But if you don’t want to listen to that message, God will stop you from understanding the little bit you did hear.”\x * \xo 4:24-25 \xt Matthew 7:2; 13:12; 25:29; Luke 6:38; 19:26\x*   
\s1 God’s family grows like plants  
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\v 26-29 Jesus kept on teaching. He said, “I want you to know how God’s family grows. This is another picture story. A man wanted to grow some seed food, so he threw some seeds on the ground in his garden. Then that man walked away and left the seeds there. Those seeds grew all by themselves in that ground, and that man didn’t know what made those seeds grow. He just left them there for a few months, and they grew. At first the long stick part grew, and after that, the head part grew with all the seeds inside it. Then, when the seeds were ready, that man cut those plants down and picked up the seed food. God is boss for everyone, and his family will grow just like the plants in that story.”\x * \xo 4:26-29 \xt Joel 3:13\x*   
\s1 Jesus talked more about God’s family  
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\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* talked \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G3666"\w*? \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w picture|strong="G3666"\w* story \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G1722"\w* understand \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 31 \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s family \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w seed|strong="G4690"\w*, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w seed|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* plant \w we|strong="G3739"\w* call \em mustard\em*. \w Its|strong="G3956"\w* \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w*.  
\v 32 \w When|strong="G3752"\w* somebody \w puts|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* little seeds \w into|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w grows|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w grows|strong="G4160"\w*. Later \w it|strong="G2532"\w* gets really \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* gets bigger \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w plants|strong="G3001"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* vegetable \w garden|strong="G3001"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w sit|strong="G3956"\w* down \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shade|strong="G4639"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w its|strong="G3956"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* nests \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* picture \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w how|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w grow|strong="G1096"\w*.”   
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\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5108"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* way whenever \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w ready|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen.  
\v 34 Whenever \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* used picture stories. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* later, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* sitting \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w with|strong="G2980"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* stories really mean.   
\s1 Jesus told the storm to stop and be quiet  
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\v 35 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* teaching, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1330"\w* down. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* still \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boat, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stopped teaching \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lake.  
\v 36 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w behind|strong="G3326"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* across \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lake \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* got \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* little bit later \w a|strong="G1096"\w* really \w strong|strong="G3173"\w* \w storm|strong="G2978"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w waves|strong="G2949"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w fill|strong="G1072"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* water, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w starting|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sink.\fig Jesus and his followers were in a boat when a strong storm came|src="wa03850b.tif" size="col" ref="4:37" \fig*  
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2518"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* back \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boat \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* head \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w pillow|strong="G4344"\w*. \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* frightened, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w woke|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* shouted \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* drown, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w care|strong="G3199"\w*. \w Why|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w*?”   
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\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* opened \w his|strong="G2532"\w* eyes, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1326"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked strongly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Stop. \w Be|strong="G1096"\w* \w quiet|strong="G5392"\w*.” Straight away, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w stopped|strong="G2869"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water lay \w down|strong="G2869"\w* flat. Everything \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w quiet|strong="G5392"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G5392"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* followers, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* frightened? \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* know \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* trust \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 41 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w*, “Look. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really powerful.” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really surprised \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*.   
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\s1 Jesus forced bad spirits out of a man  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Gerasene.   
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\v 2-5 There was a man there that had a bad spirit in him. He was like a crazy man. He camped in the cemetery there.  
\p Before Jesus came to that place, that man walked around in the cemetery, and all over the hills there, and he yelled out and screamed all the time. He did that in the day time and also at night time. And he cut himself with stones. People couldn’t tie him up, not even with chains. They tried to do that lots of times. They tied up his hands and his feet, but it was no good. He was too strong. He just broke those chains every time. Nobody was strong enough to hold him or make him sit down quiet.  
\p When Jesus got out of the boat,  
\v 6 \w that|strong="G3588"\w* crazy man \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long way \w off|strong="G3113"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* right \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* stronger \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G4352"\w* \w on|strong="G2424"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* knees \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\p
\v 7-8 Jesus said to the bad spirit, “Come out of this man.”  
\p But the spirit in him made him yell at Jesus, “Why did you come here? I know you. You are Jesus. You are the son of God. He is the big boss over everything. Promise me truly that you will not hurt me.”   
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\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \em Big Mob\em*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits inside \w this|strong="G3748"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w*.  
\v 10 Please don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* send us \w away|strong="G1854"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* 2,000 \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w feeding|strong="G1006"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w nearby|strong="G1563"\w*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* big mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*?”   
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\v 13 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2010"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* crazy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G3729"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w steep|strong="G2911"\w* hill \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w drowned|strong="G4155"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pigs \w were|strong="G1510"\w* frightened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* told \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* outside \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w A|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*,  
\v 15 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place \w where|strong="G2334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* quiet \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wearing clothes. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* crazy \w any|strong="G2192"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* got \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w told|strong="G1334"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* story \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* strongly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w them|strong="G3588"\w* alone.   
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\v 18 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* listened \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* used \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, “Please, can \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w*?”   
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w own|strong="G4674"\w* mob. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* everybody \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* felt sorry \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \em Ten Towns\em*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told everybody \w that|strong="G3588"\w* story. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Everybody \w that|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus made a woman better  
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* got \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* really big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w beside|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water.   
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\v 22 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting house \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* meeting house \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G4098"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* knees \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* show \w him|strong="G3588"\w* respect. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*’s \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jairus|strong="G2383"\w*.  
\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w help|strong="G5495"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2365"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w little|strong="G2365"\w* girl \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really sick, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* die. Please \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w* \w better|strong="G4183"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* die.”   
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\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* followed \w them|strong="G3326"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* really close \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pushed \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* around \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* walking \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2094"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* started bleeding, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* bleeding didn’t stop.  
\v 26 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* doctor, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w none|strong="G3367"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G1159"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* money trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w better|strong="G3123"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3367"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* got \w worse|strong="G5501"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* bleeding \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 12 years.  
\v 27-28 Then somebody told her about Jesus, and she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his coat, I will get better.” So she came up behind Jesus, and she touched his coat.  
\v 29 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G3583"\w*, \w her|strong="G3754"\w* bleeding \w stopped|strong="G3583"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* better.   
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\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stopped walking, \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1994"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* touched \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*?”   
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\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* big mobs \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* here pushing \w up|strong="G2532"\w* against \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* touched \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?’ Lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* touched \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w looking|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* used \w his|strong="G4160"\w* power.  
\v 33 \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* better, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* shaking. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w down|strong="G4363"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G3956"\w* knees \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G5399"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w her|strong="G3956"\w* story. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3004"\w* friend, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* really \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* better. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* trouble. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* sick \w any|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus made a dead girl alive again  
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\v 35 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* woman, \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Jairus’s house \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2980"\w* bad news. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w*’m sorry, \w it|strong="G3754"\w*’s too late. \w Your|strong="G3588"\w* little girl \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dead. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* bother \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G2089"\w*.”   
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\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*’s \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* notice \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Jairus, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w*. \w Just|strong="G3440"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*’s house.” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl’s mother \w and|strong="G2532"\w* father, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 3 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* special workers, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* got close \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* inside \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big noise. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* dead girl \w and|strong="G2532"\w* shouting \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G4183"\w*.  
\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w noise|strong="G2350"\w*? \w That|strong="G3588"\w* little girl isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* dead. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*.”   
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\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w laughed|strong="G2606"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl’s \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* 3 \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* me.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G3326"\w* \w into|strong="G1531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl lay.   
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\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w held|strong="G2902"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w*’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* language. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\em Talitha koum\em*.” \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, \em Get up, little girl.\em*  
\v 42 \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* away, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* got \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room. \w Her|strong="G3588"\w* mother \w and|strong="G2532"\w* father \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really surprised. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G2877"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* 12 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G3173"\w*. \fig Jesus made a dead girl alive again|src="DN00437b.tif" size="col" ref="5:42" \fig*   
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\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w*, “Don’t \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* little girl alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3778"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.”   
\c 6  
\s1 Jesus’s own countrymen rubbished him  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G3968"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w own|strong="G3968"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w*, \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Nazareth.   
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\v 2-3 On the Jewish people’s rest day, Jesus went to the Jewish meeting house, and he started to teach the people God’s message. A lot of the people heard his words, and they were really shocked. They said, “How does he know so much? How come he can do powerful things? He’s nobody special. We know him. He grew up here, in this town. His mother, Mary, lives here, with his brothers, James, Joses, Judas and Simon, as well as his sisters. His job here is to make things with wood.” So those Nazareth people got angry, and they wouldn’t take any notice of him.   
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\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* message, lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w man|strong="G3361"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* respect \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little boy. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* respect \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* close family \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x * \xo 6:4 \xt John 4:44\x*   
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\v 5-6 You see, the people of Jesus’s own town didn’t believe in him, and he was really shocked. He couldn’t do anything really powerful there, because they didn’t believe in him. He only touched a few sick people and made them better. Then he left Nazareth, and went to other towns, and taught God’s word to the people there.   
\s1 Jesus sent out his 12 special workers  
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\v 7-11 Jesus called together his 12 special workers. He told them, “You have to go to every town and tell my message to the people. Let them take care of you when you go there. Don’t take a bag, or food, or money, or spare clothes with you. Just take your shoes and a walking stick. After you get to a town, if the people in that town are happy for you to stay there, just stay in one house. Don’t move around to different houses. But if the people in that town don’t want you to be there, and if they will not listen to you, then you have to go away from that town. As you leave it, shake the dirt off your feet. That will show those people that they will get trouble. It will be like you are telling them, ‘You didn’t take any notice of my message, so God will judge you and punish you.’”\x * \xo 6:7-11 \xt Luke 10:4-11; Acts 13:51\x*  
\p And Jesus told his special workers, “I’m giving you my power to force bad spirits out from people.” Then Jesus split them up into 6 teams with 2 men in each team, and he sent them out to do God’s work.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* special workers \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w other|strong="G2443"\w* towns, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told everyone \w to|strong="G2443"\w* turn around, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* change \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* back \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s way.  
\v 13 \w Those|strong="G2532"\w* men \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1544"\w* \w olive|strong="G1637"\w* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w people|strong="G4183"\w*, like medicine \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1544"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w people|strong="G4183"\w* got \w better|strong="G4183"\w*.\x * \xo 6:13 \xt James 5:14\x*   
\s1 Herod killed John the Baptiser  
\p
\v 14-29 This is the story about what happened to John, the man that baptised people. The big boss over that country was Herod, and his brother was Philip. Philip’s wife’s name was Herodias. But Herodias left Philip, and Herod married her.  
\p John kept on telling Herod, “You are breaking God’s law. You shouldn’t have your brother’s wife.” Herodias hated John for saying that, and she wanted to kill him, but Herod sent some soldiers to grab John and keep him in jail, so Herodias couldn’t do anything to him. John was a good man, one of God’s own men, so Herod respected John, and he was a bit frightened of him too. Herod used to talk with John. He didn’t really understand John’s message, but he liked to listen to him.  
\p Some time later, Herod had a birthday party. All the leaders of Herod’s army, and the government bosses from Galilee country, they were all there at Herod’s party.  
\p Herodias’s daughter danced for them at that party. Herod and everybody else really liked to watch her dance. She made them really happy, so Herod made a strong promise to her. He told her, “I want to give you something really good. You can ask for anything. I will give you anything you ask for, even as much as half of this country. This is true. I’m not lying.” \fig The daughter of Herodias danced for Herod and his friends|src="Bible1519.tif" size="col" ref="6:14-29" \fig*  
\p That young girl went outside and asked her mother, “What will I ask for?”  
\p Her mother said, “Go back in and ask the big boss to send a soldier to cut off John the Baptiser’s head and give it to you.”  
\p The girl ran back into the party and said to Herod, “I want you to give me John the Baptiser’s head on a big plate, and I want it right now.”  
\p When Herod heard her say that, he was really sad. But he didn’t want to break his promise. He didn’t want to feel shame in front of his friends, so he sent a soldier to cut off John’s head, and to bring it back to the girl on a big plate.  
\p The soldier went to the jail, and he cut off John’s head, and he brought it back to the party, and he gave it to the young girl, and then she gave it to her mother.  
\p John’s friends heard the bad news, so they came and got his body, then they took it away and buried it.  
\s1 Herod was worried about Jesus  
\p Later lots of people heard about what Jesus was doing, and they talked about him all the time. Some people said, “Jesus is really Elijah, that old man that told God’s messages a long time ago. God made him alive again.”  
\p Some other people said, “Jesus is a man talking for God, just like those other men that told God’s messages a long time ago.”  
\p But some people reckoned, “Jesus is really John the Baptiser. God made John alive again, and God gave him power to do great things.”  
\p Herod heard those stories, and he said, “I got my soldiers to cut John’s head off, but this man, Jesus, he has to be John the Baptiser. I reckon God made him alive again.”\x * \xo 6:14-29 \xt Matthew 16:14; Mark 8:28; Luke 3:19-20; 9:19\x*   
\s1 Jesus fed more than 5,000 people  
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\v 30 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* time later, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s 12 special workers \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* telling \w his|strong="G3956"\w* message \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* towns. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* towns.   
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\v 31 \w While|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w*, lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2119"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w any|strong="G5315"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G1510"\w*’s \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* quiet \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* bush, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* got \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* across \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lake, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* quiet \w place|strong="G5117"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w them|strong="G3588"\w* leave.  
\v 33 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* different \w towns|strong="G4172"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* special workers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4936"\w* around \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w side|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lake, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G4281"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w first|strong="G1438"\w*, \w before|strong="G4281"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* special workers \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w place|strong="G1909"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat. \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G4697"\w* sad \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t \w have|strong="G2192"\w* anyone \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* nobody \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G4697"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w*.\x * \xo 6:34 \xt Numbers 27:17; 1 Kings 22:17; 2 Chronicles 18:16; Ezekiel 34:5; Matthew 9:36\x*   
\p
\v 35 \w At|strong="G2235"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* end \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G5610"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w nearly|strong="G2235"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4334"\w* down, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* way \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bush.  
\v 36 \w You|strong="G1438"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can find \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* can \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* nearby farm \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* buy \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3588"\w*? \w We|strong="G2532"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w that|strong="G3588"\w* much \w food|strong="G5315"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* want \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* buy \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*? \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* cost thousands \w of|strong="G2532"\w* dollars.”   
\p
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* food \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* got? \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\p \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w*’ve got 5 loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*.”   
\p
\v 39-40 Jesus told his followers to get the people to sit on the green grass in groups, maybe about 50 people in each group, or maybe 100 people.   
\p
\v 41 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “Thank \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2622"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* bits, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\p
\v 42 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* got some bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* some fish, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G3956"\w*.\fig Everyone in that big mob ate until they were full|src="wa03855b.tif" size="col" ref="6:42" \fig*  
\v 43 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* picked \w up|strong="G4138"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* food \w that|strong="G3588"\w* nobody ate. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* filled \w up|strong="G4138"\w* 12 big \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* left-over food.  
\v 44 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* really big mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 5,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mob, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* women \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kids.   
\p
\v 45 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* finished eating, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* row \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lake, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* place \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Bethsayida. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* time later.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started telling \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, “\w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* can \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. Goodbye.”  
\v 46 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \em goodbye\em* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hills \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus walked on top of water  
\p
\v 47 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* night \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* half-way \w across|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*.   
\p
\v 48 Later \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hard \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w rowing|strong="G1643"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boat. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1510"\w* stopping \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* day-light, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* keep \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w past|strong="G3928"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \fig Jesus walked on top of water|src="lll7-07.tif" size="col" ref="6:48" \fig*   
\p
\v 49-50 His followers saw him walking on the water, and they thought he was a ghost. They got really frightened, and they screamed. Straight away, Jesus said to them, “It’s all right. It’s me, I’m Jesus. Don’t be frightened.”   
\p
\v 51 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* got \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* straight away \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind \w stopped|strong="G2869"\w* blowing. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* surprised.  
\v 52 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* still couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* bread \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* fish \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* work \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w out|strong="G1063"\w*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* like \w their|strong="G3588"\w* brains \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus made a lot of sick people better  
\p
\v 53 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dry \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Gennesaret|strong="G1082"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* tied \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat.  
\v 54 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* getting \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 55 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* swags, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 56 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* little \w towns|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* big \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* country. \w Wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sick friends \w and|strong="G2532"\w* family \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* sick \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* touch \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* touched \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* got better.   
\c 7  
\s1 Some people teach rules that don’t come from God  
\p
\v 1-4 There were some Jewish law teachers, and some of the Pharisee mob, that were strong for the Jewish law, they went from Jerusalem to see Jesus and his followers. A long time before that, those mobs made up a lot of rules that are not in God’s book. One of those rules that they made up was this. Before they could eat anything, they had to wash their hands in a special way, and after people came home from the shops, they had to wash that same way. There were other rules too, that those leaders made up, a long time ago. They had rules about the way to wash cups, and billycans, and cooking pots, and the chairs they sat on to eat their food. Those rules didn’t come from God.  
\p After they got there from Jerusalem, they saw that some of Jesus’s followers didn’t wash their hands that special way before they ate food.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G1223"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* wrong. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rules \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G4245"\w* leaders \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* us \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3756"\w* time ago. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w before|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* food. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* follow \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rules properly.”   
\p
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* really, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* know \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* lived \w a|strong="G5613"\w* long time ago, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s messages. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* words \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1125"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w with|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G4012"\w* mouths,  
\q1 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* really, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* think \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* ceremonies \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="G1161"\w*, really, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* rubbish \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G1321"\w* see, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* rules \w that|strong="G1161"\w* men \w made|strong="G1161"\w* up themselves,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* tell everybody \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* rules come \w from|strong="G1161"\w* God.’\x * \xo 7:7 \xt Isaiah 29:13\x*   
\m
\v 8 You mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. You turn \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G2902"\w* \w on|strong="G2902"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s law, \w but|strong="G2316"\w* you \w are|strong="G3588"\w* strong \w on|strong="G2902"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* up.”   
\p
\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w kept|strong="G5083"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* tricky \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w you|strong="G5210"\w* turn \w your|strong="G2532"\w* back \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own rules.  
\v 10 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* everyone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G2228"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* wrote \w this|strong="G3588"\w* law,  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* respect \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.’  
\m \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* punish anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* rubbishes \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person.’\x * \xo 7:10 \xt Exodus 20:12; 21:17; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 5:16\x*   
\m
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob reckon \w that|strong="G3739"\w* somebody \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* old \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m sorry. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* promised \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.’  
\v 12 \w You|strong="G4160"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* if \w a|strong="G4160"\w* person says \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4160"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G4160"\w* help \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* tell \w people|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rules \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* sorts \w of|strong="G3056"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w*.”   
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 15-16 It’s not the things you eat that make you no good. Don’t worry about what goes into you, but worry about what comes out of you. It’s the things that come out of you that make you no good.”   
\p
\v 17 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* stopped talking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* break. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* meant \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 18-19 Jesus said, “What’s wrong with you? You still don’t understand what I’m saying. Listen. If you eat something, it goes into your belly, then, some time later, it goes out of your body into the toilet. It doesn’t go into your brain. So God will not say, ‘You ate the wrong food and made yourself no good.’ No, he will not say that.” (Jesus said that about food, and he made it clear for us that every sort of food is all right.)   
\p
\v 20-23 Then Jesus kept on teaching his followers. He said, “People think inside their heads about bad things, and then they go wrong. They do those bad things, and that makes them no good. These are the things they might do.  
\li1 – They might think about all sorts of bad things.  
\li1 – They might sleep with somebody that is not their own husband or wife, and do what married people do together.  
\li1 – They might steal things.  
\li1 – They might murder somebody.  
\li1 – They might sleep with somebody else’s husband or wife, as if they are married to them.  
\li1 – They might be greedy, and try to get lots of money and things.  
\li1 – They might do really bad things.  
\li1 – They might trick people.  
\li1 – They might do the first bad thing that they think about.  
\li1 – They might want to get something that other people have.  
\li1 – They might rubbish people.  
\li1 – They might think that they themselves are great.  
\li1 – They might only think about what they want for themselves, and do really stupid things.  
\p All those bad things come from people thinking the wrong way inside their heads, and those things make people no good.”   
\s1 A woman that was not Jewish trusted Jesus  
\p
\v 24 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* left Galilee country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w north|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* stayed \w at|strong="G1519"\w* somebody’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 25-26 There was a woman in that town that was not a Jewish woman. She was from a place called Fonisha, in Syria country. Her daughter had a bad spirit inside her, so that woman went to Jesus to get help. She got down on her knees in front of Jesus, to show him respect, and she asked him to force the bad spirit out of her daughter.   
\p
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* know, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* own kids \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* food \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish nation. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* own \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* Jewish.”   
\p
\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, teacher, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* right \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kids \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* picture story \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* drop \w a|strong="G2532"\w* few little bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5132"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w table|strong="G5132"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* little bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5132"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* still \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little \w thing|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish.”   
\p
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w answer|strong="G3056"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* shows \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* trust \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* home \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*.”   
\p
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* daughter lying down quietly \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus made a deaf man better  
\p
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* around \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w north|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country everyone \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \em Ten Towns\em*.   
\p
\v 32 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* talk properly. \w His|strong="G2007"\w* friends \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* strongly \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* friend \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* better.   
\p
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w fingers|strong="G1147"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w spat|strong="G4429"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w*.\fig Jesus made the deaf man’s ears and tongue better|src="lll6-22.tif" size="col" ref="7:33" \fig*  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* language. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\em Efatha\em*.” \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, \em Open up\em*.  
\v 35 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* straight away, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man \w could|strong="G3588"\w* hear properly, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G2980"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* properly.   
\p
\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* back \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* strongly, “Don’t \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3745"\w* \w thing|strong="G3367"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t listen \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* talk \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w* \w better|strong="G3123"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really surprised, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* each \w other|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* properly. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* really \w good|strong="G2573"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w better|strong="G2980"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* hear \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G2980"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w*.”   
\c 8  
\s1 Jesus fed 4,000 men  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* teaching \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* country. \w A|strong="G2192"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* finished \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w feel|strong="G4697"\w* really sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* hungry, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.  
\v 3 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* like \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* start walking \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* weak \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fall down. \w We|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* food.”   
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\v 4 \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really big mob \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* enough food \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bush \w to|strong="G2532"\w* feed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* bread \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* got?”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “7 loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread.”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* sit down \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 7 loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* bread.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* bits \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. \fig Jesus’s followers gave food to all the people|src="BA03022BW.tif" size="col" ref="8:6" \fig*   
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\v 7 Somebody \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G3004"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Thank|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3004"\w* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* followers, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G5526"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* left-over bits \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G5526"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* 7 \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 9 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 4,000 men \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* big mob. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* finished eating \w that|strong="G2532"\w* food, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* told \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G1438"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* across \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lake \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3313"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Dalmanutha|strong="G1148"\w*.   
\s1 Some of the Pharisee mob asked Jesus to show everyone his power  
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\v 11 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trick \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w argue|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “Hey, show us \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* here. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* something powerful \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can see \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* special power \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.”\x * \xo 8:11 \xt Luke 11:16\x*   
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\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit upset. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* breathed deeply \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* alive today always \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w something|strong="G5101"\w* powerful, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* powerful, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*. Listen, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* powerful \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w here|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”\x * \xo 8:12 \xt Luke 11:29\x*  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* walked away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Pharisee mob, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* boat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lake.   
\s1 Jesus told his followers to be careful  
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G2532"\w*, \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2192"\w* across \w the|strong="G1722"\w* lake, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* forgot \w to|strong="G2532"\w* buy \w more|strong="G2532"\w* food. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* loaf \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* talked straight \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3708"\w* know how \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* damper. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* baking powder \w into|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flour \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* swell \w up|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, stay away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* baking powder \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stay away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* baking powder \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss.”\x * \xo 8:15 \xt Luke 12:1\x*   
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\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* followers didn’t understand \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* meant, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G4314"\w* argue \w with|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G3756"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* didn’t \w get|strong="G2192"\w* enough food \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* trip. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* talking \w about|strong="G4314"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob arguing \w about|strong="G3588"\w* food? \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w learned|strong="G1097"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. Maybe \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* closed.  
\v 18-19 You’ve got eyes, but you don’t look. You’ve got ears, but you don’t listen. Do you remember the time we had 5 loaves of bread, and I gave food to 5,000 men? How many baskets of left-over bits did you pick up?”\x * \xo 8:18-19 \xt Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2; Mark 4:12\x*  
\p They said, “12 baskets full.”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* remember \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* 7 loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* food \w to|strong="G1519"\w* 4,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*? \w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* left-over bits \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* pick \w up|strong="G1519"\w*?”  
\p \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “7 \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* \w full|strong="G4138"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4920"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w still|strong="G3768"\w* don’t \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
\s1 Jesus made a blind man see again  
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\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* followers got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* place \w called|strong="G3870"\w* Bethsayida, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* west side \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Lake Galilee, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat. Some \w people|strong="G3870"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* touch \w him|strong="G3870"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w* better.  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* held \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w spat|strong="G4429"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="G3659"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “Can \w you|strong="G1487"\w* see \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*?” \fig Jesus took the blind man outside the town to make him better|src="gw053c.tif" size="col" ref="8:23" \fig*   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* little bit. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w*.”  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man carefully \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* properly better, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G1689"\w* everything \w clearly|strong="G5081"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* straight \w home|strong="G3624"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w*. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* anyone see \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* better.”   
\s1 Peter told Jesus, “You are the special man that God promised to send”  
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* Galilee country, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w north|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w towns|strong="G2968"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* country \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Caesarea-Philippi. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* track, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* talk \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w I|strong="G1473"\w* really \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?”   
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\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptiser. \w Other|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s messages \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago.”\x * \xo 8:28 \xt Mark 6:14-15; Luke 9:7-8\x*   
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* reckon \w I|strong="G1473"\w* really \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\p \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* straight \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”\x * \xo 8:29 \xt John 6:68-69\x*   
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\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* strongly, “Don’t \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*. Don’t \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told his followers, “They will kill me”  
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* told \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ceremony bosses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* law teachers, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w me|strong="G1163"\w* \w badly|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G5207"\w* ways, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1163"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* dead \w for|strong="G3754"\w* 2 nights, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 3rd \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* straight \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* strongly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* like \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss over \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirits. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* thinking \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w way|strong="G5217"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* thinking like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*.”   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w* close, \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G3694"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* properly, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* stop thinking \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die, yes, die \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* criminal \w on|strong="G4862"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* die.\x * \xo 8:34 \xt Matthew 10:38; Luke 14:27\x*  
\v 35 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* here \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* lose \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* ever \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* here, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* find real \w life|strong="G5590"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* ever.\x * \xo 8:35 \xt Matthew 10:39; Luke 17:33; John 12:25\x*  
\v 36 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* yourself, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* miss \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* real \w life|strong="G5590"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* ever \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G5623"\w*, \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* stuff \w is|strong="G3588"\w* useless \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 37 \w You|strong="G1325"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* get \w that|strong="G3588"\w* real \w life|strong="G5590"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really bad, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* notice \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* frightened \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w*, \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s angel messengers. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back \w here|strong="G1722"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\c 9  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* special \w thing|strong="G5100"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1722"\w* everything, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*.”   
\s1 3 men saw Jesus become bright and shiny  
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\v 2 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* 6 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* got \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* top \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w hill|strong="G3735"\w*. \w While|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* look different.  
\v 3 \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* really \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* shiny. Nobody \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* enough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* properly \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*, James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*. \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* told \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s messages \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israel nation. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \fig Peter, James and John saw Elijah and Moses talking to Jesus|src="lll4-24.tif" size="col" ref="9:4" \fig*   
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\v 5-6 Peter, James and John were very surprised and frightened, and they didn’t know what to say. But Peter talked anyway. He said to Jesus, “Teacher, it is good that we are here. We can put up 3 special bush shades here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w covered|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen properly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x * \xo 9:7 \xt Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22; 2 Peter 1:17-18 \x*  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*, James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w old|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*. \w Only|strong="G3441"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G1334"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* really straight, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* wait \w until|strong="G1487"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* die. \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G3367"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* back alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can talk \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*, James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2902"\w* quiet \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* tell anyone, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* die, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w meant|strong="G1510"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law teachers. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* law teachers \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back, \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G4413"\w* ago. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w his|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G4413"\w*.”\x * \xo 9:11 \xt Malachi 4:5; Matthew 11:14\x*   
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\v 12-13 Jesus said, “Those law teachers are right. That man did come, and he told them God’s message, just like Elijah did a long time ago. That man got things ready for me, but bad people killed him. And they will do the same to me, God’s special man from heaven. They will turn against me and not listen to me, and they will hurt me a lot. A long time ago God got his men to write about that, and it is in God’s book.”   
\s1 Jesus forced a bad spirit out of a boy  
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\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* down \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hill, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law teachers. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* lots \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w standing|strong="G3101"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w*.  
\v 15 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* surprised, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \em hello\em* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* mob \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w*?”   
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\v 17 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* inside \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* stops \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* talking.  
\v 18 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* pushes \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w down|strong="G4486"\w* \w on|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* body goes stiff, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rubs \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* spit \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* mouth. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘Please \w force|strong="G2480"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Look, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’ve \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w time|strong="G1074"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w still|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* trust \w God|strong="G3004"\w* properly. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* stay \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* wait \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* ever. \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2193"\w*, \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boy \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w shook|strong="G4952"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pushed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wriggled \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G4151"\w* spit \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* mouth.   
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, “\w How|strong="G5613"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w For|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* little kid.  
\v 22 Lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad spirit pushed \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* fires \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* bad spirit \w is|strong="G5100"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. Please \w feel|strong="G4697"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*.’ \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G1415"\w* \w enough|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, right?”   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* boy’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* yelled \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* please help \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* properly.”   
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\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* around, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w coming|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w watch|strong="G3708"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked strongly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* stop \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hearing. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* little boy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w never|strong="G3371"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* screamed, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* forced \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* bad fit \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fall down \w on|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Poor boy, \w he|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w finished|strong="G1096"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* grabbed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy’s father \w took|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* home. \fig Jesus forced the bad spirit out of the boy and helped him stand up|src="CN01730b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="9:27" \fig*   
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\v 28 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* quietly, “\w Why|strong="G1519"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* force \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* boy?”   
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\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* force \w that|strong="G3588"\w* sort \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* force \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus said, “They will kill me, and after that, I will come alive again”  
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\v 30-31 Later Jesus and his followers left that place and went through Galilee country. He didn’t want everyone to know where he was going, so they went along secretly and quietly, and he was teaching his followers as they walked along. He told them about what was going to happen to him. He said, “I’m God’s special man from heaven, but bad men will grab me, and they will kill me. I will be dead for 2 nights, then on the 3rd day I will come alive again.”  
\v 32 \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* understand \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w about|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* felt shame, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus’s followers argued about who was the most important  
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\v 33-34 While they walked along the road, Jesus’s followers argued with each other about which one of them was the most important. Then, after they got to Capernium, they all went into a house, and Jesus asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” His followers didn’t answer him. They felt too much shame.\x * \xo 9:33-34 \xt Luke 22:24\x*   
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G5100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* 12 special workers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* leader, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* yourself, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w not|strong="G1510"\w* important \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* worker \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w else|strong="G1487"\w*.”\x * \xo 9:35 \xt Matthew 20:26-27; 23:11; Mark 10:43-44; Luke 22:26\x*   
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\v 36-37 There was a young kid in that house, and Jesus picked him up and said, “Look at this little kid. If you follow me, and if you are friendly to little kids like this one, and if you help them, well, really you are friendly to me too. And if you are friendly to me, well, really you are friendly to my father in heaven too. He is the one that sent me here.”\x * \xo 9:36-37 \xt Matthew 10:40; Luke 10:16; John 13:20\x*   
\s1 A man used Jesus’s power to force bad spirits out of people  
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\v 38 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* forcing bad spirits \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* using \w your|strong="G2532"\w* power \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* mob. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G2967"\w*.”   
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\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3762"\w*. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* somebody uses \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w soon|strong="G5035"\w* \w turn|strong="G1510"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 40 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, if somebody \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2596"\w* stop \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w well|strong="G1063"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* side.\x * \xo 9:40 \xt Matthew 12:30; Luke 11:23\x*  
\v 41 \w And|strong="G5204"\w* listen, \w if|strong="G3748"\w* somebody knows \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* follower, \w and|strong="G5204"\w* \w so|strong="G3361"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G3004"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w even|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G4222"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w*.”\x * \xo 9:41 \xt Matthew 10:42\x*   
\s1 The right way to live  
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\v 42 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G4100"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* teaching \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* kid trusts \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* somebody gets \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* kid \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* bad, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* properly punish \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Suppose|strong="G1487"\w* somebody gets \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big stone \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ties \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w*’s \w neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throws \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* drowns \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* bad \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* bad \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* getting \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* kid \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* wrong.   
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\v 43-44 Look, if there is something that gets you to go wrong, you have to stop yourself. If you want to do something bad with your hand, you have to stop yourself from doing it. It is like you have to cut off your hand. It is better for you to live with God for ever with only one hand, than for God to send you to hell with 2 hands. That fire in hell never goes out.\x * \xo 9:43-44 \xt Matthew 5:30\x*  
\v 45-46 In the same way, if you want to do something bad with your foot, you have to stop yourself from doing it. It is like you have to cut off your foot. It is better for you to live with God for ever with only one foot, than for God to send you to hell with 2 feet.  
\v 47 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w look|strong="G2228"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w something|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* gets \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G3788"\w* bad, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w look|strong="G2228"\w* \w away|strong="G4624"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* dig \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* family \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*, \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*.\x * \xo 9:47 \xt Matthew 5:29\x*  
\v 48 Hell \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really bad \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* bad pain \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* like maggots \w are|strong="G3588"\w* eating \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w burning|strong="G4442"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* pain \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* stop.”\x * \xo 9:48 \xt Isaiah 66:24\x*   
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\v 49 Jesus also said \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w them|strong="G3956"\w*, “God \w is|strong="G3956"\w* going \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w let|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* some trouble. \w He|strong="G1063"\w* wants \w to|strong="G3956"\w* test \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* see if \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* following him properly. \w You|strong="G3956"\w* know how \w people|strong="G3956"\w* shake salt on \w to|strong="G3956"\w* food \w to|strong="G3956"\w* make \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*? \w Well|strong="G1063"\w*, \w this|strong="G1063"\w* trouble \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* like God \w is|strong="G3956"\w* shaking \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* on \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* make \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*.   
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\v 50 \w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* salt \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* makes food \w better|strong="G2570"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* salt loses its salty taste, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* can’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* fix \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* picture \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* mob. \w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* like \w good|strong="G2570"\w* salt \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lives \w better|strong="G2570"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* fight \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w anyone|strong="G1437"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* quiet \w together|strong="G2532"\w*.”\x * \xo 9:50 \xt Matthew 5:13; Luke 14:34-35\x*   
\c 10  
\s1 Don’t split up married people  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* left Capernium \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Galilee \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* south, through \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* east \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River. \w A|strong="G5613"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* always \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* mob \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trick \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hard \w question|strong="G1905"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* right \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* break \w up|strong="G4334"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1135"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* send \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* away?”   
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\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* write \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* law \w part|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*?”   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Pharisee mob \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* law like \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w A|strong="G2532"\w* man \w can|strong="G3004"\w* split \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* wife. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* man \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* divorce \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* wife \w any|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w letter|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* wife, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* force \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2010"\w* away.’”\x * \xo 10:4 \xt Deuteronomy 24:1-4; Matthew 5:31\x*   
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* closed ears, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* Moses \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* words \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* book \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w else|strong="G2532"\w*. \w His|strong="G1438"\w* book says,  
\q1 ‘\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G2338"\w*.’\x * \xo 10:6 \xt Genesis 1:27; 5:2\x*   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells us,  
\q1 ‘\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G2641"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* marry \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* each \w other|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* bodies \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* body \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* 2 \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w any|strong="G3765"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*.\x * \xo 10:8 \xt Genesis 2:24\x*  
\v 9 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w joined|strong="G4801"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w together|strong="G4801"\w* like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G5563"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* split \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G3361"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3825"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* splits \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* sleeping \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* proper \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* breaking \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* doing wrong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* proper \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* woman splits \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* husband, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* man, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* sleeping \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wrong man \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* proper husband. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* breaking \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* doing wrong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* proper husband.”\x * \xo 10:12 \xt Matthew 5:32; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11\x*   
\s1 Jesus held kids in his arms  
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\v 13 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* time later, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* kids \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* hands \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* got angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* kids away.   
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\v 14 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* stopping \w the|strong="G2532"\w* kids \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got upset. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* kids. \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sort|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* little kids, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* family.  
\v 15 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* know, little kids know \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* weak \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* important, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* trust \w their|strong="G1438"\w* mothers \w and|strong="G2316"\w* fathers \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Well|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* straight, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* kids. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* trust \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w your|strong="G1438"\w* boss. \w If|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family.”\x * \xo 10:15 \xt Matthew 18:3\x*   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* held \w those|strong="G3588"\w* kids \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w arms|strong="G1723"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \fig Jesus let the kids come to him|src="wa03880b.tif" size="col" ref="10:16" \fig*   
\s1 A rich man asked Jesus how to live for ever  
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\v 17 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1607"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* place. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w down|strong="G1120"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w knees|strong="G1120"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*. Tell \w me|strong="G4160"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w*?” \fig A rich man asked Jesus, “What can I do so that I will live for ever?”|src="tlc-084.tif" size="col" ref="10:17" \fig*   
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\v 18 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* properly \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 19 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s laws,  
\li1 – Don’t murder anyone.  
\li1 – Don’t sleep with a woman that is not your wife, as if you are married to her.  
\li1 – Don’t steal things that belong to other people.  
\li1 – Don’t tell lies about anybody.  
\li1 – Don’t trick people to get something from them.  
\li1 – You always have to respect your father and your mother.”\x * \xo 10:19 \xt Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20\x*   
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\v 20 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G5442"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* lived like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* boy.”   
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* loved \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* still \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w more|strong="G3745"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* money, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got anything. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* really happy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* later, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* man heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* got really \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w rich|strong="G2933"\w* man, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w give|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* away. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G3076"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* walked away \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* eyes looking down.   
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\v 23 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* left, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* really \w hard|strong="G1423"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w rich|strong="G2192"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* family \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* boss.”   
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\v 24-25 This shocked Jesus’s followers. So he told them more. He said, “It is hard for anyone to let God be their boss. Think about a big camel. Do you reckon it can go through the little hole in a needle? No, it can’t. But I’m telling you, it’s more easy for a big camel to get through that little hole, than for a rich person to get into God’s family. Rich people find it really hard to let God be the boss over their lives.” \fig A camel is a big animal|src="LB00042b.tif" size="col" ref="10:24-25" \fig*   
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\v 26 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* shocked \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* family? Maybe nobody.”   
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\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* straight \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Nobody \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w enough|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* get \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s family. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w enough|strong="G1415"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* left \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?”   
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\v 29-30 Jesus said, “Listen, if anyone leaves anything, so that they can tell people God’s good news, they will get back more than they leave. If somebody leaves their home, or their brothers, or their sisters, or their mother, or their father, or their kids, or their land, so that they can follow me and tell people God’s good news, they will get a much better life. They will get a lot more homes, a lot more brothers and sisters, a lot more mothers, a lot more kids, and a lot more land. But I have to tell you this too. If they do this work for me, they will get trouble from other people. But later they will live with God for ever.   
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\v 31 \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* important \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* today \w will|strong="G1510"\w* find \w out|strong="G2532"\w* later \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* nothing. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* workers \w for|strong="G1161"\w* everybody. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* workers today \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* important \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w* later.”\x * \xo 10:31 \xt Matthew 20:16; Luke 13:30\x*   
\s1 Jesus told his followers, “They will kill me”  
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* towards \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s special workers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* shocked \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* big trouble \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* anyway. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* stopped \w walking|strong="G4254"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* 12 special workers away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w*.  
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, somebody \w will|strong="G2532"\w* change sides, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* mob catch \w me|strong="G3708"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* law teachers. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman bosses. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m guilty, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Romans \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w me|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Romans \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2250"\w* me, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spit|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* me. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hit me \w with|strong="G3326"\w* whips, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill me. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* dead \w for|strong="G2532"\w* 2 nights, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 3rd \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 James and John asked Jesus to make them important  
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*, \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* something \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Will|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”   
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\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?”   
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\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Later \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w most|strong="G1537"\w* important leader. \w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* next \w most|strong="G1537"\w* important? \w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”   
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\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* 2 don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w People|strong="G1492"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* really hard \w time|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* stay strong \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* really hard \w time|strong="G3739"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* really bad pain. \w It|strong="G1161"\w*’s like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* really bad \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*, like poison. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* die.”\x * \xo 10:38 \xt Luke 12:50\x*   
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\v 39 James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* right. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* hard \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* bad pain like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* want. \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* picks \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* important leaders, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* picks \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* beside \w me|strong="G1325"\w* later \w on|strong="G1537"\w*.”   
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\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w other|strong="G4012"\w* 10 special workers heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* asked \w for|strong="G4012"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got angry.  
\v 42 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* government \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* like here \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* world. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* like \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w over|strong="G2634"\w* everybody. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like \w that|strong="G3754"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* world, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* boss \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* around, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* bosses like \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w*.  
\v 43-44 But I don’t want you to be like that. If you want to be a leader of my people, you have to really want to help them, so you have to work hard for them, and don’t think about pay. And if you want to be the most important person, you have to be a worker for everyone.\x * \xo 10:43-44 \xt Matthew 23:11; Mark 9:35; Luke 22:25-26\x*  
\v 45 \w You|strong="G1325"\w* see, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* leaders \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* here \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* bossy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* work \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* here \w to|strong="G2532"\w* work \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* here \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* punish \w me|strong="G1325"\w* instead \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus made a blind man see again  
\p
\v 46 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G1607"\w* towards \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked through \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* walked \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*.  
\p \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w side|strong="G3598"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, asking \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* money \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* buy \w some|strong="G3588"\w* food. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Bartimayus. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* father’s name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Timayus. \fig A blind man was sitting at the side of the road, asking people for money|src="42_MK10.49_BlindMan.tif" size="col" ref="10:46" \fig*   
\p
\v 47 Bartimayus heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* coming \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* yell \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. Please feel sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\p
\v 48 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G4623"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4623"\w* \w on|strong="G1653"\w* yelling \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* louder, “\w You|strong="G2532"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’s family, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2443"\w* send \w to|strong="G2443"\w* us. Please feel sorry \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\p
\v 49 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w calling|strong="G5455"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 50 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* blind man jumped \w up|strong="G2064"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G4314"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* left \w it|strong="G1161"\w* behind \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ground. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* got \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* walked \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”  
\p \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 52 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* home \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.” \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w*, Bartimayus \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 Jesus went into Jerusalem on a donkey  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 2 towns \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Bethany \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bethfage, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w Trees|strong="G1636"\w* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* 2 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w* nearby. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w a|strong="G2532"\w* donkey \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* post. \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w ever|strong="G3768"\w* rode \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* donkey \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* donkey \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 3 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* asks \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* taking \w that|strong="G3588"\w* donkey, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Our|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* worry, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* send \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* later.’”   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w young|strong="G5100"\w* donkey?”  
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2523"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G4314"\w* ride \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* Jerusalem.  
\v 8 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w laid|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w* \w down|strong="G2875"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* track \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* leafy \w branches|strong="G4746"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* trees, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* track \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w walk|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* walked \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* walked behind \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* yelling \w out|strong="G2896"\w*,  
\q1 “\w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* powerful. \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* man \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Make|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* happy.   
\q1
\v 10 \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, please make \w this|strong="G3588"\w* man \w our|strong="G1722"\w* big boss, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* big boss. \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* grand-father \w that|strong="G3588"\w* lived \w a|strong="G1722"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago.  
\p \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* heaven, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* great \w and|strong="G2064"\w* powerful.”\x * \xo 11:10 \xt Psalm 118:25-26\x* \fig Jesus went into Jerusalem on a donkey|src="DN00487b.tif" size="col" ref="11:10" \fig*   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w was|strong="G1510"\w* starting \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* down, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* 12 special workers \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethany.   
\s1 Jesus cursed a fruit tree  
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\v 12-13 The next morning, Jesus and his followers started to walk from Bethany back to Jerusalem. Jesus saw a tree not far away. It was the sort of tree that gets fruit, called figs. Jesus was hungry, so he went to look for some figs on that tree, but there was nothing. It had lots of leaves, but no fruit. You see, it was not yet the right time of the year for that sort of fruit.  
\v 14 \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tree, “\w Nobody|strong="G3367"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w again|strong="G3371"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus stopped people selling things in God’s ceremony house  
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w Inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* buying \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* animals \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigeons|strong="G4058"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ceremonies. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* taking \w people|strong="G3588"\w*’s Roman \w money|strong="G2855"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* giving \w them|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w money|strong="G2855"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s house, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* wrong. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* hunted \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* hunted \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* bought \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* changed \w money|strong="G2855"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* knocked \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G2855"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knocked \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chairs \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w pigeons|strong="G4058"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w carry|strong="G1308"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \fig Jesus stopped people selling things in God’s ceremony house|src="Dn00429b.tif" size="col" ref="11:16" \fig*   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* know \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*? \w These|strong="G3956"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w God|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w his|strong="G3956"\w* special \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G4335"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* tribe \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w in|strong="G2532"\w*.’  
\m \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob turned \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w into|strong="G2564"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G4335"\w* \w where|strong="G3956"\w* criminals steal money \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*.”\x * \xo 11:17 \xt Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11\x*   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law teachers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies heard \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* angry. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really happy \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. Whenever \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really surprised \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3588"\w* maybe \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stop listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* leaders started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G3956"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 19 Later \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1607"\w* down, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* left Jerusalem \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Bethany.   
\s1 The fruit tree died  
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\v 20 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* walked past \w that|strong="G3588"\w* fruit \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dead \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dry, right \w down|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground.  
\v 21 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* remembered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w cursed|strong="G2672"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* already dead \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dry.”   
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\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* trust \w God|strong="G2316"\w* properly, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 23 Listen, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* properly, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* big \w hill|strong="G3735"\w*, ‘\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* pick \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 11:23 \xt Matthew 17:20; 1 Corinthians 13:2\x*   
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\v 24 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w him|strong="G2983"\w* properly, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w thing|strong="G3956"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w make|strong="G4336"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 25-26 And whenever you pray, first think about this. If somebody did a wrong thing to you, you have to let it go. Don’t think about payback. If you let it go, then God will let go of all the wrong things you have done too. He will say you are not guilty, and he will not do payback. So before you pray to God, you have to let go of all the wrong things that people did to you.”\x * \xo 11:25-26 \xt Matthew 6:14-15\x*   
\s1 The Jewish leaders asked Jesus a question  
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* yard \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish leaders \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* law teachers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*.  
\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* straight, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* hunt \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s ceremony house? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* big boss \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*?”   
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\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w answer|strong="G3056"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w* \w first|strong="G1520"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w answer|strong="G3056"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* big boss \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* hunt \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house.  
\v 30 \w My|strong="G1473"\w* question \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Baptiser. \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* washing ceremony \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*? \w Did|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w*?”   
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\v 31 \w Those|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* talked \w together|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* work \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* answer. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* trouble. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* didn’t \w you|strong="G1437"\w* mob listen \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*?’  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.” \w You|strong="G3754"\w* see, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* man. \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* wasn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* man, \w then|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w might|strong="G2192"\w* hit \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* washing ceremony \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* answer \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* answer \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* big boss \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.”   
\c 12  
\s1 The story about men that looked after a garden  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture story. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* man \w planted|strong="G5452"\w* \w some|strong="G1722"\w* fruit trees \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* garden. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* fence \w around|strong="G4060"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2980"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G2980"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* needed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* trees properly. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w some|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* trees \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* agreed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* fruit \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* garden, instead \w of|strong="G2532"\w* paying \w rent|strong="G1554"\w* money \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* owner \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G1722"\w* country.\x * \xo 12:1 \xt Isaiah 5:1-2\x*   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* pick \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* work-men \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* men \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden grabbed \w that|strong="G2532"\w* work-man, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w him|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2983"\w* \w back|strong="G2983"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* nothing.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* work-man \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2548"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* hit \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2775"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 5 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* work-man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3739"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* work-men \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* fruit, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden killed \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2548"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* owner \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* garden \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* send \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* fruit \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* garden. \w The|strong="G4314"\w* owner \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* try \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* time. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* send \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1520"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* garden \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w respect|strong="G1788"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* too.’ \w So|strong="G4314"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* sent \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* garden. \fig The owner of the garden sent his son to get some fruit from the men in the garden|src="wa03899b.tif" size="col" ref="12:6" \fig*   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden saw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owner’s son, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, ‘\w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* dies \w this|strong="G3778"\w* young \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* garden \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Let|strong="G1161"\w*’s kill \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*.’  
\v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* young man, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* chucked \w his|strong="G2983"\w* body \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden.”   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* reckon \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* garden \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*? \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m telling \w you|strong="G1325"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* garden \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="G3761"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* mob can read \w this|strong="G3778"\w* picture story \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w book|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* think \w about|strong="G1519"\w* its message. \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w Some|strong="G3739"\w* workers \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* house \w out|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* big \w stones|strong="G3037"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* workers \w thought|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* rubbish, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* chucked \w it|strong="G3778"\w* away.  
\q1 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* wrong. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* properly \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G3037"\w* \w now|strong="G1096"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w most|strong="G3037"\w* important \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w of|strong="G2776"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 Yes, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* really happy \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* reckon \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G3788"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*.’”\x * \xo 12:11 \xt Psalm 118:22-23\x*   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* story, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad workers \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* story. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* got angry, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* jail. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* walked away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G1438"\w*.   
\s1 Some people tried to trick Jesus  
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* trick \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* friends \w of|strong="G3056"\w* Herod. Herod \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big government boss \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* time. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* tried \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* wrong, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* always want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w thing|strong="G3762"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* always \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*, \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* important \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* important. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* always \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* question \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government bosses \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* country. \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* Jews \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* tax money \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*?”   
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\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* knew \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* pay \w that|strong="G2443"\w* tax money,” \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* trouble \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Roman bosses, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Pay \w that|strong="G2443"\w* tax money,” \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* trouble \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* free \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Roman bosses. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G2443"\w* trick \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Have|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* got \w some|strong="G3588"\w* money? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* coin.”   
\p
\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* coin. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* money? \w Whose|strong="G5101"\w* picture \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* name \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?” \fig The coin that they gave Jesus looked like this|src="HK00166b.tif" size="col" ref="12:16" \fig*  
\p \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government’s big boss.”   
\p
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government whatever belongs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* whatever belongs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\p \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* really \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*.   
\s1 Other people asked Jesus a tricky question  
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\v 18 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3748"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* somebody dies \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* stay dead, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \em Sadducees\em*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G4314"\w* trick \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 12:18 \xt Acts 23:8\x*  
\v 19 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w down|strong="G1125"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s law \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* kids, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* dies, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* brother \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w marry|strong="G2983"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* widow. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* kids, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* kids \w that|strong="G3754"\w* dead brother’s kids.’\x * \xo 12:19 \xt Deuteronomy 25:5\x*   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* 7 brothers. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* oldest brother got \w married|strong="G2983"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4413"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* baby.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* next brother \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* woman \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s law, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* baby. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* next brother \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G5615"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* baby.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* brothers. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* followed \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s law \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* each \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* kids. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Well|strong="G1063"\w*, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dead \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* alive again. \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* question. If \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G1135"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* alive again, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* brother \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*? \w All|strong="G1722"\w* 7 brothers \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3778"\w* mob \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* problem. \w You|strong="G3778"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w word|strong="G3588"\w* properly, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w power|strong="G1411"\w*.  
\v 25 \w You|strong="G3752"\w* see, \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s angel messengers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* angels \w never|strong="G3777"\w* \w marry|strong="G1060"\w* each \w other|strong="G1722"\w*. \w And|strong="G3772"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G5613"\w*. Nobody \w will|strong="G1510"\w* promise \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w wife|strong="G1060"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* anyone, \w and|strong="G3772"\w* nobody \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w marry|strong="G1060"\w* anyone.   
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\v 26-27 You mob reckon that dead people will never come alive again, but think about this story about Moses. You can read it in God’s book. Moses saw a little tree on fire, and then God said to him,  
\q1 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and I am the God of Isaac, and I am the God of Jacob.’  
\m He didn’t say, ‘At one time, I used to be the God of those men.’ He said that he is their God now. That means those men are alive, not dead. They are living right now, with God. You see, you mob are really wrong.”\x * \xo 12:26-27 \xt Exodus 3:6, 15\x*   
\s1 The most important laws  
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\v 28 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law teachers listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* answered \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s laws \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most important \w one|strong="G1520"\w*?”   
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\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w most|strong="G2316"\w* important law \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*,  
\q1 ‘Listen \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G1520"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w number|strong="G1473"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* boss \w over|strong="G2962"\w* everybody.   
\q1
\v 30 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w* properly, \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* right inside \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* feel, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think.  
\q1 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.’\x * \xo 12:30 \xt Deuteronomy 6:4-5\x*   
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\v 31 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* 2nd most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* law \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* love \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w much|strong="G3173"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* love \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.’\x * \xo 12:31 \xt Leviticus 19:18\x*  
\m \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 laws \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* strongest \w and|strong="G3173"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* laws.”   
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\v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish law \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w* answer, \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w number|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1909"\w* everybody. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w god|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.\x * \xo 12:32 \xt Deuteronomy 4:35; 6:4; Isaiah 45:21\x*  
\v 33 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2532"\w* properly, \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* little bit. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* right inside \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* feel, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* think. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* love \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* really important \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* important \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* ceremonies, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* burn \w meat|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.”\x * \xo 12:33 \xt 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalm 40:6-8; Isaiah 1:11-15; Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:6-8\x*   
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\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*’s \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* thinking \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G3112"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* nearly ready \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* family.”  
\p \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* brave enough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w* \w questions|strong="G1905"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* trick \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus taught people in God’s special house  
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* yard \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long \w time|strong="G1722"\w* ago, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* Jewish law teachers \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* grand-sons \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send, \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*?  
\v 36 Think \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* write \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* wrote,  
\q1 ‘\w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* boss, “\w Come|strong="G1537"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* beside \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*.” ’\x * \xo 12:36 \xt Psalm 110:1\x*   
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\v 37 \w You|strong="G3004"\w* know, \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \em boss\em*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4159"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* grand-son?”  
\p \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* really happy \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Look \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish law teachers. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* think \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wear real \w good|strong="G3588"\w* clothes \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* think \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* important. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \em hello\em* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* whenever \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* shopping.  
\v 39 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* law teachers want everyone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* respect \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* special chairs \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* meeting houses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* parties, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* special \w places|strong="G4411"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sit.  
\v 40 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* trick \w old|strong="G2532"\w* women \w that|strong="G3588"\w* haven’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* got anybody \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* everything off \w those|strong="G3588"\w* women. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G2917"\w* teachers \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G3117"\w* \w prayers|strong="G4336"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* think \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* pretend \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G2917"\w*. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* know, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.”   
\s1 A poor widow gave money to God  
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\v 41 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5475"\w* box \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w watched|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5475"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* box \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5475"\w*.  
\v 42 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w* woman \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t \w put|strong="G2532"\w* much money \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money box. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w very|strong="G2532"\w* little \w coins|strong="G3016"\w*. \fig A poor widow put all her money into the money box at God’s ceremony house|src="tlc-092.tif" size="col" ref="12:42" \fig*   
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\v 43-44 Jesus called his followers to him and said, “Listen, this poor woman gave more money than those rich people. You see, those rich people gave some of their money, but they still have lots more back at their homes. But that poor woman gave all the money she had. She kept nothing for herself, not even money to buy some food for herself.”   
\c 13  
\s1 Jesus talked about the way everything will finish up  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1607"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* lovely \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* big \w stones|strong="G3037"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* house \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* see \w these|strong="G3778"\w* lovely \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w*? \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*. Somebody \w will|strong="G2532"\w* knock \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2647"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* pile \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rubbish.”   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w Trees|strong="G1636"\w* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony \w house|strong="G2596"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew talked quietly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 4 “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* somebody knock \w that|strong="G3588"\w* building down? \w Will|strong="G5101"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w soon|strong="G3752"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*?”   
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* careful. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* anybody trick \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 6 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* Christ, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* trick \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear stories \w about|strong="G3588"\w* big fights, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* somebody \w might|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G3752"\w* stories \w about|strong="G3588"\w* big fights \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* later. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* stories frighten \w you|strong="G3752"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* fights \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 8 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w more|strong="G2532"\w* fights. \w People|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* some tribes \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* other tribes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* some \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* other \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* different \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground \w will|strong="G1510"\w* shake \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w earthquakes|strong="G4578"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* food, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* really hungry. \w These|strong="G2532"\w* bad things \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w more|strong="G2532"\w* big trouble \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* know \w about|strong="G1909"\w* women, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* babies. \w At|strong="G1909"\w* first \w a|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w has|strong="G1510"\w* some pain, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* later \w her|strong="G2596"\w* pain \w gets|strong="G1453"\w* really bad. \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* told \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* first pain \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* mother, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* really bad.   
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\v 9 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* watch \w out|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* don’t like \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* like \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* leaders, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* meeting houses. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w court|strong="G4892"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* big leaders \w and|strong="G2532"\w* big government bosses. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can tell everyone \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 10 \w You|strong="G3956"\w* see, \w people|strong="G1484"\w* everywhere \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1163"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1163"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G4413"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world \w will|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* grab \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G4305"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* court. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w worry|strong="G4305"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* judge. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 13:11 \xt Matthew 10:17-20; Luke 12:11-12\x*   
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\v 12 \w You|strong="G1438"\w* see, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much trouble \w that|strong="G2532"\w* people \w will|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* families. Some men \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* brothers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* people \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* some \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* kids. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* some kids \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* mothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* people \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w them|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* everybody \w will|strong="G1510"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* stay \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w*.”\x * \xo 13:13 \xt Matthew 10:22\x*   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “Somebody \w will|strong="G2476"\w* \w put|strong="G2476"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* really bad thing \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s ceremony house. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* bad thing ruins everything around \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* shouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s house. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2476"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* lot \w of|strong="G1722"\w* trouble.” (Everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* reads \w this|strong="G3588"\w* story \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* try hard \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w means|strong="G1722"\w*.) \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w*, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* mob \w that|strong="G3588"\w* live \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* country, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w have|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w quickly|strong="G1722"\w* run \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* country.\x * \xo 13:14 \xt Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11\x*  
\v 15 \w If|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1909"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* outside \w your|strong="G1909"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* get \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Or|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* somewhere, don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w back|strong="G3694"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* house \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* something, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*. \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* run away quick.\x * \xo 13:16 \xt Luke 17:31\x*  
\v 17 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* hard \w for|strong="G1161"\w* women \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* carrying \w babies|strong="G2337"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* mothers \w with|strong="G1722"\w* little kids \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* ask \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G1161"\w* trouble \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* time \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* weather \w is|strong="G1096"\w* bad \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*’s hard \w to|strong="G2443"\w* go anywhere.  
\v 19 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* really bad pain. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* bad pain \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* everything. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* bad \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 13:19 \xt Daniel 12:1; Revelation 7:14\x*  
\v 20 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* see, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* lets \w that|strong="G3739"\w* trouble \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G3756"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w*, everybody \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* picked \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* doesn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* want \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G2856"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* trouble \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*.  
\v 21 Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Here|strong="G5602"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w Or|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G1563"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*,’ don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* tell lies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* trick \w you|strong="G1487"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Christ, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special \w man|strong="G1415"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*’s \w words|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* sorts \w of|strong="G2532"\w* clever \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* thinking, ‘Maybe \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* trick \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* picked \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* himself.’ \w But|strong="G1161"\w* really, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 23 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w being|strong="G1161"\w* careful. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* see, \w I|strong="G1161"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G4302"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* later, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* happens, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can \w be|strong="G3956"\w* ready \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 24 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w*, \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* tells \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* says,  
\q1 ‘\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2246"\w* dark, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stop shining.   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* stars \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w shake|strong="G4531"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*.’\x * \xo 13:25 \xt Isaiah 13:10; 34:4; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Revelation 6:12-13\x*   
\m
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* everybody \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w*. \w People|strong="G4183"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w strong|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* shining really bright.\x * \xo 13:26 \xt Daniel 7:13; Revelation 1:7\x*  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s angel messengers \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G2532"\w* place \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* miss any place, anywhere. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* himself. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 28 Think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w see|strong="G1097"\w* new \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* bush tucker \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* weather’s \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* change \w soon|strong="G1096"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* new \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 29 \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* really \w soon|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 30 Listen, \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* alive \w now|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* still \w be|strong="G1096"\w* alive \w when|strong="G1096"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 31 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, everything \w will|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w up|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w up|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*. \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* stay \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* finish \w up|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Stay awake and keep on looking out  
\p
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w*’m telling \w you|strong="G1487"\w* straight. \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w these|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Nobody|strong="G3762"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* clock. \w God|strong="G3361"\w*’s angel messengers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*. \w Even|strong="G3761"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*. \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w*.  
\v 33 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w always|strong="G2540"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* ready \w and|strong="G3588"\w* keep \w on|strong="G3756"\w* remembering everything \w I|strong="G1063"\w* told \w you|strong="G1510"\w*, like \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* stay awake \w and|strong="G3588"\w* keep \w on|strong="G3756"\w* looking \w out|strong="G1063"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G3756"\w*.   
\p
\v 34 Listen \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* picture story. \w A|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G1538"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* place \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w his|strong="G2532"\w* workers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* look \w after|strong="G5613"\w* everything \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* away. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own jobs. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gate, ‘\w Keep|strong="G1127"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w me|strong="G1325"\w* coming \w back|strong="G1325"\w*.’\x * \xo 13:34 \xt Luke 12:36-38\x*  
\v 35-36 Those workers didn’t know what time that boss was going to come home. He might come after the sun goes down, or he might come in the middle of the night, or he might come as the birds call out in the morning, or he might come back after the sun comes up. So those workers have to be ready all the time. You are like those workers in that picture story, and I am like that boss. You don’t know what time I will come back here, and you have to be ready for me all the time. So you have to keep on looking out for me, like that guard at the gate has to keep on looking out. Don’t get lazy.   
\p
\v 37 \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* careful, like \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* everybody \w else|strong="G1161"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w*’ve got \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* ready \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* come.”   
\c 14  
\s1 The Jewish leaders wanted to kill Jesus  
\p
\v 1-2 Every year Jewish people went to Jerusalem for a special ceremony where they ate flat damper for a week. On the first day of that ceremony, they always ate a special dinner called \em Passover\em*.  
\p It was 2 days before that ceremony was going to start, and the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies and the law teachers met together to work out a way to grab Jesus and kill him. But they wanted to grab him when nobody was looking. So those leaders said to each other, “Everybody likes Jesus, so we have to wait a bit. We can’t grab him while there are lots of people here for the ceremony. They will get angry with us, and we will have a very big fight.”\x * \xo 14:1-2 \xt Exodus 12:1-27\x*   
\s1 A woman put special perfume on Jesus’s head  
\p
\v 3 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* Bethany. \w A|strong="G2192"\w* man \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* skin sickness, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got better. \w His|strong="G1722"\w* name \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* eating dinner \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* special \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* pretty bottle. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* smelled really \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* cost \w a|strong="G2192"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bottle \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w*.\x * \xo 14:3 \xt Luke 7:37-38\x* \fig A woman poured special perfume on Jesus’s head|src="tlc-097.tif" size="col" ref="14:3" \fig*  
\v 4 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* waste \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*?  
\v 5 \w Why|strong="G1063"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* sell \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*?” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Leave \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w alone|strong="G1438"\w*. Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w make|strong="G2038"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2873"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*. \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* really \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* money \w whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* here \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* much longer.\x * \xo 14:7 \xt Deuteronomy 15:11\x*  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* die soon, \w and|strong="G4983"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* bury \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G2192"\w* poured \w the|strong="G1519"\w* perfume \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* ready. \w She|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 9 Listen. \w People|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s story, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w remember|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* today.”   
\s1 Judas Iscariot turned against Jesus  
\p
\v 10 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 12 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* special workers. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* time \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* can help \w you|strong="G2532"\w* catch \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* money. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w waited|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2122"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* catch \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \fig Judas told the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies that he would help them catch Jesus|src="wa03907b.tif" size="col" ref="14:11" \fig*   
\s1 Jesus and his followers ate the Passover dinner  
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young sheep \w to|strong="G2443"\w* cook \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* start \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ceremony \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* flat damper \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* remembered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w long|strong="G2250"\w* ago, \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* grand-fathers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s angel messenger \w passed|strong="G2309"\w* over \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w kill|strong="G2380"\w* \w any|strong="G2443"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w On|strong="G3753"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* dinner? \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2090"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* 2 \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w get|strong="G5217"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* carrying \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big jug \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. Follow \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* house.  
\v 14 \w You|strong="G1437"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boss over \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w house|strong="G3617"\w*. \w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* wants \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w room|strong="G2646"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* visitors. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* dinner \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*.’  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* upstairs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* room \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*’s got \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* can \w get|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dinner \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* 2 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*. Everything \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* special \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* dinner. \fig 2 followers of Jesus followed a man carrying a big jug of water|src="wa03908b.tif" size="col" ref="14:16" \fig*   
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\v 17 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w went|strong="G2064"\w* down, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* special workers \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Passover dinner.  
\v 18 \w While|strong="G2068"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w here|strong="G1520"\w* right \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”\x * \xo 14:18 \xt Psalm 41:9\x*   
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\v 19 \w His|strong="G2532"\w* 12 special workers \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Were|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \w not|strong="G3385"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3385"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* eating food \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 21 \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* says \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* helps \w my|strong="G3739"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G3756"\w* catch \w me|strong="G1223"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w get|strong="G5217"\w* really bad trouble \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* wish \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* still \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* dinner, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* damper \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* into bits \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* special workers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* damper \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*. \w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.” \fig Jesus ate the Passover dinner with his special workers|src="wa03910b.tif" size="col" ref="14:22" \fig*   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* wine \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* passed \w it|strong="G2532"\w* around, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* each \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit \w of|strong="G1537"\w* wine.  
\v 24 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* wine \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* die \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pour|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* agreed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* die \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w My|strong="G1473"\w* blood \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sign \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s new agreement \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 14:24 \xt Exodus 24:8; Jeremiah 31:31-34\x*  
\v 25 Listen, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* wine \w again|strong="G3765"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* sit \w down|strong="G2193"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* family, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w everyone|strong="G3748"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* biggest boss. \w Then|strong="G3765"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w sort|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* wine \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”   
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\v 26 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* sang \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w song|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* house \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w Trees|strong="G1636"\w* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus talked straight to Peter  
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\v 27 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* mob \w will|strong="G2532"\w* run \w away|strong="G4624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* long time ago, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* got \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* knock \w down|strong="G3960"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* looks \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* run \w away|strong="G4624"\w*.’\x * \xo 14:27 \xt Zechariah 13:7\x*  
\m \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* die, like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* run \w away|strong="G4624"\w*.  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* wait \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w there|strong="G3326"\w*.”\x * \xo 14:28 \xt Matthew 28:16\x*   
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\v 29 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “Maybe \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* run \w away|strong="G4624"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Tonight|strong="G3571"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* 3 \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* chook \w will|strong="G2532"\w* yell \w out|strong="G2532"\w* 2 \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w it|strong="G2532"\w* always \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
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\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* really \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w People|strong="G3956"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* force \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\p \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G5615"\w* \w thing|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus prayed in the place called Gethsemane  
\p
\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* got \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5564"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Gethsemane|strong="G1068"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wait \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 33 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* really sad \w and|strong="G2532"\w* upset.  
\v 34 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* feel really \w sad|strong="G4036"\w* \w right|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* feel \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G4036"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w*’s like \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m dying. \w Stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G1127"\w* \w on|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* trouble.”   
\p
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* walked \w away|strong="G3928"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* bit \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lay \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 36 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G3911"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* trouble \w away|strong="G3911"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w too|strong="G2532"\w* hard \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*.”   
\p
\v 37 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* 3 \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2518"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w Wake|strong="G1127"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w*, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*. \w Can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*?  
\v 38 \w Stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3361"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* wrong. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* thing, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* weak \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sleep.”   
\p
\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 40 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s 3 \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* tired, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* stay awake. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2518"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* woke \w up|strong="G2064"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G1510"\w* shame, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* 3 \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* resting? \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w sleep|strong="G2518"\w* \w any|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Look|strong="G2400"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* soon \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 42 So \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3860"\w* go \w now|strong="G2400"\w*. \w See|strong="G3708"\w*, \w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* helping \w them|strong="G3588"\w* catch \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\s1 A mob of men grabbed Jesus  
\p
\v 43 \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* time, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law teachers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* long knives \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fighting sticks. \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s 12 special workers, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* changed sides, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Gethsemane \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grab \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* got \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*.\fig A mob of men went to grab Jesus|src="KV-045.tif" size="col" ref="14:43" \fig*  
\v 44-45 Judas walked up to Jesus and said, “Hello teacher,” and kissed him on the cheek. He did that to show those men which man they had to grab.  
\v 46 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 47 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* right \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* long knife. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* worked \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies.   
\p
\v 48 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mob, “Why \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3326"\w* \w long|strong="G1909"\w* knives \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fighting sticks? \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* criminal. \w No|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w*.  
\v 49 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* always \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony \w house|strong="G2596"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* grab \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* ago, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* grab \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* grab \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”\x * \xo 14:49 \xt Luke 19:47; 21:37\x*   
\p
\v 50 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s followers got frightened, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 51 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G4870"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit behind \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w wearing|strong="G4016"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sheet|strong="G4616"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G4016"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 52 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* mob \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1161"\w* grab \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* only grabbed \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sheet|strong="G4616"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* wriggled \w out|strong="G5343"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w naked|strong="G1131"\w*.   
\s1 They took Jesus to court  
\p
\v 53-54 That mob took Jesus to court at the house of the big boss of the Jewish ceremonies. All the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies, and the elders, and the law teachers, they all went to that court too.  
\p That house had a yard with a wall around it. Peter followed a little bit behind the mob, and he followed that mob into the yard of that house, and he sat down with them near their fire.   
\p
\v 55 \w All|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leaders \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* somebody \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*,” \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* nobody told \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* story \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 56 Lots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told lies \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w*. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* stories \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* mixed \w up|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 57 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w stood|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* lie.  
\v 58 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* knock \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w another|strong="G2250"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. Lots \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*.’”\x * \xo 14:58 \xt John 2:19\x*  
\v 59 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* stories mixed \w up|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* each \w other|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 60 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* big boss \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meeting \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* heard \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*?”  
\v 61 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* answer \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4623"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* mouth shut.  
\p \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* boss \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* special \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*?” \fig The Jewish leaders blamed Jesus in their court|src="cn01815b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="14:61" \fig*   
\p
\v 62 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* mob \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w*.”\x * \xo 14:62 \xt Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13\x*   
\p
\v 63-64 Then that big boss of the Jewish ceremonies got so angry that he tore his clothes and said to the Jewish leaders, “Did you hear that? This man said that he is the same as God. We don’t need anyone to say anything more. We heard it ourselves. So what do you reckon, did he break our law?”  
\p They all said, “He did. He broke our law. He’s got to die.”\x * \xo 14:63-64 \xt Leviticus 24:16\x*   
\p
\v 65 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* meeting \w spat|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G4028"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* tied \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rag across \w his|strong="G2983"\w* eyes \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* couldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* see, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G4475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hey. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* power \w to|strong="G2532"\w* know \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hit \w you|strong="G3004"\w*?” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guards grabbed \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Peter said, “I don’t know Jesus”  
\p
\v 66-67 All this time, Peter sat next to the fire in the yard of the big boss of the Jewish ceremonies. One of the girls that worked in that house came along and saw Peter there. She looked at him and said, “I think you were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.”   
\p
\v 68 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G1831"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gate \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* yard. \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* chook yelled \w out|strong="G1831"\w*. \fig Peter said that he wasn’t one of Jesus’s mob|src="tlc-105.tif" size="col" ref="14:68" \fig*   
\p
\v 69 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* girl \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gate \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s mob.”   
\p
\v 70 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w No|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*’m \w not|strong="G1510"\w*.”  
\p \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* bit \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* gate \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w talk|strong="G2981"\w* like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w talk|strong="G2981"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 71 \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* got really \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w*’m \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* kill \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\p
\v 72 \w Straight|strong="G2117"\w* away, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* chook yelled \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w again|strong="G1208"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* remembered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4250"\w*, “Tonight \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* 3 \w times|strong="G5151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* chook \w will|strong="G2532"\w* yell \w out|strong="G1537"\w* 2 \w times|strong="G5151"\w*.” \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* remembered \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sad, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G5455"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* lot.   
\c 15  
\s1 The men of the Jewish Leaders Council took Jesus to the judge  
\p
\v 1 \w Early|strong="G4404"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* talked \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w each|strong="G3326"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w* mob \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law teachers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \w together|strong="G4824"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big government boss. \w His|strong="G4160"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss over \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* nation?”  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 3 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies blamed \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* told Pilate \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* anything.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* lots \w of|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. Why don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*?”   
\p
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* really shocked. \fig Pilate asked Jesus questions, but Jesus said nothing|src="8k JesusB4Pilate.tif" size="col" ref="15:5" \fig*   
\p
\v 6 \w Every|strong="G2596"\w* year, \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ceremony \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Passover, Pilate always did something special \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* people \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Jerusalem. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* free \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* jail.   
\p
\v 7-8 At this Passover time, some of the Jerusalem people came to Pilate and asked him to let a prisoner go free, like he always did. They came up to Pilate while Jesus was still there. At the same time, there was a murderer in jail there. His name was Barabbas. Before that time, Barabbas and his mob fought against the government and killed some of the government people, so the soldiers grabbed him and put him in jail.   
\p
\v 9-11 Pilate knew that the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies were jealous of Jesus, and that was the only reason why they brought him to Pilate. They wanted Pilate to kill him. So when those Jerusalem people asked Pilate to let a prisoner go free, Pilate said, “All right, how about I let Jesus go? You reckon he says that he is your big boss. What do you reckon, will I let him go?”  
\p But the ceremony bosses got all those people to be angry with Jesus, and those people told Pilate, “No. Not him. We want you to let Barabbas go free.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* big boss?”   
\p
\v 13 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* yelled, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* cross \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* die \w there|strong="G1161"\w*.”   
\p
\v 14 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w bad|strong="G2556"\w*?”  
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* listen. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* yelled \w even|strong="G1161"\w* louder, “Kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* cross.”   
\p
\v 15 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G1014"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w mob|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* Barabbas \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* jail, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w his|strong="G4160"\w* Roman soldiers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* hit \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w with|strong="G2532"\w* whips. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* finished whipping \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* nail \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w and|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* die.   
\s1 The soldiers made fun of Jesus  
\p
\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* outside \w into|strong="G2080"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* yard \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big house \w where|strong="G3739"\w* Pilate \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G2080"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* yard.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w purple|strong="G4209"\w* coat \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* made some prickly branches into \w a|strong="G2532"\w* headband \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crown|strong="G4735"\w*, like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big boss wears, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s head.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2453"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* got down \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* knees \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “Hey, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* reckon \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss over \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w*.”\fig The soldiers made fun of Jesus|src="C_086.tif" size="col" ref="15:18" \fig*  
\v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* hitting \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stick, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w spat|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* finished \w making|strong="G2532"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1562"\w* \w off|strong="G1562"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* long \w purple|strong="G4209"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* back \w on|strong="G1746"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1562"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* place \w to|strong="G2443"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* walking \w past|strong="G3855"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* road \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* time. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* city \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bush. \w His|strong="G2532"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w*. (\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* friends Alexander \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rufus|strong="G4504"\w*.) \w The|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers forced \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* carry \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.\x * \xo 15:21 \xt Romans 16:13\x*  
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* got \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \em Golgotha\em* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* language. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \em Skull Place\em*.   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* medicine \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w myrrh|strong="G4669"\w* \w mixed|strong="G4669"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* wouldn’t \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 24-26 Then the soldiers nailed Jesus’s hands and feet to the cross. Then they stood it up, and they left him to die like that. And they made a sign and put it above his head, to say why they killed him. It said, “The big boss over the Jews.” It was 9 o’clock in the morning when they nailed Jesus to that cross. After that, the soldiers gambled with each other to get his clothes.\x * \xo 15:24-26 \xt Psalm 22:18\x*   
\p
\v 27-28 The soldiers also nailed 2 criminals to crosses next to Jesus. One criminal was on his left-hand side, and the other criminal was on his right-hand side.  
\v 29 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* walked past \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rubbished \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* shook \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* shame \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1722"\w* reckon \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* knock \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* 3 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*?\x * \xo 15:29 \xt Psalm 22:7; 109:25; Mark 14:58; John 2:19\x*  
\v 30 \w All|strong="G3588"\w* right, if \w you|strong="G4982"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* so smart, \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*. \w Get|strong="G4982"\w* off \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w and|strong="G2597"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w*.”   
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\v 31 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* bosses \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish ceremonies \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law teachers joined \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* laughed \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* thinks \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* special man \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G2443"\w* send \w to|strong="G2443"\w* save \w us|strong="G3708"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* reckons \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big boss over \w us|strong="G3708"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* nation. \w No|strong="G2532"\w* way. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* unless \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* off \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*.”  
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G3568"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w crosses|strong="G4716"\w* \w joined|strong="G4862"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rubbished \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus died  
\p
\v 33 \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3650"\w*, \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* 12 o’clock, \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* dark, like \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* night \w time|strong="G5610"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* stayed dark \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* 3 \w hours|strong="G5610"\w*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* 3 o’clock \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* afternoon.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* yelled \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w language|strong="G5456"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\em Eloy, Eloy, lama sabakthani?\em*” \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, \em My God, my God, why did you go away and leave me all by myself?\em*\x * \xo 15:34 \xt Psalm 22:1\x*   
\p
\v 35 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* around heard \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven.  
\v 36 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* got \w up|strong="G2064"\w* quickly \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G1072"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stick \w and|strong="G2532"\w* held \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’s mouth, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could suck \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w All|strong="G2532"\w* right, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w him|strong="G3708"\w*. \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* wait \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w down|strong="G2507"\w*.”\x * \xo 15:36 \xt Psalm 69:21\x*   
\p
\v 37 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* yelled \w out|strong="G5456"\w* again, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w Over|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s ceremony house, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* blocked off \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s special place. \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* time \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* ripped \w right|strong="G2193"\w* \w down|strong="G2736"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* middle \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* top \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bottom|strong="G2736"\w*, \w into|strong="G1519"\w* 2 bits.\x * \xo 15:38 \xt Exodus 26:31-33\x*   
\p
\v 39 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* cross, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* boss \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Roman soldiers \w stood|strong="G3936"\w* near \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* boss soldier \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* reckon \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* really \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \fig The boss soldier said, “I reckon this man really was the son of God.”|src="lll7-10.tif" size="col" ref="15:39" \fig*   
\s1 Some women saw everything that happened  
\p
\v 40-41 There were some women there at the cross too. Before this time, those women went everywhere with Jesus in Galilee country. They looked after him there, and after that, they came with him to Jerusalem. While Jesus was dying, they stood looking from a long way off. They were Mary Magdalene, and Salomi, and the other Mary that was the mother of young James and Joses, and some other women with them.\x * \xo 15:40-41 \xt Luke 8:2-3\x*   
\s1 Joseph buried Jesus  
\p
\v 42 \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* died \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* everything ready \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* start \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* dark.  
\v 43 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* Arimathia. \w Everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Leaders \w Council|strong="G1010"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w waiting|strong="G4327"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G3739"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* family \w together|strong="G4314"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* show \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* biggest boss. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* nearly night \w time|strong="G3739"\w*, \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w started|strong="G1525"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little bit frightened, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* anyway, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Can \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w*?”   
\p
\v 44-45 Pilate was shocked. He said, “Is that man dead already?”  
\p He sent somebody to get the boss over the soldiers, and he asked that boss soldier, “Is it true? Is that man properly dead now?”  
\p That boss soldier told Pilate, “Yes, it is true.”  
\p Then Pilate told Joseph, “All right, you can take Jesus’s body.”   
\p
\v 46 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Joseph bought \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w sheet|strong="G4616"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s body \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* cross \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G1750"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w sheet|strong="G4616"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’s body \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cave \w to|strong="G2532"\w* bury \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* cave \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* dead bodies. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big hole, like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* little room \w that|strong="G3739"\w* somebody \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Joseph \w rolled|strong="G4351"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big flat \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* cave \w to|strong="G2532"\w* block \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \fig Joseph put Jesus’s body in a special cave for dead bodies|src="gw118a.tif" size="col" ref="15:46" \fig*   
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\v 47 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* women, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mother \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joses|strong="G2500"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G4226"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* Joseph \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s body.   
\c 16  
\s1 God made Jesus alive again  
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Saturday. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sun \w went|strong="G2064"\w* down, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* finished. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* women \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bought \w some|strong="G3588"\w* perfume \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s body, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* bury \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* right way. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Salomi, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mother \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* Sunday \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* starting \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* cave \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s body.  
\v 3 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* roll away \w that|strong="G3588"\w* big \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* open \w up|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? \w It|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* big \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* women got \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* blocking \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cave \w any|strong="G3754"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w*. Somebody already \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rolled|strong="G3037"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* away.   
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* cave, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3495"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*, \w wearing|strong="G4016"\w* really \w white|strong="G3022"\w* clothes. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* big surprise.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* frightened. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* body \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* killed \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* cross. \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w made|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*. \w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* body \w here|strong="G5602"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.”  
\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* mob \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* country. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* remember, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* time ago.’ \w Make|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* message \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x * \xo 16:7 \xt Matthew 26:32; Mark 14:28\x* \fig A young man told the women, “God made Jesus alive again”|src="cn01851b.tif" size="col" copy="1996 David C. Cook" ref="16:7" \fig*   
\p
\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* women didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* know \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* shaking. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* cave \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* women \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w frightened|strong="G5399"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w to|strong="G2532"\w* anybody. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w*.   
\b  
\iex Nobody knows for sure the words that Mark wrote at the end of this story about Jesus. We don’t have the book that he wrote, we only have copies of it. Some of those copies end here, and some copies have the next bit from verse 9 to verse 20. Maybe somebody else wrote this ending to Mark’s book.  
\s1 Jesus sent his followers to tell everyone about him  
\p
\v 9 \w Early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* Sunday \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* women \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* cave, \w Jesus|strong="G1544"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* alive again. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w* see \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. (\w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G4413"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1544"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* 7 bad spirits \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w*.)  
\v 10 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* Mary saw \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* friends, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4198"\w* around \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sad \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*.  
\v 11 Mary told \w them|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’t believe \w her|strong="G5259"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 \w A|strong="G1519"\w* little \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w*, 2 \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w*’s \w other|strong="G2087"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bush. \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w* \w came|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* see \w him|strong="G1722"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G5319"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* look like \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* didn’t \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3778"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G3761"\w*, after \w they|strong="G3588"\w* found out \w it|strong="G1565"\w* really \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* turned around \w and|strong="G2548"\w* quickly \w went|strong="G3588"\w* back \w to|strong="G3588"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="G2548"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* told \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*’s \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’s 11 special workers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* eating food \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* alive. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G3754"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w me|strong="G4100"\w*? \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 15 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* everybody \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4982"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* through \w that|strong="G3588"\w* special washing ceremony, \w called|strong="G3588"\w* baptism. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* message. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* blame \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty.  
\v 17 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w great|strong="G2980"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* power \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G1722"\w* show everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* force bad spirits \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* different \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* never learned.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pick \w up|strong="G2007"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* cheeky \w snake|strong="G3789"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* hurt \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w poison|strong="G2286"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* hurt \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* sick \w people|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* better.”   
\s1 Jesus went up to heaven  
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\v 19 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* finished \w telling|strong="G2980"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w took|strong="G2523"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right-hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* place \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* really important person can \w sit|strong="G2523"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w followers|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* leader, \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w*, \w worked|strong="G4903"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* power \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* everyone knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.