Then Jesus, going into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law, who was lying in a fever, and he took her by the hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and served him. And when evening came, they brought him many who were afflicted with demons, and he cast out the spirits by a word, and healed all those who were sufering; so as to fulfill what had been said by the prophet Isaiah, saying: He took up our sicknesses and carried off our diseases.
Then Jesus, seeing a great multitude about him, gave the word to go to the other side. And one scribe came to him and said: Master, I will follow you wherever you go. And Jesus said to him: Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the son of man has no place to lay his head. And another, one of his disciples, said to him: Lord, give me leave first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
When he went aboard the ship, his disciples followed him. And behold, there was a great upheaval on the sea, so that the ship was hidden by the waves; but he himself was asleep. And they came and waked him, saying: Lord, save us, we are perishing. And he said to them: Why are you frightened, you men of little faith? Then he rose up and admonished the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. But the people wondered, saying: What sort of man is this, that the winds and the sea obey him? And when he crossed over into the country of the Gadarenes there met him two men possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, very wild, so that none could force a way past on that road. And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with you, son of God? Have you come thus before your time to torment us? A long way from them was a herd of many swine, feeding. And the demons entreated him, saying: If you throw us out, send us into the herd of swine. And he said to them: Go. And they came out and went into the herd of swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed over the cliH into the sea and died in the waters. Then the swineherds fled and when they came to their city told all the story of those who had been possessed by demons. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to go away from their territory.
41 Then he went aboard a ship and crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, they brought him a paralytic who was laid on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic: Take heart, my child, your sins are forgiven. And behold, some of the scribes said among themselves: This man blasphemes. Then Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Which then is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven, or to say, Riseup and walk? But so that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . Then he said to the paralytic: Rise up, take your bed and go to your house. And he rose up and went to his house. And the multitude seeing this were frightened and glorified God, who gave such authority to men.
And Jesus, going on from there, saw a man sitting in the tollhouse, named Matthew, and said to him: Follow me. And he stood up and followed him. And it happened as he dined in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and dined with Jesus and his disciples. And when they saw this the Pharisees said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? He heard them and said: The strong do not need a physician, but those who are in poor health. Go and learn the meaning of: I want mercy, not sacrifice; for I did not come to summon the righteous, but the sinners. Then the disciples of John came to him and said: Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? And Jesus said to them: Surely the members of the wedding party cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one sews a patch of unfulled cloth on an old coat; for the filling pulls from the coat and makes the tear worse. Nor do they put new wine in old skins; if they do, the skins break, and the wine spills, and the skins are destroyed; but they put new wine in new skins, and both are kept whole.
As he said this, behold, an official came and bowed down before him and said: My daughter died just now. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live. Jesus rose up and followed him, and his disciples followed. And behold, a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came from behind and touched the border of his mantle; for she said to herself: If I only touch his mantle, I shall be healed. But Jesus turned and saw her and said: Take heart, my daughter; your faith has healed you. And the woman was well from that hour. Then Jesus went into the house of the official and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd, and said: Go away; for the girl has not died, but she is asleep. And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put out, he went in and took her hand, and the girl woke. And the story of this went out to the whole of that country.
Then as Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying: Pity us, son of David. As he went into the house, the blind men came up with him, and Jesus said to them: Do you believe that I can do this? They said to him: Yes, Lord. Then he touched their eyes and said: As you have faith, so let it be with you. And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus spoke severely to them, saying: See that nobody hears of this. But they went out and spread the news of him to the whole of that country. As they went out, behold, men brought him a deaf-mute who was possessed by a demon. And when the demon was driven out, the deaf-mute talked. Then the multitude wondered, saying: Never was anything seen like this in Israel. But the Pharisees said: He drives out demons through the prince of demons.
Now Jesus went about through all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every infirmity. And when he saw the multitudes he was moved with pity for them, because they had been distracted and turned loose like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples: The harvest is abundant, but the laborers few. Beg the master of the harvest to send out laborers to his harvest.
tl Then calling to him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to treat every sickness and every infirmity. And these are the names of the twelve apostles: First, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddeus, Simon the Cananaean and Judas the Iscariot, even he who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent forth and gave them instructions, saying:
Do not go on the road to the Gentiles, and do not go into any city of the Samaritans. Make your way rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, preach and say that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Heal the infirm, raise up the dead, make lepers clean, cast out demons. You have taken a free gift; give a free gift. Do not keep gold or silver or bronze in your money belts, or a bag for the journey or two garments or shoes or a staff. The laborer is worthy of food and clothing. Whatever city or village you enter, find out who within it is worthy; stay with him until you go on. As you enter his house, greet it; and if the house is worthy, let your peace be upon it; and if it is not worthy, let your peace return upon yourselves. And when one does not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust of it from your feet. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city. See, I send you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; be then crafty like snakes and innocent like doves. Beware of people; for they will hand you over to the council boards, and they will flog you in their synagogues, and you will be brought before the leaders and the kings, because of me, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. But when they hand you over, do not think about how you will speak; that will be given to you at the time when you speak; for it will not be you who speak but the spirit of your father speaking through you. Brother will hand brother over to death, father will hand over child, and children will stand up against their parents and cause their death. You will be hated by all because of my name; and he who endures it to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one city, flee to the next one; for truly I tell you, you will not be through with the cities of Israel before the son of man comes. The disciple is not above the teacher, or the slave above his master; it is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher and for the slave that he be as his master. If then they call the head of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they so call his domestics. Then do not be afraid of them; for there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, and nothing secret that shall not be known. What I say to you in the dark, say in the light; what is said in your ear, proclaim on the housetops. And have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them will not fall to the ground without the knowledge of your father. Also, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Then do not fear; you are worth many sparrows. If any man shall acknowledge me before men, I shall acknowledge him before my father in heaven;