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1. Jesus came down the mountain with the cheers of the crowd still ringing in his ears.
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1. When G1161 he G846 was come down G2597 from G575 the G3588 mountain G3735 , great G4183 multitudes G3793 followed G190 him G846 .
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2. Then a leper appeared and went to his knees before Jesus, praying, "Master, if you want to, you can heal my body."
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2. And G2532 , behold G2400 , there came G2064 a leper G3015 and worshiped G4352 him G846 , saying G3004 , Lord G2962 , if G1437 thou wilt G2309 , thou canst G1410 make me clean G2511 G3165 .
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3. Jesus reached out and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be clean." Then and there, all signs of the leprosy were gone.
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3. And G2532 Jesus G2424 put forth G1614 his hand G5495 , and touched G680 him G846 , saying G3004 , I will G2309 ; be thou clean. And G2532 G2511 G2532 immediately G2112 his G846 leprosy G3014 was cleansed G2511 .
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4. Jesus said, "Don't talk about this all over town. Just quietly present your healed body to the priest, along with the appropriate expressions of thanks to God. Your cleansed and grateful life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done."
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4. And G2532 Jesus G2424 saith G3004 unto him G846 , See G3708 thou tell G2036 no man G3367 ; but G235 go thy way G5217 , show G1166 thyself G4572 to the G3588 priest G2409 , and G2532 offer G4374 the G3588 gift G1435 that G3739 Moses G3475 commanded G4367 , for G1519 a testimony G3142 unto them G846 .
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5. As Jesus entered the village of Capernaum, a Roman captain came up in a panic and said,
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5. And G1161 when Jesus G2424 was entered G1525 into G1519 Capernaum G2584 , there came G4334 unto him G846 a centurion G1543 , beseeching G3870 him G846 ,
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6. "Master, my servant is sick. He can't walk. He's in terrible pain."
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6. And G2532 saying G3004 , Lord G2962 , my G3450 servant G3816 lieth G906 at G1722 home G3614 sick of the palsy G3885 , grievously G1171 tormented G928 .
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7. Jesus said, "I'll come and heal him."
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7. And G2532 Jesus G2424 saith G3004 unto him G846 , I G1473 will come G2064 and heal G2323 him G846 .
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8. "Oh, no," said the captain. "I don't want to put you to all that trouble. Just give the order and my servant will be fine.
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8. G2532 The G3588 centurion G1543 answered G611 and said G5346 , Lord G2962 , I am G1510 not G3756 worthy G2425 that G2443 thou shouldest come G1525 under G5259 my G3450 roof G4721 : but G235 speak G2036 the word G3056 only G3440 , and G2532 my G3450 servant G3816 shall be healed G2390 .
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9. I'm a man who takes orders and gives orders. I tell one soldier, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."
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9. G2532 For G1063 I G1473 am a G1510 man G444 under G5259 authority G1849 , having G2192 soldiers G4757 under G5259 me G1683 : and G2532 I say G3004 to this G5129 man, Go G4198 , and G2532 he goeth G4198 ; and G2532 to another G243 , Come G2064 , and G2532 he cometh G2064 ; and G2532 to my G3450 servant G1401 , Do G4160 this G5124 , and G2532 he doeth G4160 it.
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10. Taken aback, Jesus said, "I've yet to come across this kind of simple trust in Israel, the very people who are supposed to know all about God and how he works.
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10. When G1161 Jesus G2424 heard G191 it, he marveled G2296 , and G2532 said G2036 to them that followed G190 , Verily G281 I say G3004 unto you G5213 , I have not found G2147 so great G5118 faith G4102 , no, not G3761 in G1722 Israel G2474 .
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11. This man is the vanguard of many outsiders who will soon be coming from all directions--streaming in from the east, pouring in from the west, sitting down at God's kingdom banquet alongside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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11. And G1161 I say G3004 unto you G5213 , That G3754 many G4183 shall come G2240 from G575 the east G395 and G2532 west G1424 , and G2532 shall sit down G347 with G3326 Abraham G11 , and G2532 Isaac G2464 , and G2532 Jacob G2384 , in G1722 the G3588 kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 .
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12. Then those who grew up 'in the faith' but had no faith will find themselves out in the cold, outsiders to grace and wondering what happened."
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12. But G1161 the G3588 children G5207 of the G3588 kingdom G932 shall be cast out G1544 into G1519 outer G1857 darkness G4655 : there G1563 shall be G2071 weeping G2805 and G2532 gnashing G1030 of teeth G3599 .
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13. Then Jesus turned to the captain and said, "Go. What you believed could happen has happened." At that moment his servant became well.
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13. And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 unto the G3588 centurion G1543 , Go thy way G5217 ; and G2532 as G5613 thou hast believed G4100 , so be it done G1096 unto thee. And G2532 G4671 G2532 his G846 servant G3816 was healed G2390 in G1722 the selfsame G1565 hour G5610 .
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14. By this time they were in front of Peter's house. On entering, Jesus found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed, burning up with fever.
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14. And G2532 when Jesus G2424 was come G2064 into G1519 Peter G4074 's house G3614 , he saw G1492 his G846 wife's mother G3994 laid G906 , and G2532 sick of a fever G4445 .
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15. He touched her hand and the fever was gone. No sooner was she up on her feet than she was fixing dinner for him.
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15. And G2532 he touched G680 her G846 hand G5495 , and G2532 the G3588 fever G4446 left G863 her G846 : and G2532 she arose G1453 , and G2532 ministered G1247 unto them G846 .
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16. That evening a lot of demon-afflicted people were brought to him. He relieved the inwardly tormented. He cured the bodily ill.
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16. When G1161 the even G3798 was come G1096 , they brought G4374 unto him G846 many G4183 that were possessed with devils G1139 : and G2532 he cast out G1544 the G3588 spirits G4151 with his word G3056 , and G2532 healed G2323 all G3956 that were sick G2192 G2560 :
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17. He fulfilled Isaiah's well-known sermon: He took our illnesses, He carried our diseases.
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17. That G3704 it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken G4483 by G1223 Isaiah G2268 the G3588 prophet G4396 , saying G3004 , Himself G846 took G2983 our G2257 infirmities G769 , and G2532 bare G941 our sicknesses G3554 .
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18. When Jesus saw that a curious crowd was growing by the minute, he told his disciples to get him out of there to the other side of the lake.
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18. Now G1161 when Jesus G2424 saw G1492 great G4183 multitudes G3793 about G4012 him G846 , he gave commandment G2753 to depart G565 unto G1519 the G3588 other side G4008 .
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19. As they left, a religion scholar asked if he could go along. "I'll go with you, wherever," he said.
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19. And G2532 a certain G1520 scribe G1122 came G4334 , and said G2036 unto him G846 , Master G1320 , I will follow G190 thee G4671 whithersoever G3699 G1437 thou goest G565 .
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20. Jesus was curt: "Are you ready to rough it? We're not staying in the best inns, you know."
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20. And G2532 Jesus G2424 saith G3004 unto him G846 , The G3588 foxes G258 have G2192 holes G5454 , and G2532 the G3588 birds G4071 of the G3588 air G3772 have nests G2682 ; but G1161 the G3588 Son G5207 of man G444 hath G2192 not G3756 where G4226 to lay G2827 his head G2776 .
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21. Another follower said, "Master, excuse me for a couple of days, please. I have my father's funeral to take care of."
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21. And G1161 another G2087 of his G846 disciples G3101 said G2036 unto him G846 , Lord G2962 , suffer G2010 me G3427 first G4412 to go G565 and G2532 bury G2290 my G3450 father G3962 .
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22. Jesus refused. "First things first. Your business is life, not death. Follow me. Pursue life."
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22. But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 unto him G846 , Follow G190 me G3427 ; and G2532 let G863 the G3588 dead G3498 bury G2290 their G1438 dead G3498 .
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23. Then he got in the boat, his disciples with him.
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23. And G2532 when he G846 was entered G1684 into G1519 a ship G4143 , his G846 disciples G3101 followed G190 him G846 ,
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24. The next thing they knew, they were in a severe storm. Waves were crashing into the boat--and he was sound asleep!
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24. And G2532 , behold G2400 , there arose G1096 a great G3173 tempest G4578 in G1722 the G3588 sea G2281 , insomuch that G5620 the G3588 ship G4143 was covered G2572 with G5259 the G3588 waves G2949 : but G1161 he G846 was asleep G2518 .
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25. They roused him, pleading, "Master, save us! We're going down!"
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25. And G2532 his G846 disciples G3101 came G4334 to him and awoke G1453 him G846 , saying G3004 , Lord G2962 , save G4982 us G2248 : we perish G622 .
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26. Jesus reprimanded them. "Why are you such cowards, such faint-hearts?" Then he stood up and told the wind to be silent, the sea to quiet down: "Silence!" The sea became smooth as glass.
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26. And G2532 he saith G3004 unto them G846 , Why G5101 are G2075 ye fearful G1169 , O ye of little faith G3640 ? Then G5119 he arose G1453 , and rebuked G2008 the G3588 winds G417 and G2532 the G3588 sea G2281 ; and G2532 there was G1096 a great G3173 calm G1055 .
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27. The men rubbed their eyes, astonished. "What's going on here? Wind and sea come to heel at his command!"
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27. But G1161 the G3588 men G444 marveled G2296 , saying G3004 , What manner of man G4217 is G2076 this G3778 , that G3754 even G2532 the G3588 winds G417 and G2532 the G3588 sea G2281 obey G5219 him G846 !
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28. They landed in the country of the Gadarenes and were met by two madmen, victims of demons, coming out of the cemetery. The men had terrorized the region for so long that no one considered it safe to walk down that stretch of road anymore.
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28. And G2532 when he G846 was come G2064 to G1519 the G3588 other side G4008 into G1519 the G3588 country G5561 of the G3588 Gergesenes G1086 , there met G5221 him G846 two G1417 possessed with devils G1139 , coming G1831 out G1537 of the G3588 tombs G3419 , exceeding G3029 fierce G5467 , so that G5620 no G3361 man G5100 might G2480 pass G3928 by G1223 that G1565 way G3598 .
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29. Seeing Jesus, the madmen screamed out, "What business do you have giving us a hard time? You're the Son of God! You weren't supposed to show up here yet!"
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29. And G2532 , behold G2400 , they cried out G2896 , saying G3004 , What have we to do with thee G5101 G2254 G4671 , Jesus G2424 , thou Son G5207 of God G2316 ? art thou come G2064 hither G5602 to torment G928 us G2248 before G4253 the time G2540 ?
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30. Off in the distance a herd of pigs was browsing and rooting.
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30. And G1161 there was G2258 a good way off G3112 from G575 them G846 an herd G34 of many G4183 swine G5519 feeding G1006 .
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31. The evil spirits begged Jesus, "If you kick us out of these men, let us live in the pigs."
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31. So G1161 the G3588 devils G1142 besought G3870 him G846 , saying G3004 , If G1487 thou cast us out G1544 G2248 , suffer G2010 us G2254 to go away G565 into G1519 the G3588 herd G34 of swine G5519 .
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32. Jesus said, "Go ahead, but get out of here!" Crazed, the pigs stampeded over a cliff into the sea and drowned.
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32. And G2532 he said G2036 unto them G846 , Go. And G1161 G5217 G1161 when they were come out G1831 , they went G565 into G1519 the G3588 herd G34 of swine G5519 : and G2532 , behold G2400 , the G3588 whole G3956 herd G34 of swine G5519 ran violently G3729 down G2596 a steep place G2911 into G1519 the G3588 sea G2281 , and G2532 perished G599 in G1722 the G3588 waters G5204 .
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33. Scared to death, the swineherds bolted. They told everyone back in town what had happened to the madmen and the pigs.
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33. And G1161 they that kept G1006 them fled G5343 , and G2532 went their ways G565 into G1519 the G3588 city G4172 , and G2532 told G518 every thing G3956 , and G2532 what was befallen G3588 to the G3588 possessed of the devils G1139 .
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34. Those who heard about it were angry about the drowned pigs. A mob formed and demanded that Jesus get out and not come back.
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34. And G2532 , behold G2400 , the G3588 whole G3956 city G4172 came out G1831 to meet G1519 G4877 Jesus G2424 : and G2532 when they saw G1492 him G846 , they besought G3870 him that G3704 he would depart G3327 out of G575 their G846 coasts G3725 .
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