1 teaching the people as they crowded around him to hear God's message.
2Near the shore he saw two boats left there by some fishermen who had gone to wash their nets.
3Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon and asked him to row it out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down in the boat to teach the crowd.
4When Jesus had finished speaking, he told Simon, “Row the boat out into the deep water and let your nets down to catch some fish.”
5 When the man saw Jesus, he knelt down to the ground in front of Jesus and begged, “Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”
13Jesus put his hand on him and said, “I want to! Now you are well.” At once the man's leprosy disappeared.
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15News about Jesus kept spreading. Large crowds came to listen to him teach and to be healed of their diseases.
16But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray.
Jesus Heals a Man Who Could Not Walk(Matthew 9.1-8; Mark 2.1-12)17One day some Pharisees and experts in the Law of Moses sat listening to Jesus teach. They had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem.
God had given Jesus the power to heal the sick,
18and some people came carrying a man on a mat because he could not walk. They tried to take him inside the house and put him in front of Jesus.
19But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they went up on the roof, where they removed some tiles and let the mat down in the middle of the room.
20When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “My friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21The Pharisees and the experts began arguing, “Jesus must think he is God! Only God can forgive sins.”
22Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, “Why are you thinking this?
23Is it easier for me to tell this man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk?
24But now you will see that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth.” Jesus then said to the man, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk home.”
25At once the man stood up in front of everyone. He picked up his mat and went home, giving thanks to God.
26Everyone was amazed and praised God. What they saw surprised them, and they said, “We have seen a great miracle today!”
Jesus Chooses Levi(Matthew 9.9-13; Mark 2.13-17)27Later, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the place for paying taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
28Levi left everything and went with Jesus.
29In his home Levi gave a big dinner for Jesus. Many tax collectors and other guests were also there.
30 and so do the followers of the Pharisees. But your disciples never go without eating or drinking.”
34Jesus told them, “The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them.
35But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.”
36Jesus then told them these sayings:
No one uses a new piece of cloth to patch old clothes. The patch would shrink and make the hole even bigger.
37No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The new wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined.
38New wine must be put only into new wineskins.
39No one wants new wine after drinking old wine. They say, “The old wine is better.”
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