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    An abridg\-ment of the Gos\-pel of Marcion fo\-cus\-ing on the Tri\-ple Tra\-di\-tion.
    Verse references such
    as~\textsuperscript{2:6}\thinspace{}indicate
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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{4:31}\thinspace{}Jesus went down to Capharnaum, a city in Gal\-i\-lee by the sea, in the ter\-ri\-to\-ry of Zebulon and Naphtali. And he was teach\-ing them on the Sabbath days.
    \textsuperscript{32}\thinspace{}And all were as\-ton\-ished at his teach\-ing, be\-cause he spoke with au\-thor\-i\-ty.
    \textsuperscript{33}\thinspace{}And in the syn\-a\-gogue there was a man who had the spir\-it of an un\-clean de\-mon; and he cried out with a loud voice,
    \textsuperscript{34}\thinspace{}say\-ing, “What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazara? Have you come to de\-stroy us? I know who you are, the Ho\-ly One of God!”
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}And Jesus re\-buked him, say\-ing, “Be si\-lent and come out of him!” And the de\-mon, hav\-ing thrown him in\-to the mid\-dle, came out of him with\-out harming him.
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}And great amazement came over them all and they were talking with one an\-oth\-er, say\-ing, “What kind of speech is this, that with au\-thor\-i\-ty and pow\-er he commands the un\-clean spirits and they come out?”
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}And news about him kept spreading to eve\-ry place in the sur\-round\-ing re\-gion.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{4:16}\thinspace{}When he came to Nazara, he entered the syn\-a\-gogue on the Sabbath day.
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}They said, “Is\-n't this Joseph's son?”
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to me, ‘Doc\-tor, cure your\-self! The things we have heard were done in Capharnaum, do al\-so here in your home\-town.’”
    \textsuperscript{24}\thinspace{}But he said, “Tru\-ly I tell you that no proph\-et is ac\-cept\-a\-ble in his home\-town.”
    \textsuperscript{28}\thinspace{}Then all in the syn\-a\-gogue were filled with an\-ger,
    \textsuperscript{29}\thinspace{}and they rose up and threw him out of the city. They led him to the brow of the moun\-tain on which their city had been built, in or\-der to throw him down.
    \textsuperscript{30}\thinspace{}But he passed through their midst and went on his way.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{4:40}\thinspace{}He left Nazara and went and lived in Capharnaum by the sea. As the sun was set\-ting, all those who had peo\-ple sick with var\-i\-ous diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.
    \textsuperscript{41}\thinspace{}Demons al\-so came out of many, cry\-ing out and say\-ing, “You are the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he would\-n't al\-low them to speak, be\-cause they knew he was the Christ.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{4:44}\thinspace{}And he con\-tin\-ued preaching in the syn\-a\-gogues of Gal\-i\-lee.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{5:1}\thinspace{}Once while he was stand\-ing be\-side the Lake of Gennesaret, the crowd was press\-ing in on him and hear\-ing the word of God.
    \textsuperscript{3}\thinspace{}He got in\-to a boat, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a lit\-tle way from the shore. Then he sat down in the boat and taught the crowds.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{5:10}\thinspace{}James and John, Zebedee's sons, were part\-ners with Simon. He said to them, “Come on! You are no long\-er fishermen of fish, for I will make you fishermen of peo\-ple.”
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}But when they heard that, they left eve\-ry\-thing on the shore and followed him.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{5:12}\thinspace{}When he was in one of the cit\-ies, there was a lep\-er. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown, say\-ing, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
    \textsuperscript{13}\thinspace{}He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I want to. Be made clean.” Im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly the lep\-ro\-sy left him.
    \textsuperscript{14}\thinspace{}He ordered him to tell no one, “But go, show your\-self to the priest, and of\-fer the gift that Mo\-ses commanded, so that this may be a tes\-ti\-mo\-ny to you.” But he went out and be\-gan to pro\-claim and to spread the word, so that he could no long\-er en\-ter a city openly, but was out\-side in de\-sert\-ed places. And they came to him, and he went again to Capharnaum.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{5:17}\thinspace{}One day while he was teach\-ing, the Pharisees and scribes came to\-geth\-er. They had come to\-geth\-er from eve\-ry vil\-lage of Gal\-i\-lee and Judea, so that they would be healed.
    \textsuperscript{18}\thinspace{}Just then, men came car\-ry\-ing a paralyzed man on a stretcher, and they were try\-ing to bring him in and place him be\-fore him.
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}But find\-ing no way to bring him in be\-cause of the crowd, they climbed up on the roof, re\-moved the tiles where he was, and let the stretcher with the par\-a\-lyt\-ic down in front of Jesus.
    \textsuperscript{20}\thinspace{}When he saw their faith, he says to the par\-a\-lyt\-ic, “Man, your sins are for\-giv\-en.”
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}Then the scribes and the Pharisees be\-gan to rea\-son in their hearts, say\-ing, “What blas\-phe\-mies does this one speak? Who forgives sins but God a\-lone?”
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he an\-swered them, “What evil do you contemplate in your hearts?
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}Which is eas\-i\-er, to say ‘Your sins are for\-giv\-en,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
    \textsuperscript{24}\thinspace{}But so that you may know that the Son of Man has au\-thor\-i\-ty to for\-give sins on earth,” he said to the par\-a\-lyt\-ic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go to your home.”
    \textsuperscript{25}\thinspace{}Im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly he stood up be\-fore them, took his stretcher, and went to his home, glorifying God.
    \textsuperscript{26}\thinspace{}They were filled with fear, say\-ing, “We have seen incredible things to\-day.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{5:27}\thinspace{}When he returned again to the sea and a crowd followed him, he taught. In pass\-ing, he saw Levi, son of Al\-phae\-us, sit\-ting at the tax of\-fice, and said to him, “Fol\-low me.”
    \textsuperscript{28}\thinspace{}He left eve\-ry\-thing, got up, and followed him.
    \textsuperscript{29}\thinspace{}Then Levi made a great ban\-quet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others re\-clin\-ing at the ta\-ble with them.
    \textsuperscript{30}\thinspace{}The Pharisees and their scribes were com\-plain\-ing to his dis\-ci\-ples, say\-ing, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors?”
    \textsuperscript{31}\thinspace{}Jesus an\-swered them, “Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do.
    \textsuperscript{32}\thinspace{}I have\-n't come to call the right\-eous.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{5:33}\thinspace{}They said to him, “Why do the dis\-ci\-ples of John and the dis\-ci\-ples of the Pharisees fast fre\-quent\-ly and of\-fer prayers, but yours eat and drink?”
    \textsuperscript{34}\thinspace{}He said to them, “Can the wed\-ding guests possibly fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}But days will come when the bridegroom will be tak\-en a\-way from them, then they will fast in those days.
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}New wine is not poured in\-to old wineskins; oth\-er\-wise, the new wine will burst the skins, then the wine is lost and al\-so the skins.
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}But new wine is put in\-to new wineskins, and both re\-main pre\-served.
    \textsuperscript{5:36}\thinspace{}No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old cloak; oth\-er\-wise, it all tears, and it will be of no use for the old. For it will result in a larg\-er tear.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{6:1}\thinspace{}On the Sabbath, he went through the grain fields, and his dis\-ci\-ples plucked the heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}But the Pharisees said to him, “See, why are your dis\-ci\-ples do\-ing what is not law\-ful on the Sabbath?”
    \textsuperscript{3}\thinspace{}Jesus an\-swered, “Have you nev\-er read what David did?
    \textsuperscript{4}\thinspace{}He entered in\-to the house of God, ate the bread off the al\-tar, and gave some to those with him, which is not law\-ful to eat ex\-cept for the priests on\-ly?”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{6:6}\thinspace{}On the Sabbath, he again entered in\-to the syn\-a\-gogue, in which there was a man who had a withered hand.
    \textsuperscript{7}\thinspace{}The Pharisees were watching him closely to see wheth\-er he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could ac\-cuse him.
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}But he knew their reasoning, and he said to him who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the mid\-dle.” He got up and stood there.
    \textsuperscript{9}\thinspace{}Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it law\-ful to do good things on the Sabbath, or not? To redeem a life, or to de\-stroy it?” But they were si\-lent.
    \textsuperscript{10}\thinspace{}Af\-ter looking a\-round at all of them with an\-ger, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was re\-stored exactly as the oth\-er.
    \textsuperscript{6:5}\thinspace{}He said to them, “The son of man is lord e\-ven of the Sabbath.”
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}But they were filled with senseless rage, and they discussed with one an\-oth\-er how they could de\-stroy him.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{6:12}\thinspace{}He went up the moun\-tain and spent the night in pray\-er.
    \textsuperscript{13}\thinspace{}When day came, he called his dis\-ci\-ples and chose twelve of them, whom he al\-so named apos\-tles.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{6:17}\thinspace{}He came down with them and stood on a lev\-el place, and a great crowd of his dis\-ci\-ples and a great mul\-ti\-tude of the peo\-ple from all Judea and the oth\-er shore and from oth\-er cit\-ies
    \textsuperscript{18}\thinspace{}came to hear him and to be healed from their diseases. And those troubled with un\-clean spirits were healed.
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}The whole crowd was try\-ing to tou\-ch him.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{6:20}\thinspace{}He looked up at his dis\-ci\-ples, and said:
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}“Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't con\-demn, and you won't be condemned. For\-give, and you will be for\-giv\-en.
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}Give, and it will be giv\-en to you. They will place in\-to your lap a good meas\-ure, pressed down and over\-flow\-ing. With the meas\-ure that you meas\-ure out, it will be meas\-ured to you.”
\end{para}

\bigskip{}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{7:17}\thinspace{}News about Jesus spread through\-out all Judea, e\-ven to John the Bap\-tist.
    \textsuperscript{18}\thinspace{}When John heard of his deeds, he took of\-fense. He summoned two of his dis\-ci\-ples,
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}say\-ing, “Go say to him, ‘Are you the one who co\-mes, or should we ex\-pect an\-oth\-er?’”
    \textsuperscript{20}\thinspace{}When the men came to him, they said, “John the Bap\-tist has sent us to you, say\-ing, ‘Are you the one who co\-mes, or should we ex\-pect an\-oth\-er?’”
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}He an\-swered them, “Go and tell John what your eyes have seen and your ears have heard: the blind see again, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news preached to them.
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}Bless\-ed are you, if you take no of\-fense at me!”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{7:24}\thinspace{}When John's messengers had gone, he be\-gan to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out in\-to the wil\-der\-ness to see? A reed shak\-en by the wind?
    \textsuperscript{25}\thinspace{}What, then, did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Be\-hold, those who live in splen\-did cloth\-ing and in lux\-u\-ry are in roy\-al palaces.
    \textsuperscript{26}\thinspace{}What, then, did you go out to see? A proph\-et? Yes, I tell you, and more than a proph\-et. For a\-mong those born of wom\-en there is no greater proph\-et than John the Bap\-tist.
    \textsuperscript{27}\thinspace{}He is the one about whom it is writ\-ten, ‘Be\-hold, I am sending my mes\-sen\-ger ahead of you, who will pre\-pare the way for you.’
    \textsuperscript{28}\thinspace{}But the least in the king\-dom of God is greater than he.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{7:36}\thinspace{}Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. He went in\-to the Pharisee's house and re\-clined at the ta\-ble.
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}Be\-hold, a wom\-an, a sin\-ner in the city,
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}stood be\-hind him at his feet. She bathed his feet with her tears and anointed him with perfumed oil.
    \textsuperscript{39}\thinspace{}See\-ing this, Simon Pe\-ter said to him\-self, “If this man were a proph\-et, he would know who and what kind of wom\-an this is who is touching him, that she is a sin\-ner.”
    \textsuperscript{44}\thinspace{}Turn\-ing to the wom\-an, he said to Simon, “Do you see this wom\-an? She has wet my feet with her tears.
    \textsuperscript{46}\thinspace{} She has anointed
    \textsuperscript{7:45}\thinspace{} and kissed me.
    \textsuperscript{47}\thinspace{}There\-fore, I tell you, her many sins are for\-giv\-en, for she loved much.”
    \textsuperscript{48}\thinspace{}He said to her, “Your sins are for\-giv\-en.”
    \textsuperscript{49}\thinspace{}Those re\-clin\-ing at the ta\-ble with him be\-gan to say a\-mong them\-selves, “Who is this who e\-ven forgives sins?”
    \textsuperscript{50}\thinspace{}But he said to the wom\-an, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:4}\thinspace{}When a large crowd was gath\-er\-ing, and peo\-ple from town af\-ter town were com\-ing to him, he spoke by means of a par\-a\-ble:
    \textsuperscript{5}\thinspace{}“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell alongside the path, and it was trampled, and the birds ate it up.
    \textsuperscript{6}\thinspace{}Some fell on the rock, and when it grew, it withered, be\-cause it had no moisture.
    \textsuperscript{7}\thinspace{}Some fell a\-mong thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}Some fell on good soil, and when it grew, it pro\-duced one hun\-dred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “If you have ears, then lis\-ten!”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:9}\thinspace{}His dis\-ci\-ples asked him what this par\-a\-ble meant.
    \textsuperscript{10}\thinspace{}He said, “To you it has been giv\-en to know the secrets of God's King\-dom.
    \textsuperscript{18}\thinspace{}So pay at\-ten\-tion to how you lis\-ten, for who\-ev\-er has, will be giv\-en more; and who\-ev\-er does\-n't have, e\-ven what he seems to have will be tak\-en a\-way.
    \textsuperscript{8:10}\thinspace{}But to the rest, it will not be giv\-en ex\-cept in a par\-a\-ble, so that ‘see\-ing they may not per\-ceive, and listening they may not un\-der\-stand.’
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}Now the par\-a\-ble is this: The seed is the word of God.
    \textsuperscript{12}\thinspace{}Those alongside the path are those who have heard, then the dev\-il co\-mes and takes a\-way the word from their hearts, so that they may not be\-lieve and be saved.
    \textsuperscript{13}\thinspace{}Those on the rock are the ones who re\-ceive the word with joy when they hear it, but these have no root. They be\-lieve for a while, but in a time of testing, they fall a\-way.
    \textsuperscript{14}\thinspace{}Those a\-mong thorns are the ones who have heard, but through worries, rich\-es, and pleasures of life, they are choked and they bring noth\-ing to ma\-tur\-i\-ty.
    \textsuperscript{15}\thinspace{}Those on good soil are the ones who, hav\-ing heard the word with a good heart, hold it tightly and bear fruit with en\-dur\-ance.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:16}\thinspace{}No one lights a lamp then co\-vers it.
    \textsuperscript{17}\thinspace{}For noth\-ing is hid\-den that will not be disclosed, nor is any\-thing se\-cret that will not be\-come known and come to light.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:20}\thinspace{}He was told that his moth\-er and brothers are stand\-ing out\-side, and wishing to see him.
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}But he an\-swered them, “Who is my moth\-er and who are my brothers, if not those who hear my words and do them.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:22}\thinspace{}One day he and his dis\-ci\-ples got in\-to a boat, and he said to them, “Let's cross to the oth\-er side of the lake,” so they set sail.
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}While they were sailing, he fell a\-sleep. A wind\-storm descended on the lake, and the boat was fill\-ing with wa\-ter, and they were in dan\-ger.
    \textsuperscript{24}\thinspace{}They went to him and woke him up, say\-ing, “Teach\-er, we are perishing!” Hav\-ing been awakened, he re\-buked the wind and the sea, and they ceased, and a calm set in.
    \textsuperscript{25}\thinspace{}Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were filled with fear and were a\-mazed, say\-ing to one an\-oth\-er, “Who is this, that he commands e\-ven the winds and the sea, and they o\-bey him?”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:26}\thinspace{}They sailed to the re\-gion of the Gerasenes, which is op\-po\-site Gal\-i\-lee.
    \textsuperscript{27}\thinspace{}As he stepped a\-shore, he was met by a man from the city who had had demons for a considerable time. He wore no cloak and did not live in a house but in the tombs.
    \textsuperscript{28}\thinspace{}When he saw Jesus, he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? I beg you, don't tor\-ment me!”
    \textsuperscript{29}\thinspace{}For he had commanded the un\-clean de\-mon, "Come out of this man." For it had of\-ten seized him, and he was guard\-ed while bound with chains and fetters, yet break\-ing a\-part the bonds, he was driv\-en by the de\-mon in\-to the des\-ert.
    \textsuperscript{30}\thinspace{}Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion is my name,” for there were many demons.
    \textsuperscript{31}\thinspace{}They kept begging him not to com\-mand them to de\-part in\-to the abyss.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:32}\thinspace{}Now there was a herd of pigs feed\-ing on the hill\-side. They beg\-ged him that they might en\-ter in\-to the pigs, and he permitted them.
    \textsuperscript{33}\thinspace{}When the demons came out of the man, they rushed in\-to the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank in\-to the lake and was drowned.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:34}\thinspace{}When the herders saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the coun\-try.
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}When those from the city came near and saw that the pos\-sessed man was in his right mind and sit\-ting at Jesus' feet, clothed, they were a\-fraid.
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}Those who had seen it told them how the pos\-sessed man had been healed.
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}All the peo\-ple and the re\-gion of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them be\-cause they were gripped by great fear. He went aboard and returned.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:40}\thinspace{}When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
    \textsuperscript{41}\thinspace{}Be\-hold, there came a man named Jairus, a lead\-er of the syn\-a\-gogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet and beg\-ged him to come to his house,
    \textsuperscript{42}\thinspace{}for his on\-ly daugh\-ter, about twelve years old, lay dy\-ing. As he went to his house, the crowd al\-most crushed him.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:43}\thinspace{}There was a wom\-an who had a flow of blood for twelve years, and not a sin\-gle per\-son could heal her.
    \textsuperscript{44}\thinspace{}Hav\-ing ap\-proached, she touched his clothes, and im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly her flow of blood stopped.
    \textsuperscript{45}\thinspace{}When Jesus no\-ticed that pow\-er had gone out of him, he asked, “Who has touched me?” When all de\-nied it, Pe\-ter said, “Teach\-er, the crowd hems you in and pushes against you.”
    \textsuperscript{46}\thinspace{}But Jesus said, “Some\-one has touched me. I well know that pow\-er has gone out of me.”
    \textsuperscript{47}\thinspace{}When the wom\-an saw that she had not es\-caped no\-tice, she came forth trem\-bling, and fell down be\-fore him, and de\-clared be\-fore all the peo\-ple the rea\-son why she had touched him, and how she was im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly healed.
    \textsuperscript{48}\thinspace{}He said to her, “Daugh\-ter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{8:49}\thinspace{}While he was still speak\-ing, they came from the lead\-er of the syn\-a\-gogue, say\-ing, “Your daugh\-ter is dead. Don't trou\-ble the teach\-er any long\-er.”
    \textsuperscript{50}\thinspace{}When Jesus heard this, he replied, “Don't be a\-fraid. On\-ly be\-lieve, and she will be saved.”
    \textsuperscript{51}\thinspace{}When he entered the house, he did\-n't al\-low any\-one to en\-ter with him ex\-cept Pe\-ter, John, James, the girl's fa\-ther, and the moth\-er.
    \textsuperscript{52}\thinspace{}Eve\-ry\-one was weep\-ing and mourn\-ing for her, but he said, “Stop weep\-ing, for she did\-n't die, but is sleep\-ing.”
    \textsuperscript{53}\thinspace{}And they were ridiculing him, be\-cause they knew she had died.
    \textsuperscript{54}\thinspace{}Tak\-ing her by the hand, he called out, “Child, get up.”
    \textsuperscript{55}\thinspace{}Her spir\-it returned, and she got up im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly, and he commanded that she be giv\-en some\-thing to eat.
    \textsuperscript{56}\thinspace{}Her par\-ents were astounded, but he commanded them to tell no one what had happened.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:1}\thinspace{}He called his twelve dis\-ci\-ples to\-geth\-er and gave them pow\-er and au\-thor\-i\-ty over all the demons.
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}He sent out the dis\-ci\-ples to pro\-claim God's King\-dom.
    \textsuperscript{3}\thinspace{}He said to them, “Take noth\-ing for the jour\-ney: no staff, no bag, no bread, no mon\-ey, no extra tunic.
    \textsuperscript{4}\thinspace{}What\-ev\-er house you en\-ter, stay there and leave from there.
    \textsuperscript{5}\thinspace{}And wher\-ev\-er peo\-ple don't re\-ceive you, when you leave that city, shake the dust from your feet as a tes\-ti\-mo\-ny against them.”
    \textsuperscript{6}\thinspace{}They de\-part\-ed and trav\-eled through cit\-ies and villages, proclaiming good news eve\-ry\-where.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:7}\thinspace{}When King Her\-od heard what happened, he be\-came per\-plexed be\-cause some were say\-ing, “John has been raised from the dead,”
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}and others, “Elijah has ap\-peared,” and still others, “One of the an\-cient prophets has arisen.”
    \textsuperscript{9}\thinspace{}Her\-od said, “I beheaded John. Who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:10}\thinspace{}The apos\-tles returned and recounted to him all that they had done. He took them a\-long and with\-drew pri\-vate\-ly to a de\-sert\-ed place called Bethsaida.
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}But the crowds, hav\-ing found out, followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about God's King\-dom, and healed all those who needed his heal\-ing.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:12}\thinspace{}The day was com\-ing to a close. The twelve came up and said to him, “Send the crowd a\-way so that they may go in\-to the sur\-round\-ing villages and coun\-try\-side to find lodging, be\-cause out here we're in a de\-sert\-ed place.”
    \textsuperscript{13}\thinspace{}But he said to them, “You give them some\-thing to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, un\-less we should go and buy food for all these peo\-ple.”
    \textsuperscript{14}\thinspace{}For they were about five thou\-sand men. He said to his dis\-ci\-ples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fif\-ty each.”
    \textsuperscript{15}\thinspace{}They did so, and made them all sit down.
    \textsuperscript{16}\thinspace{}He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he bless\-ed them, broke them, and gave them to the dis\-ci\-ples to set be\-fore the mul\-ti\-tude.
    \textsuperscript{17}\thinspace{}They ate and were all filled. They gathered up twelve bas\-kets of bro\-ken pieces that were left over.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:18}\thinspace{}As he was praying a\-lone, the dis\-ci\-ples were near him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}They an\-swered, “‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has ris\-en again.”
    \textsuperscript{20}\thinspace{}He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Pe\-ter an\-swered, “The Christ of God.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:21}\thinspace{}But he warned them and commanded them to tell this to no one,
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}say\-ing, “The Son of Man must suf\-fer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:23}\thinspace{}He said to all, “If any\-one desires to come af\-ter me, let him de\-ny him\-self, take up his cross, and fol\-low me.
    \textsuperscript{24}\thinspace{}For who\-ev\-er desires to save his life will lose it, but who\-ev\-er will lose his life for my sake will save it.
    \textsuperscript{25}\thinspace{}For what does it prof\-it a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
    \textsuperscript{26}\thinspace{}For who\-ev\-er will be a\-shamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be a\-shamed when he co\-mes in his glo\-ry, and the glo\-ry of the Fa\-ther, and of the ho\-ly an\-gels.
    \textsuperscript{27}\thinspace{}But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death un\-til they see God's King\-dom.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:28}\thinspace{}About eight days af\-ter these sayings, he took with him Pe\-ter, John, and James, and went up onto the moun\-tain to pray.
    \textsuperscript{29}\thinspace{}As he was praying, the ap\-pear\-ance of his face was altered, and his cloth\-ing be\-came white and dazzling.
    \textsuperscript{30}\thinspace{}Be\-hold, two men were talking with him, who were Mo\-ses and Elijah,
    \textsuperscript{33}\thinspace{}As they were parting from him, Pe\-ter said to Jesus, “Mas\-ter, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, one for Mo\-ses, and one for Elijah,” not know\-ing what he said.
    \textsuperscript{34}\thinspace{}While he said these things, a cloud came and over\-shad\-owed them, and they were a\-fraid as they entered in\-to the cloud.
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}A voice came out of the cloud, say\-ing, “This is my be\-lov\-ed Son. Lis\-ten to him!”
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}When the voice came, Jesus was found a\-lone. They were si\-lent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:37}\thinspace{}On the next day, when they had come down from the moun\-tain, a great mul\-ti\-tude met him.
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}Be\-hold, a man from the crowd called out, say\-ing, “Teach\-er, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my on\-ly born child.
    \textsuperscript{39}\thinspace{}Be\-hold, a spir\-it takes him, he sud\-den\-ly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
    \textsuperscript{40}\thinspace{}I beg\-ged your dis\-ci\-ples to cast it out, and they could\-n't.”
    \textsuperscript{41}\thinspace{}Jesus an\-swered, “Faithless and per\-verse gen\-er\-a\-tion, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
    \textsuperscript{42}\thinspace{}While he was still com\-ing, the de\-mon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus re\-buked the un\-clean spir\-it, healed the boy, and gave him back to his fa\-ther.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:43}\thinspace{}They were all as\-ton\-ished at the maj\-es\-ty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his dis\-ci\-ples,
    \textsuperscript{44}\thinspace{}“Let these words sink in\-to your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up in\-to the hands of men.”
    \textsuperscript{45}\thinspace{}But they did\-n't un\-der\-stand this say\-ing. It was concealed from them, that they should not per\-ceive it, and they were a\-fraid to ask him about this say\-ing.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:46}\thinspace{}An argument a\-rose a\-mong them about which of them was the great\-est.
    \textsuperscript{47}\thinspace{}Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a lit\-tle child, and set him by his side,
    \textsuperscript{48}\thinspace{}and said to them, “Who\-ev\-er receives this lit\-tle child in my name receives me. Who\-ev\-er receives me receives him who sent me. For who\-ev\-er is least a\-mong you all, this one will be great.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{9:49}\thinspace{}John an\-swered, “Mas\-ter, we saw some\-one cast\-ing out demons in your name, and we for\-bade him, be\-cause he does\-n't fol\-low with us.”
    \textsuperscript{50}\thinspace{}Jesus said to him, “Don't for\-bid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{10:25}\thinspace{}Be\-hold, a cer\-tain teach\-er of the law stood up and tested him, say\-ing, “Teach\-er, what shall I do to in\-her\-it life?”
    \textsuperscript{27}\thinspace{}He an\-swered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind.”
    \textsuperscript{28}\thinspace{}He said to him, “You have an\-swered cor\-rect\-ly.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{11:14}\thinspace{}He was cast\-ing out a de\-mon, and it was mute. When the de\-mon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes mar\-veled.
    \textsuperscript{15}\thinspace{}But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
    \textsuperscript{16}\thinspace{}Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heav\-en.
    \textsuperscript{17}\thinspace{}But he, know\-ing their thoughts, said to them, “Eve\-ry king\-dom di\-vid\-ed against it\-self is brought to desolation. A house di\-vid\-ed against it\-self falls.
    \textsuperscript{18}\thinspace{}If Satan al\-so is di\-vid\-ed against him\-self, how will his king\-dom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your chil\-dren cast them out? There\-fore they will be your judges.
    \textsuperscript{20}\thinspace{}But if I by God's finger cast out demons, then God's King\-dom has come to you.
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}When the strong man, ful\-ly armed, guards his own dwell\-ing, his goods are safe.
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}But when some\-one stronger at\-tacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole ar\-mor in which he trusted, and divides his plun\-der.
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}He who is not with me is against me. He who does\-n't gath\-er with me scatters.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{11:29}\thinspace{}When the multitudes were gath\-er\-ing to\-geth\-er to him, he be\-gan to say, “This is an evil gen\-er\-a\-tion. It seeks af\-ter a sign. No sign will be giv\-en to it.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{11:37}\thinspace{}Now as he spoke, a cer\-tain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the ta\-ble.
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}When the Pharisee saw it, he mar\-veled that he had not first washed him\-self be\-fore dinner.
    \textsuperscript{39}\thinspace{}The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the out\-side of the cup and of the plat\-ter, but your in\-ward part is full of extortion and wick\-ed\-ness.
    \textsuperscript{40}\thinspace{}You fool\-ish ones, did\-n't he who made the out\-side make the in\-side al\-so?
    \textsuperscript{41}\thinspace{}But give for gifts to the needy those things which are with\-in, and be\-hold, all things will be clean to you.
    \textsuperscript{42}\thinspace{}But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and eve\-ry herb, but you bypass jus\-tice and God's love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the oth\-er un\-done.
    \textsuperscript{43}\thinspace{}Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the syn\-a\-gogues and the greetings in the mar\-ket\-places.
    \textsuperscript{44}\thinspace{}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hid\-den graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it.”
    \textsuperscript{45}\thinspace{}One of the lawyers an\-swered him, “Teach\-er, in say\-ing this you in\-sult us al\-so.”
    \textsuperscript{46}\thinspace{}He said, “Woe to you lawyers al\-so! For you load men with burdens that are dif\-fi\-cult to car\-ry, and you your\-selves won't e\-ven lift one finger to help car\-ry those burdens.
    \textsuperscript{47}\thinspace{}Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
    \textsuperscript{48}\thinspace{}So you tes\-ti\-fy and con\-sent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
    \textsuperscript{52}\thinspace{}Woe to you lawyers! For you took a\-way the key of knowl\-edge. You did\-n't en\-ter in your\-selves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
    \textsuperscript{53}\thinspace{}As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees be\-gan to be terribly an\-gry, and to draw many things out of him,
    \textsuperscript{54}\thinspace{}ly\-ing in wait for him, and seek\-ing to catch him in some\-thing he might say, that they might ac\-cuse him.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{12:1}\thinspace{}Meanwhile, when a mul\-ti\-tude of many thousands had gathered to\-geth\-er, so much so that they trampled on each oth\-er, he be\-gan to tell his dis\-ci\-ples first of all, “Be\-ware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hy\-poc\-ri\-sy.
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}But there is noth\-ing cov\-ered up that will not be revealed, nor hid\-den that will not be known.
    \textsuperscript{3}\thinspace{}There\-fore what\-ev\-er you have said in the dark\-ness will be heard in the light. What you have spo\-ken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{12:4}\thinspace{}“I tell you, my friends, don't be a\-fraid of those who kill the body, and af\-ter that have no more that they can do.
    \textsuperscript{5}\thinspace{}But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who af\-ter he has killed, has pow\-er to cast in\-to Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}I tell you, eve\-ry\-one who confesses me be\-fore men, the Son of Man will al\-so con\-fess be\-fore the an\-gels of God;
    \textsuperscript{9}\thinspace{}but he who denies me in the pres\-ence of men will be de\-nied in the pres\-ence of God's an\-gels.
    \textsuperscript{10}\thinspace{}Eve\-ry\-one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be for\-giv\-en, but those who blaspheme against the Ho\-ly Spir\-it will not be for\-giv\-en.
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}When they bring you be\-fore the syn\-a\-gogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anx\-ious how or what you will an\-swer or what you will say;
    \textsuperscript{12}\thinspace{}for the Ho\-ly Spir\-it will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{12:35}\thinspace{}“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burn\-ing.
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wed\-ding feast, that when he co\-mes and knocks, they may im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly o\-pen to him.
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}Bless\-ed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he co\-mes. Most cer\-tain\-ly I tell you that he will dress him\-self, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}They will be bless\-ed if he co\-mes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
    \textsuperscript{39}\thinspace{}But know this, that if the mas\-ter of the house had known in what hour the thief was com\-ing, he would have watched and not al\-lowed his house to be bro\-ken in\-to.
    \textsuperscript{40}\thinspace{}There\-fore be ready al\-so, for the Son of Man is com\-ing in an hour that you don't ex\-pect him.”
    \textsuperscript{41}\thinspace{}Pe\-ter said to him, “Lord, are you tell\-ing this par\-a\-ble to us, or to eve\-ry\-body?”
    \textsuperscript{42}\thinspace{}The Lord said, “Who then is the faith\-ful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his house\-hold, to give them their por\-tion of food at the right times?
    \textsuperscript{43}\thinspace{}Bless\-ed is that serv\-ant whom his lord will find do\-ing so when he co\-mes.
    \textsuperscript{44}\thinspace{}Tru\-ly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
    \textsuperscript{45}\thinspace{}But if that serv\-ant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his com\-ing,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
    \textsuperscript{46}\thinspace{}then the lord of that serv\-ant will come in a day when he is\-n't expecting him and in an hour that he does\-n't know, and will cut him in two, and place his por\-tion with the unfaithful.
    \textsuperscript{47}\thinspace{}That serv\-ant who knew his lord's will, and did\-n't pre\-pare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
    \textsuperscript{48}\thinspace{}but he who did\-n't know, and did things wor\-thy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is giv\-en, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{13:18}\thinspace{}He said, “What is God's King\-dom like? To what shall I com\-pare it?
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}It is like a grain of mus\-tard seed which a man took and put in his own gar\-den. It grew and be\-came a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
    \textsuperscript{20}\thinspace{}Again he said, “To what shall I com\-pare God's King\-dom?
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}It is like yeast, which a wom\-an took and hid in three meas\-ures of flour, un\-til it was all leavened.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{14:34}\thinspace{}“Salt is good, but if the salt be\-comes flat and tasteless, with what do you sea\-son it?
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}It is fit nei\-ther for the soil nor for the ma\-nure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{16:18}\thinspace{}“Eve\-ry\-one who divorces his wife and marries an\-oth\-er commits adul\-tery. He who marries one who is divorced from a hus\-band commits adul\-tery. ”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{17:1}\thinspace{}He said to the dis\-ci\-ples, “It is im\-pos\-si\-ble that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}It would be bet\-ter for him if a mill\-stone were hung a\-round his neck, and he were thrown in\-to the sea, rath\-er than that he should cause one of these lit\-tle ones to stum\-ble.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{17:6}\thinspace{}The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mus\-tard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would o\-bey you.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{18:15}\thinspace{}They were al\-so bring\-ing their babies to him, that he might tou\-ch them. But when the dis\-ci\-ples saw it, they re\-buked them.
    \textsuperscript{16}\thinspace{}Jesus summoned them, say\-ing, “Al\-low the lit\-tle chil\-dren to come to me, and don't hin\-der them, for God's King\-dom be\-longs to such as these.
    \textsuperscript{17}\thinspace{}Most cer\-tain\-ly, I tell you, who\-ev\-er does\-n't re\-ceive God's King\-dom like a lit\-tle child, he will in no way en\-ter in\-to it.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{18:18}\thinspace{}A cer\-tain rul\-er asked him, say\-ing, “Good Teach\-er, what shall I do to in\-her\-it e\-ter\-nal life?”
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, ex\-cept one: God.
    \textsuperscript{20}\thinspace{}You know the com\-mand\-ments: ‘Don't com\-mit adul\-tery,’ ‘Don't mur\-der,’ ‘Don't steal,’ ‘Don't give false tes\-ti\-mo\-ny,’ ‘Hon\-or your fa\-ther and your moth\-er.’”
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}He said, “I have ob\-served all these things from my youth up.”
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treas\-ure in heav\-en; then come, fol\-low me.”
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}But when he heard these things, he be\-came very sad, for he was very rich.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{18:24}\thinspace{}Jesus, see\-ing that he be\-came very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have rich\-es to en\-ter in\-to God's King\-dom!”
    \textsuperscript{26}\thinspace{}Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
    \textsuperscript{27}\thinspace{}But he said, “The things which are im\-pos\-si\-ble with men are pos\-si\-ble with God.”
    \textsuperscript{28}\thinspace{}Pe\-ter said, “Look, we have left eve\-ry\-thing and followed you.”
    \textsuperscript{29}\thinspace{}He said to them, “Most cer\-tain\-ly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or par\-ents, or chil\-dren, for God's Kingdom's sake,
    \textsuperscript{30}\thinspace{}who will not re\-ceive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, e\-ter\-nal life.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{18:35}\thinspace{}As he came near Jericho, a cer\-tain blind man sat by the road, begging.
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}Hear\-ing a mul\-ti\-tude go\-ing by, he asked what this meant.
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was pass\-ing by.
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mer\-cy on me!”
    \textsuperscript{40}\thinspace{}Stand\-ing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
    \textsuperscript{41}\thinspace{}“What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”
    \textsuperscript{42}\thinspace{}Jesus said to him, “Re\-ceive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
    \textsuperscript{43}\thinspace{}Im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly he re\-ceived his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the peo\-ple, when they saw it, praised God.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{19:28}\thinspace{}Hav\-ing said these things, he went on ahead, go\-ing up to Je\-ru\-sa\-lem.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{19:36}\thinspace{}As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road.
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}As he was now get\-ting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole mul\-ti\-tude of the dis\-ci\-ples be\-gan to re\-joice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}say\-ing, “Bless\-ed is the King who co\-mes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heav\-en, and glo\-ry in the highest!”
    \textsuperscript{39}\thinspace{}Some of the Pharisees from the mul\-ti\-tude said to him, “Teach\-er, re\-buke your dis\-ci\-ples!”
    \textsuperscript{40}\thinspace{}He an\-swered them, “I tell you that if these were si\-lent, the stones would cry out.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{20:1}\thinspace{}On one of those days, as he was teach\-ing the peo\-ple in the tem\-ple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}They asked him, “Tell us: by what au\-thor\-i\-ty do you do these things? Or who is giv\-ing you this au\-thor\-i\-ty?”
    \textsuperscript{3}\thinspace{}He an\-swered them, “I al\-so will ask you one ques\-tion. Tell me:
    \textsuperscript{4}\thinspace{}the bap\-tism of John, was it from heav\-en, or from men?”
    \textsuperscript{5}\thinspace{}They reasoned with them\-selves, say\-ing, “If we say, ‘From heav\-en,’ he will say, ‘Why did\-n't you be\-lieve him?’
    \textsuperscript{6}\thinspace{}But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the peo\-ple will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a proph\-et.”
    \textsuperscript{7}\thinspace{}They an\-swered that they did\-n't know where it was from.
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}Jesus said to them, “Nei\-ther will I tell you by what au\-thor\-i\-ty I do these things.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{20:19}\thinspace{}They sought to lay hands on him, but they were a\-fraid.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{20:20}\thinspace{}They watched him and sent out spies, who pre\-tend\-ed to be right\-eous, that they might trap him in some\-thing he said, so as to de\-liv\-er him up to the pow\-er and au\-thor\-i\-ty of the gov\-er\-nor.
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}They asked him, “Teach\-er, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't par\-tial to any\-one, but tru\-ly teach the way of God.
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}Is it law\-ful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}But he perceived their craft\-i\-ness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
    \textsuperscript{24}\thinspace{}Show me a de\-nar\-i\-us. Whose im\-age and in\-scrip\-tion are on it?” They an\-swered, “Caesar's.”
    \textsuperscript{25}\thinspace{}He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
    \textsuperscript{26}\thinspace{}They weren't able to trap him in his words be\-fore the peo\-ple. They mar\-veled at his an\-swer and were si\-lent.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{20:27}\thinspace{}Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who de\-ny that there is a res\-ur\-rec\-tion.
    \textsuperscript{28}\thinspace{}They asked him, “Teach\-er, Mo\-ses wrote to us that if a man's broth\-er dies hav\-ing a wife, and he is childless, his broth\-er should take the wife and raise up chil\-dren for his broth\-er.
    \textsuperscript{29}\thinspace{}There were there\-fore sev\-en brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
    \textsuperscript{30}\thinspace{}The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
    \textsuperscript{31}\thinspace{}The third took her, and like\-wise the sev\-en all left no chil\-dren, and died.
    \textsuperscript{32}\thinspace{}Af\-ter\-ward the wom\-an al\-so died.
    \textsuperscript{33}\thinspace{}There\-fore in the res\-ur\-rec\-tion whose wife of them will she be? For the sev\-en had her as a wife.”
    \textsuperscript{34}\thinspace{}Jesus said to them, “The chil\-dren of this age mar\-ry and are giv\-en in mar\-riage.
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}But those who are con\-sid\-ered wor\-thy to at\-tain to that age and the res\-ur\-rec\-tion from the dead nei\-ther mar\-ry nor are giv\-en in mar\-riage.
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}For they can't die any more, for they are like the an\-gels and are chil\-dren of God, be\-ing chil\-dren of the res\-ur\-rec\-tion.”
    \textsuperscript{39}\thinspace{}Some of the scribes an\-swered, “Teach\-er, you speak well.”
    \textsuperscript{40}\thinspace{}They did\-n't dare to ask him any more questions.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{20:45}\thinspace{}In the hear\-ing of all the peo\-ple, he said to his dis\-ci\-ples,
    \textsuperscript{46}\thinspace{}“Be\-ware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the mar\-ket\-places, the best seats in the syn\-a\-gogues, and the best places at feasts;
    \textsuperscript{47}\thinspace{}who de\-vour widows' hous\-es, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will re\-ceive greater con\-dem\-na\-tion.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{21:5}\thinspace{}As some were talking about the tem\-ple and how it was dec\-o\-rat\-ed with beau\-ti\-ful stones and gifts, he said,
    \textsuperscript{6}\thinspace{}“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on an\-oth\-er that will not be thrown down.”
    \textsuperscript{7}\thinspace{}They asked him, “Teach\-er, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to hap\-pen?”
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}He said, “Watch out that you don't get led a\-stray, for many will come in my name, say\-ing, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ There\-fore don't fol\-low them.
    \textsuperscript{9}\thinspace{}When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be ter\-ri\-fied, for these things must hap\-pen first, but the end won't come im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly.”
    \textsuperscript{10}\thinspace{}Then he said to them, “Na\-tion will rise against na\-tion, and king\-dom against king\-dom.
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in var\-i\-ous places. There will be terrors and great signs from heav\-en.
    \textsuperscript{12}\thinspace{}But be\-fore all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will per\-se\-cute you, delivering you up to syn\-a\-gogues and prisons, bring\-ing you be\-fore kings and governors for my name's sake.
    \textsuperscript{13}\thinspace{}It will turn out as a tes\-ti\-mo\-ny for you.
    \textsuperscript{14}\thinspace{}Settle it there\-fore in your hearts not to med\-i\-tate be\-fore\-hand how to an\-swer,
    \textsuperscript{15}\thinspace{}for I will give you a mouth and wis\-dom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
    \textsuperscript{16}\thinspace{}You will be hand\-ed over e\-ven by par\-ents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
    \textsuperscript{17}\thinspace{}You will be hat\-ed by all men for my name's sake.
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}By your en\-dur\-ance you will win your lives.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{21:34}\thinspace{}“Be care\-ful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you sud\-den\-ly.
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}There\-fore be watch\-ful all the time, praying that you may be counted wor\-thy to es\-cape all these things that will hap\-pen, and to stand be\-fore the Son of Man.”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:1}\thinspace{}Now the feast of un\-leav\-ened bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the peo\-ple.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:3}\thinspace{}Ju\-das, who was al\-so called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve,
    \textsuperscript{4}\thinspace{}went a\-way and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might de\-liv\-er him to them.
    \textsuperscript{5}\thinspace{}They were glad, and agreed to give him mon\-ey.
    \textsuperscript{6}\thinspace{}He consented and sought an op\-por\-tu\-ni\-ty to de\-liv\-er him to them in the absence of the mul\-ti\-tude.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:7}\thinspace{}The day of un\-leav\-ened bread came, on which the Passover must be sac\-ri\-ficed.
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}Jesus sent Pe\-ter and John, say\-ing, “Go and pre\-pare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”
    \textsuperscript{9}\thinspace{}They said to him, “Where do you want us to pre\-pare?”
    \textsuperscript{10}\thinspace{}He said to them, “Be\-hold, when you have entered in\-to the city, a man car\-ry\-ing a pitch\-er of wa\-ter will meet you. Fol\-low him in\-to the house which he enters.
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}Tell the mas\-ter of the house, ‘The Teach\-er says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my dis\-ci\-ples?”’
    \textsuperscript{12}\thinspace{}He will show you a large, furnished up\-per room. Make preparations there.”
    \textsuperscript{13}\thinspace{}They went, found things as Jesus had told them, and they pre\-pared the Passover.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:14}\thinspace{}When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apos\-tles.
    \textsuperscript{15}\thinspace{}He said to them, “I have ear\-nest\-ly de\-sired to eat this Passover with you be\-fore I suf\-fer.”
    \textsuperscript{17}\thinspace{}He re\-ceived a cup, and when he had giv\-en thanks, he said, “Take this and share it a\-mong your\-selves,
    \textsuperscript{18}\thinspace{}for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, un\-til God's King\-dom co\-mes.”
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}He took bread, and when he had giv\-en thanks, he broke and gave it to them, say\-ing, “This is my body.
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}But be\-hold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the ta\-ble.
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}The Son of Man in\-deed goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!”
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}They be\-gan to ques\-tion a\-mong them\-selves which of them it was who would do this thing.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:24}\thinspace{}A dis\-pute al\-so a\-rose a\-mong them, which of them was con\-sid\-ered to be great\-est.
    \textsuperscript{25}\thinspace{}He said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have au\-thor\-i\-ty over them are called ‘benefactors.’
    \textsuperscript{26}\thinspace{}But not so with you. Rath\-er, the one who is greater a\-mong you, let him be\-come as the young\-er, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
    \textsuperscript{27}\thinspace{}For who is greater, one who sits at the ta\-ble, or one who serves? Is\-n't it he who sits at the ta\-ble? But I am a\-mong you as one who serves.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:31}\thinspace{}The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, be\-hold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat.”
    \textsuperscript{33}\thinspace{}He said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to pris\-on and to death!”
    \textsuperscript{34}\thinspace{}He said, “I tell you, Pe\-ter, the roost\-er will by no means crow to\-day un\-til you de\-ny that you know me three times.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:39}\thinspace{}He came out and went, as his cus\-tom was, to the Mount of Olives. His dis\-ci\-ples al\-so followed him.
    \textsuperscript{40}\thinspace{}When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don't en\-ter in\-to temp\-ta\-tion.”
    \textsuperscript{41}\thinspace{}He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed,
    \textsuperscript{42}\thinspace{}say\-ing, “Fa\-ther, if you are will\-ing, re\-move this cup from me. Nev\-er\-the\-less, not my will, but yours, be done.”
    \textsuperscript{45}\thinspace{}When he rose up from his pray\-er, he came to the dis\-ci\-ples and found them sleep\-ing be\-cause of grief,
    \textsuperscript{46}\thinspace{}and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not en\-ter in\-to temp\-ta\-tion.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:47}\thinspace{}While he was still speak\-ing, a crowd ap\-peared. He who was called Ju\-das, one of the twelve, was lead\-ing them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.
    \textsuperscript{48}\thinspace{}But Jesus said to him, “Ju\-das, do you be\-tray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
    \textsuperscript{52}\thinspace{}Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the tem\-ple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a rob\-ber, with swords and clubs?
    \textsuperscript{53}\thinspace{}When I was with you in the tem\-ple dai\-ly, you did\-n't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the pow\-er of dark\-ness.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:54}\thinspace{}They seized him and led him a\-way, and brought him in\-to the high priest's house. But Pe\-ter followed from a dis\-tance.
    \textsuperscript{55}\thinspace{}When they had kindled a fire in the mid\-dle of the court\-yard and had sat down to\-geth\-er, Pe\-ter sat a\-mong them.
    \textsuperscript{56}\thinspace{}A cer\-tain serv\-ant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man al\-so was with him.”
    \textsuperscript{57}\thinspace{}He de\-nied Jesus, say\-ing, “Wom\-an, I don't know him.”
    \textsuperscript{58}\thinspace{}Af\-ter a lit\-tle while some\-one else saw him and said, “You al\-so are one of them!” But Pe\-ter an\-swered, “Man, I am not!”
    \textsuperscript{59}\thinspace{}Af\-ter about one hour passed, an\-oth\-er confidently affirmed, say\-ing, “Tru\-ly this man al\-so was with him, for he is a Galilean!”
    \textsuperscript{60}\thinspace{}But Pe\-ter said, “Man, I don't know what you are talking about!” Im\-me\-di\-ate\-ly, while he was still speak\-ing, a roost\-er crowed.
    \textsuperscript{61}\thinspace{}The Lord turned and looked at Pe\-ter. Then Pe\-ter re\-mem\-bered the Lord's word, how he said to him, “Be\-fore the roost\-er crows you will de\-ny me three times.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:63}\thinspace{}The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
    \textsuperscript{64}\thinspace{}Hav\-ing blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Proph\-e\-sy! Who is the one who struck you?”
    \textsuperscript{65}\thinspace{}They spoke many oth\-er things against him, insulting him.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{22:66}\thinspace{}As soon as it was day, the as\-sem\-bly of the elders of the peo\-ple were gathered to\-geth\-er, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him a\-way in\-to their coun\-cil, say\-ing,
    \textsuperscript{67}\thinspace{}“Are you the Christ?” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won't be\-lieve.
    \textsuperscript{69}\thinspace{}From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the pow\-er of God.”
    \textsuperscript{70}\thinspace{}They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, be\-cause I am.”
    \textsuperscript{71}\thinspace{}They said, “Why do we need any more wit\-ness? For we our\-selves have heard from his own mouth!”
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{23:1}\thinspace{}The whole com\-pa\-ny of them rose up and brought him be\-fore Pilate.
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}They be\-gan to ac\-cuse him, say\-ing, “We found this man perverting the na\-tion, and dissolving the law and the prophets, and forbidding to pay taxes, and turn\-ing a\-way the wives and the chil\-dren, and say\-ing that he him\-self is Christ, a king.”
    \textsuperscript{3}\thinspace{}Pilate asked him, “Are you the Christ?” He an\-swered him, “So you say.”
    \textsuperscript{4}\thinspace{}Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no ba\-sis for a charge against this man.”
    \textsuperscript{5}\thinspace{}But they insisted, say\-ing, “He stirs up the peo\-ple, teach\-ing through\-out all Judea, be\-gin\-ning from Gal\-i\-lee e\-ven to this place.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{23:13}\thinspace{}Pilate called to\-geth\-er the chief priests, the rulers, and the peo\-ple,
    \textsuperscript{14}\thinspace{}and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the peo\-ple, and be\-hold, hav\-ing examined him be\-fore you, I found no ba\-sis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you ac\-cuse him.
    \textsuperscript{15}\thinspace{}Nei\-ther has Her\-od, for I sent you to him, and see, noth\-ing wor\-thy of death has been done by him.
    \textsuperscript{16}\thinspace{}I will there\-fore chastise him and re\-lease him.”
    \textsuperscript{18}\thinspace{}But they all cried out to\-geth\-er, say\-ing, “A\-way with this man! Re\-lease to us Ba\-rab\-bas!” ---
    \textsuperscript{19}\thinspace{}one who was thrown in\-to pris\-on for a cer\-tain revolt in the city, and for mur\-der.
    \textsuperscript{23:17}\thinspace{}Now he had to re\-lease one pris\-on\-er to them at the feast.
    \textsuperscript{20}\thinspace{}Then Pilate spoke to them again, want\-ing to re\-lease Jesus,
    \textsuperscript{21}\thinspace{}but they shouted, say\-ing, “Cru\-ci\-fy! Cru\-ci\-fy him!”
    \textsuperscript{22}\thinspace{}He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will there\-fore chastise him and re\-lease him.”
    \textsuperscript{23}\thinspace{}But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be cru\-ci\-fied. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
    \textsuperscript{24}\thinspace{}Pilate de\-creed that what they asked for should be done.
    \textsuperscript{25}\thinspace{}He re\-leased him who had been thrown in\-to pris\-on for in\-sur\-rec\-tion and mur\-der, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{23:26}\thinspace{}When they led him a\-way, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, com\-ing from the coun\-try, and laid the cross on him to car\-ry it af\-ter Jesus.
    \textsuperscript{32}\thinspace{}There were al\-so others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{23:33}\thinspace{}When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they cru\-ci\-fied him there with the criminals, one on the right and the oth\-er on the left.
    \textsuperscript{35}\thinspace{}The peo\-ple stood watching. The rulers with them al\-so scoffed at him, say\-ing, “He saved others. Let him save him\-self, if this is the Christ of God, his cho\-sen one!”
    \textsuperscript{36}\thinspace{}The soldiers al\-so mocked him, com\-ing to him and of\-fer\-ing him vin\-e\-gar,
    \textsuperscript{37}\thinspace{}and say\-ing, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they placed a crown of thorns on him.
    \textsuperscript{38}\thinspace{}An in\-scrip\-tion was al\-so writ\-ten over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{23:44}\thinspace{}It was now about the sixth hour, and dark\-ness came over the whole land un\-til the ninth hour.
    \textsuperscript{45}\thinspace{}The sun was darkened.
    \textsuperscript{46}\thinspace{}Jesus cried with a loud voice, and died; and the veil of the tem\-ple was torn in two.
    \textsuperscript{47}\thinspace{}When the centurion saw what was done, he glo\-ri\-fied God, say\-ing, “Cer\-tain\-ly this was a right\-eous man.”
    \textsuperscript{48}\thinspace{}All the multitudes that came to\-geth\-er to see this, when they saw the things that were done, they beat their chests and foreheads, and returned home say\-ing, “Woe to us, this happened to\-day becaues of our sins. For the de\-struc\-tion of Je\-ru\-sa\-lem has come near.”
    \textsuperscript{49}\thinspace{}All his acquaintances and the wom\-en who followed with him from Gal\-i\-lee stood at a dis\-tance, watching these things.
\end{para}

\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{23:50}\thinspace{}Be\-hold, a man named Jo\-seph,
    \textsuperscript{53}\thinspace{}took the body down and wrapped it in a lin\-en cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone.
    \textsuperscript{54}\thinspace{}It was the day of the Preparation.
    \textsuperscript{55}\thinspace{}Two wom\-en who had come with him out of Gal\-i\-lee followed af\-ter, and saw the tomb.
    \textsuperscript{56}\thinspace{}The wom\-en returned and kept the rest on the Sabbath.
\end{para}

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\begin{para}
    \textsuperscript{24:1}\thinspace{}But on the first day of the week, at ear\-ly dawn, they came to the tomb, bring\-ing what they had pre\-pared. They thought a\-mong them\-selves, “Who will roll a\-way the stone, in\-deed?”
    \textsuperscript{2}\thinspace{}They found the stone rolled a\-way from the tomb.
    \textsuperscript{3}\thinspace{}They entered in, and did\-n't find the body.
    \textsuperscript{4}\thinspace{}While they were great\-ly per\-plexed about this, be\-hold, two men stood by them in dazzling cloth\-ing.
    \textsuperscript{5}\thinspace{}Be\-com\-ing ter\-ri\-fied, they bowed their faces down to the earth. The men said to them, “Why do you seek the liv\-ing a\-mong the dead?
    \textsuperscript{6}\thinspace{}Re\-mem\-ber what he told you when he was still with you,
    \textsuperscript{7}\thinspace{}say\-ing that the Son of Man must be delivered up?”
    \textsuperscript{8}\thinspace{}They re\-mem\-bered his words,
    \textsuperscript{9}\thinspace{}returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the apos\-tles and to all the rest.
    \textsuperscript{10}\thinspace{}Now they were Mary Mag\-da\-lene, Joanna, and Mary the moth\-er of James.
    \textsuperscript{11}\thinspace{}These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they did\-n't be\-lieve them.
\end{para}

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