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When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,' and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,' and he does it."

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.

Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

"So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care.

For I have come to turn "‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

"‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.'

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.