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He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.

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Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins. Otherwise the new wine would burst the skins, the wine itself would be spilt, and the skins be destroyed.

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Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.

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And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?"

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On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered.

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The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him.

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He knew their thoughts, and said to the man with the withered arm, "Rise, and stand there in the middle." And he rose and stood there.

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Then Jesus said to them, "I put it to you all whether we are allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil; to save a life, or to destroy it."

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And looking round upon them all He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He did so, and the arm was restored.

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But they were filled with madness, and began to discuss with one another what they should do to Jesus.

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About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God.

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To every one who asks, give; and from him who takes away your property, do not demand it back.

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He also spoke to them in figurative language. "Can a blind man lead a blind man?" He asked; "would not both fall into the ditch?

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There is no disciple who is superior to his teacher; but every one whose instruction is complete will be like his teacher.

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"And why look at the splinter in your brother's eye instead of giving careful attention to the beam in your own?

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"And why do you all call me `Master, Master' and yet not do what I tell you?

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He is like a man building a house, who digs and goes deep, and lays the foundation on the rock; and when a flood comes, the torrent bursts upon that house, but is unable to shake it, because it is securely built.

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But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."

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Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master, was ill and at the point of death;

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and the Captain, hearing about Jesus, sent to Him some of the Jewish Elders, begging Him to come and restore his servant to health.

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And they, when they came to Jesus, earnestly entreated Him, pleading, "He deserves to have this favour granted him,

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Then Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the Captain sent friends to Him with the message: "Sir, do not trouble to come. I am not worthy of having you come under my roof;

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Jesus listened to the Captain's message and was astonished at him, and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."

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And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

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Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!"

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