The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (47 page)

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 The herdsmen fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened.
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And they came to Jesus, and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had had the legion; and they were afraid.
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And those who had seen it told what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine.
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And they began to beg Jesus
 
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to depart from their neighborhood.
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And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.
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But he refused, and said to him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them how much
the Lord has done for you
, and how he has had mercy on you."
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And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decap'olis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.

A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed

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 And when
Jesus had crossed
again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea.
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Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja'irus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
²³
and begged him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and
lay your hands on her
, so that she may be made well, and live."
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And he went with him.

And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.
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And there was a woman who had had
a flow of blood
for twelve years,
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and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
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She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
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For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well."
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And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
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And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my garments?"
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And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?' "
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And he looked around to see who had done it.
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But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
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And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."

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 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?"
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But ignoring
 
^q
what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe."
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And he allowed no one to follow him except
Peter and James and John
the brother of James.
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When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
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And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is
not dead but sleeping
."
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And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
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Taking her by the hand he said to her, "
Tal'itha cu'mi
"; which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
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And immediately the girl got up and walked; for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were overcome with amazement.
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And he strictly charged them that no one should know this,
 
and told them to give her something to eat.

The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth [
Map
]

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  He went away from there and came to
his own country
; and his disciples followed him.
²
And on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get all this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by his hands!
³
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and
brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters
here with us?" And they took offense
 
^r
at him.
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And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is
not without honor
, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house."
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And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them.
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And he went about among the villages teaching.

The Mission of the Twelve

7
 And he called to him the Twelve, and began to send them out
two by two
, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
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He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts;
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but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.
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And he said to them, "Where you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place.
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And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave,
shake off the dust
that is on your feet for a testimony against them."
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So they went out and preached that men should repent.
¹³
And they cast out many demons, and
anointed with oil
many that were sick and healed them.

The Death of John the Baptist

14
 
King Herod
heard of it;
for Jesus'
 
^s
name had become known. Some
 
^t
said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him."
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But others said, "It is Eli'jah." And others said, "It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."
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But when Herod heard of it he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised."
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For Herod had sent and seized John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Hero'di-as, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.
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For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have
your brother's wife
."
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And Hero'di-as had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not,
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for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.
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But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading men of Galilee.
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For when Hero'di-as' daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will grant it."
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And he vowed to her, "
Whatever you ask me
, I will give you, even half of my kingdom."
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And she went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "
The head of John
the Baptist."
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And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
²⁶
And the king was
exceedingly sorry
; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.
²⁷
And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,
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and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
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When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

Feeding the Five Thousand

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 The apostles returned to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught.
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And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
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And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves.
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Now many saw them going, and knew them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns, and got there ahead of them.
³⁴
As he landed he saw a great throng, and he had compassion on them, because they were like
sheep without a shepherd
; and he began to teach them many things.
³⁵
And when it grew late
, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the hour is now late;
³⁶
send them away, to go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat."
³⁷
But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said to him, "Shall we go and buy
two hundred denarii
 
^u
worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?"
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And he said to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." And when they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."
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Then he commanded them all to sit down by companies upon the green grass.
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So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
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And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and
gave them to the disciples
to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.
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And they all ate and were satisfied.
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And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
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And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Jesus Walks on the Sea

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 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to
Beth-sa'ida
, while he dismissed the crowd.
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And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.
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And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.
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And he saw that they were distressed in rowing, for the wind was against them. And about
the fourth watch
of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,
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but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;
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for they all saw him, and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take heart,
it is I
; have no fear."
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And he got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded,
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for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret

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 And when they had crossed over, they came to land at
Gennes'aret
, and moored to the shore.
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And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
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and ran about the whole neighborhood and began to bring sick people on their pallets to any place where they heard he was.
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And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or country, they laid the sick in the market places, and begged him that they might touch even
the fringe of his garment
; and as many as touched it were made well.

The Tradition of the Elders

7
  Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,
²
they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed.
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(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands,
 
^v
observing the
tradition of the elders;
 
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and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify
 
^w
themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.
 
^x
)
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And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live
 
^y
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?"
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And he said to them
, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,