But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
For she kept saying to herself, “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
But when Jesus turned and saw her he said, “Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed from that hour.
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
Then he touched their eyes saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about this.”
Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,
“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
He answered them, “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
But you say, ‘If someone tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”
he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me,
and they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Then he called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”
And he replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
But Peter said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”
Jesus said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.
For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”
After going out from there, Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”
But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
So he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But she came and bowed down before him and said, “Lord, help me!”
“It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.
Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.
Then Jesus called the disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”
The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”
Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven – and a few small fish.”
After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,
he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.
After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.
Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!”
So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
But Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.
After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’
If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.
So the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated.
When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.
Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Then Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.”
In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”
Jesus said to them, “Have faith in God.
I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,
raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”
When he saw them he said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went along, they were cleansed.
Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.
He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.)
Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
Then he said to the man, “Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.
They told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”
So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,
“What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, “Lord, let me see again.”
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.”
And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.
In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,
he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.
By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.
By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up – and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.