him self to pray . Later that night , he was there alone , 24 and the boat was al ready a con sid er able dis tance from land , buf fet ed by the waves be cause the wind was against it .
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Short ly be fore dawn Jesus went out to them , walk ing on the lake . 26 When the dis ci ples saw him walk ing on the lake , they were ter ri fied . “ It ’ s a ghost ,” they said , and cried out in fear .
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When they had crossed over , they land ed at Gen nes a ret . 35 And when the men of that place recog nized Jesus , they sent word to all the sur rounding coun try . Peo ple brought all their sick to him
36 and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak , and all who touched it were healed .
That Which Defiles
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But Jesus im me di ate ly said to them : “ Take
15:1-20pp — Mk 7:1-23 cour age ! It is I . Don ’ t be afraid .”
28 Then some Phar i sees and teach ers of the “ Lord , if it ’ s you ,” Pe ter re plied , “ tell me to
15 law came to Jesus from Je ru sa lem and asked , come to you on the wa ter .” 2
29 “ Why do your dis ci ples break the tra di tion of the elders ? They don ’ t wash their hands be fore they eat !”
“ Come ,” he said .
Then Pe ter got down out of the boat , walked
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Jesus re plied , “ And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tra di tion ? 4 For on the wa ter and came to ward Jesus . 30 But when he saw the wind , he was afraid and , be gin ning to
God said , ‘ Hon or your fa ther and moth er ’ a and sink , cried out , “ Lord , save me !”
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‘ Any one who curs es their fa ther or moth er is to Im me di ate ly Jesus reached out his hand and be put to death .’ b 5 But you say that if any one declares that what might have been used to help caught him . “ You of lit tle faith ,” he said , “ why did you doubt ?”
32 their fa ther or moth er is ‘ de vot ed to God ,’ 6 they And when they climbed into the boat , the are not to ‘ hon or their fa ther or moth er ’ with it . wind died down . 33 Then those who were in the
Thus you nul li fy the word of God for the sake of boat wor shiped him , say ing , “ Tru ly you are the
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4 Exodus 20:12 ; Deut . 5:16
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4 Exodus 21:17 ; Lev . 20:9
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