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1This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
2"He took our illnesses and bore our diseases."
The Cost of Following Jesus
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3when Jesus saw a crowd around him,
4he gave orders to go over to the other side.
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5And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
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And Jesus said to him,
"Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
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Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
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And Jesus said to him,
"Follow me, and leave 6the dead to bury their own dead."
Jesus Calms a Storm
23 7And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
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And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but
8he was asleep.
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And they went and woke him, saying,
9"Save us, Lord; we are perishing."
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And he said to them,
"Why are you 10afraid, 11O you of little faith?" Then he rose and
12rebuked the winds and the sea, and
13there was a great calm.
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And the men
14marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even
15winds and sea obey him?"