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Jesus was amazed when he heard this. He said to those who were following him, "I can guarantee this truth: I haven't found faith as great as this in anyone in Israel.
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I can guarantee that many will come from all over the world. They will eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
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The citizens of that kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.
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Jesus told the officer, "Go! What you believed will be done for you." And at that moment the servant was healed.
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When Jesus went to Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law in bed with a fever.
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Jesus touched her hand, and the fever went away. So she got up and prepared a meal for him.
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In the evening the people brought him many who were possessed by demons. He forced the [evil] spirits out of people with a command and cured everyone who was sick.
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So what the prophet Isaiah had said came true: "He took away our weaknesses and removed our diseases."
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Now, when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he ordered [his disciples] to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.
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A scribe came to him and said, "Teacher, I'll follow you wherever you go."
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Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to sleep."