Meanwhile Jesus' disciples urged him, saying, "Master, take some food";
but he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you know not." So they
said to one another, "Has any one brought him something to eat?" Jesus
said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to carry
out his work. Do not say, 'Four months and then comes the harvest'; I
say to you, lift up your eyes and see these fields white for the
harvest! Already the reaper is receiving his wages and gathering in a
crop for eternal life, that the sower and reaper may rejoice together.
For here the proverb holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent
you to reap a harvest for which you had not toiled; other men have
toiled and you are sharing the results of their toil."
Because of the words of the woman who had said, "He told me everything
that I ever did," many Samaritans from the town believed in Jesus; and
when they came to him, they begged him to stay with them. And he stayed
there two days, and many more believed because of what he himself said.
To the woman they said, "Now we believe, not because of your words but
because we have heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the
Saviour of the world."
GIVING LIFE TO A WIDOW'S SON
Jesus went to a town called Nain; and his disciples went with him
followed by a large crowd. Just as Jesus came to the gate of the town,
he saw one who was dead being carried out. He was the only son of his
mother who was a widow. Many people of the town were with her.
When Jesus saw her, he had sympathy for her and said to her, "Do not
weep." And he came and touched the coffin, and those who carried it
stood still. Jesus said: "Young man, I say to you, arise." And he who
had been dead sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his
mother. And all the people were filled with fear and praised God,
saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us, and God has visited his
people." And the story of what Jesus had done was told in all of Judea
and the country around there.
JESUS HEALS THE SICK
Jesus and his disciples entered Capernaum; and on the next Sabbath he
went into the synagogue and began to teach. And the people were
astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority,
and not as the scribes.
In their synagogue that day was a man under the power of an unclean
spirit, who cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us? I know you are God's Holy One." But Jesus
reproved the unclean spirit, saying, "Be still, and come out of him."
Then the unclean spirit, after convulsing the man, came out of him with
a loud cry. The people were so astonished that they began to ask one
another, "What is this? Is it a new teaching? With authority he commands
even the unclean spirits and they obey him." So the news about Jesus
spread at once in every direction all through the country about Galilee.
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