WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.988 --> 00:00:03.568 Day four. 00:00:04.051 --> 00:00:08.161 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people he returned to Capernaum. 00:00:09.121 --> 00:00:14.071 At that time, the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death. 00:00:14.301 --> 00:00:18.601 When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders 00:00:18.601 --> 00:00:20.521 to ask him to come and heal his slave. 00:00:21.331 --> 00:00:24.031 So they earnestly begged to Jesus to help the man. 00:00:24.721 --> 00:00:27.031 If anyone deserves your help, he does. 00:00:27.031 --> 00:00:31.546 They said, For, he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us. 00:00:32.596 --> 00:00:34.006 So Jesus went with them. 00:00:34.516 --> 00:00:37.786 But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some 00:00:37.786 --> 00:00:42.226 friends to say, Lord, don't trouble yourself by coming to my home. 00:00:42.646 --> 00:00:44.716 For I am not worthy of such an honor. 00:00:45.226 --> 00:00:47.416 I am not even worthy to come and meet you. 00:00:48.226 --> 00:00:52.906 Just say the word from where you are and my servant will be healed. 00:00:53.356 --> 00:00:57.166 I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers. 00:00:57.541 --> 00:00:59.491 And I have authority over my soldiers. 00:01:00.181 --> 00:01:01.591 I only need to say, go. 00:01:01.771 --> 00:01:04.471 And they go or come and they come. 00:01:04.981 --> 00:01:08.371 And if I say to my slaves, do this, they do it. 00:01:09.451 --> 00:01:13.051 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed turning to the 00:01:13.051 --> 00:01:14.431 crowd that was following him. 00:01:14.431 --> 00:01:18.811 He said, I tell you, I haven't seen faith like this at all Israel. 00:01:19.471 --> 00:01:22.591 And when the officer's friends returned to his house, they found 00:01:22.591 --> 00:01:24.151 the slave completely healed. 00:01:25.876 --> 00:01:29.176 Soon afterward, Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, 00:01:29.566 --> 00:01:31.246 and a large crowd followed him. 00:01:31.936 --> 00:01:35.446 The funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. 00:01:36.196 --> 00:01:40.066 The young man who had died was a widow's only son, and a large crowd 00:01:40.066 --> 00:01:41.236 from the village was with her. 00:01:42.016 --> 00:01:45.586 When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. 00:01:46.246 --> 00:01:47.776 Don't cry, he said. 00:01:48.586 --> 00:01:52.756 Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. 00:01:53.461 --> 00:01:56.251 Young man, he said, I tell you, get up. 00:01:57.121 --> 00:02:00.961 Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk, and Jesus 00:02:00.961 --> 00:02:02.491 gave him back to his mother. 00:02:03.631 --> 00:02:08.881 Great fear swept the crowd and they praised God saying A mighty 00:02:08.881 --> 00:02:14.011 prophet has risen among us and God has visited his people today. 00:02:14.881 --> 00:02:18.961 And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding countryside. 00:02:20.671 --> 00:02:24.811 The disciples of John the Baptist told John about everything Jesus was doing. 00:02:25.471 --> 00:02:28.651 So John called for two of his disciples and he sent them to the 00:02:28.651 --> 00:02:33.331 Lord to ask him, are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should 00:02:33.331 --> 00:02:34.891 we keep looking for someone else? 00:02:35.701 --> 00:02:40.291 John's two disciples found Jesus and said to him, John the Baptist, 00:02:40.321 --> 00:02:44.431 sent us to ask, are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should 00:02:44.431 --> 00:02:45.991 we keep looking for someone else? 00:02:46.801 --> 00:02:51.541 At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, 00:02:51.541 --> 00:02:55.021 and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind. 00:02:55.621 --> 00:03:00.001 Then he told John's disciples, go back to John and tell him 00:03:00.001 --> 00:03:01.441 what you have seen and heard. 00:03:01.891 --> 00:03:06.631 The Blind Sea, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured. 00:03:06.961 --> 00:03:11.101 The death here, the dead are raised to life, and the good news 00:03:11.101 --> 00:03:12.661 is being preached to the poor. 00:03:13.351 --> 00:03:17.881 And he added, God blesses those who do not fall away because of me. 00:03:19.201 --> 00:03:23.491 After John's disciples left, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. 00:03:24.451 --> 00:03:27.271 What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? 00:03:27.931 --> 00:03:33.271 Was he a weak reed swayed by every breath of wind, or were you expecting to see 00:03:33.271 --> 00:03:35.341 a man dressed in expensive clothes? 00:03:36.151 --> 00:03:36.571 No. 00:03:37.051 --> 00:03:41.761 People who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are found in palaces. 00:03:42.766 --> 00:03:44.086 Were you looking for a prophet? 00:03:44.776 --> 00:03:46.906 Yes, and he is more than a prophet. 00:03:47.446 --> 00:03:52.306 John is the man to whom the scriptures refer when they say, look, I am sending 00:03:52.306 --> 00:03:56.206 my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you. 00:03:57.166 --> 00:04:00.916 I tell you of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John, 00:04:01.426 --> 00:04:05.596 yet even the least person in the kingdom of God is greater than he is. 00:04:06.721 --> 00:04:11.311 When they heard this, all the people, even the tax collectors agreed that 00:04:11.311 --> 00:04:16.831 God's Way was right for they had been baptized by John, but the Pharisees and 00:04:16.831 --> 00:04:21.271 experts in religious law rejected God's plan for them, for they had refused 00:04:21.301 --> 00:04:24.451 John's baptism to, what can I compare? 00:04:24.451 --> 00:04:28.951 The people of this generation, Jesus asked, how can I describe them? 00:04:29.791 --> 00:04:32.671 They're like children playing a game in the public square. 00:04:32.971 --> 00:04:34.351 They complain to their friends. 00:04:34.756 --> 00:04:39.466 We played wedding songs and you didn't dance, so we played funeral songs and 00:04:39.466 --> 00:04:44.356 you didn't weep for John the Baptist, didn't spend his time eating bread or 00:04:44.356 --> 00:04:50.446 drinking wine, and you say he's possessed by a demon, the son of man, on the other 00:04:50.446 --> 00:04:56.236 hand, feasts and drinks, and you say he's a glutton and a drunkard and a friend 00:04:56.236 --> 00:04:58.276 of tax collectors and other sinners. 00:04:58.876 --> 00:05:02.476 But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it. 00:05:04.231 --> 00:05:08.701 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home 00:05:09.031 --> 00:05:14.161 and sat down to eat when a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating 00:05:14.161 --> 00:05:19.201 there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. 00:05:19.651 --> 00:05:22.441 Then she knelt behind him at his feet weeping. 00:05:23.101 --> 00:05:26.911 Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. 00:05:27.391 --> 00:05:30.511 Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them. 00:05:31.396 --> 00:05:36.106 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, if this 00:05:36.106 --> 00:05:39.916 man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. 00:05:40.216 --> 00:05:41.326 She's a sinner. 00:05:42.316 --> 00:05:46.456 Then Jesus answered his thoughts, Simon, he said to the Pharisee, 00:05:46.966 --> 00:05:48.346 I have something to say to you. 00:05:49.036 --> 00:05:49.906 Go ahead, teacher. 00:05:50.056 --> 00:05:54.166 Simon replied, then Jesus told him this story. 00:05:55.066 --> 00:06:00.496 A man loaned money to two people, 500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces 00:06:00.496 --> 00:06:04.936 to the other, but neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave 00:06:04.936 --> 00:06:07.006 them both canceling their debts. 00:06:07.516 --> 00:06:09.976 Who do you suppose loved him more after that? 00:06:11.026 --> 00:06:15.256 Simon answered, I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt. 00:06:16.426 --> 00:06:18.166 That's right, Jesus said. 00:06:18.796 --> 00:06:23.146 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, look at this woman kneeling here. 00:06:24.286 --> 00:06:28.336 When I entered your home, you didn't offer me water to wash the dust from 00:06:28.336 --> 00:06:33.346 my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 00:06:34.156 --> 00:06:38.146 You didn't greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, 00:06:38.356 --> 00:06:40.156 she has not stopped kissing my feet. 00:06:40.996 --> 00:06:45.316 You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has 00:06:45.316 --> 00:06:47.506 anointed my feet with rare perfume. 00:06:48.136 --> 00:06:54.436 I tell you her sins, and they are many have been forgiven, so she has shown me 00:06:54.436 --> 00:06:57.316 much love, but a person who is forgiven. 00:06:57.316 --> 00:06:59.416 Little shows, only little love. 00:07:00.256 --> 00:07:03.916 Then Jesus said to the woman, your sins are forgiven. 00:07:04.846 --> 00:07:08.986 The man at the table said among themselves, who is this man that he goes 00:07:08.986 --> 00:07:15.286 around forgiving sins, and Jesus said to the woman, your faith has saved you. 00:07:15.976 --> 00:07:17.386 Go in peace. 00:07:19.501 --> 00:07:23.311 Soon afterward, Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and villages 00:07:23.791 --> 00:07:26.701 preaching and announcing the good news about the kingdom of God. 00:07:27.691 --> 00:07:31.081 He took his 12 disciples with him, along with some women who had been 00:07:31.081 --> 00:07:33.151 cured of evil spirits and diseases. 00:07:33.901 --> 00:07:38.221 Among them were Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 00:07:38.866 --> 00:07:44.056 Joanna, the wife of Cusa, Herod's business manager, Susanna and many others who were 00:07:44.056 --> 00:07:47.716 contributing from their own resources to support Jesus and his disciples. 00:07:48.886 --> 00:07:53.176 One day, Jesus told a story in the form of a parable to a large crowd that had 00:07:53.176 --> 00:07:54.826 gathered from many towns to hear him. 00:07:55.336 --> 00:08:00.316 A farmer went out to plant his seed as he scattered it across his field. 00:08:00.496 --> 00:08:04.546 Some seat fell on a footpath where it was stepped on and the birds ate it. 00:08:05.281 --> 00:08:06.811 Other seed fell among rocks. 00:08:07.141 --> 00:08:11.491 It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of moisture. 00:08:12.391 --> 00:08:13.951 Other seed fell among thorns. 00:08:13.951 --> 00:08:16.141 It grew up with it and choked out the tender. 00:08:16.146 --> 00:08:19.591 Plants still other seed fell on fertile soil. 00:08:20.251 --> 00:08:23.731 This seed grew and produced a crop that was a hundred times 00:08:23.731 --> 00:08:24.991 as much as had been planted. 00:08:26.011 --> 00:08:30.691 When he had said this, he called out anyone with ears to hear, 00:08:30.871 --> 00:08:32.671 should listen and understand. 00:08:33.766 --> 00:08:36.436 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 00:08:36.886 --> 00:08:40.366 He replied, you are permitted to understand the secrets 00:08:40.366 --> 00:08:41.536 of the kingdom of God. 00:08:42.286 --> 00:08:45.706 But I use parables to teach the others so that the scriptures 00:08:45.736 --> 00:08:48.466 might be fulfilled when they look. 00:08:48.946 --> 00:08:50.116 They won't really see. 00:08:50.626 --> 00:08:56.086 When they hear, they won't understand this is the meaning of the parable. 00:08:56.806 --> 00:08:58.576 The seed is God's word. 00:08:59.326 --> 00:09:02.866 The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message 00:09:03.196 --> 00:09:06.976 only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent 00:09:06.976 --> 00:09:08.836 them from believing and being saved. 00:09:09.886 --> 00:09:12.886 The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the 00:09:12.886 --> 00:09:15.016 message and receive it with joy. 00:09:15.616 --> 00:09:19.846 But since they don't have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they 00:09:19.846 --> 00:09:24.286 fall away When they face temptation, the seeds that fell among the thorns 00:09:24.286 --> 00:09:25.966 represent those who hear the message. 00:09:26.461 --> 00:09:29.881 But all too quickly, the message is crowded out by the cares and 00:09:29.881 --> 00:09:32.131 riches and pleasures of this life. 00:09:32.581 --> 00:09:34.291 And so they never grow into maturity. 00:09:35.161 --> 00:09:39.391 And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted 00:09:39.391 --> 00:09:44.821 people who hear God's word clinging to it and patiently produce a huge harvest. 00:09:46.021 --> 00:09:50.341 No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. 00:09:50.971 --> 00:09:54.451 A lamp is placed on a stand where its light can be seen 00:09:54.451 --> 00:09:55.831 by all who enter the house. 00:09:56.506 --> 00:10:01.006 For all that, a secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything 00:10:01.006 --> 00:10:05.026 that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all. 00:10:05.926 --> 00:10:10.126 So pay attention to how you hear to those who listen to my teaching. 00:10:10.366 --> 00:10:14.656 More understanding will be given, but for those who are not listening, 00:10:14.986 --> 00:10:18.226 even what they think they understand will be taken away from them. 00:10:19.816 --> 00:10:23.026 Then Jesus mother and brothers came to see him, but they couldn't 00:10:23.026 --> 00:10:24.256 get to him because of the crowd. 00:10:25.051 --> 00:10:28.411 Someone told Jesus, your mother and your brothers are standing 00:10:28.411 --> 00:10:30.361 outside and they want to see you. 00:10:31.141 --> 00:10:35.071 Jesus replied, my mother and my brothers are all those who 00:10:35.076 --> 00:10:36.931 hear God's word and obey it. 00:10:39.271 --> 00:10:43.411 One day, Jesus said to his disciples, let's cross to the other side of the lake. 00:10:44.101 --> 00:10:45.991 So they got into a boat and started out. 00:10:46.741 --> 00:10:51.181 As they sailed across, Jesus settled down for a nap, but soon a 00:10:51.181 --> 00:10:53.251 fierce storm came down on the lake. 00:10:53.686 --> 00:10:57.076 The boat was filling with water, and they were in real danger. 00:10:57.616 --> 00:11:00.796 The disciples went and woke him up shouting, master, 00:11:00.826 --> 00:11:03.046 master we're going to drown. 00:11:03.976 --> 00:11:08.086 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. 00:11:08.746 --> 00:11:10.276 Suddenly the storm stopped. 00:11:10.576 --> 00:11:14.776 It all was calm, and then he asked them, where is your faith? 00:11:15.796 --> 00:11:17.986 The disciples were terrified and amazed. 00:11:18.106 --> 00:11:19.306 Who is this man? 00:11:19.576 --> 00:11:20.566 They asked each other. 00:11:20.941 --> 00:11:24.721 When he gives a command, even the wind and waves obey him. 00:11:26.491 --> 00:11:30.691 So they arrived in the region of the Kerosenes across the lake from Galilee, 00:11:31.561 --> 00:11:35.371 as Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons 00:11:35.371 --> 00:11:38.011 came out to meet him For a long time. 00:11:38.011 --> 00:11:42.151 He had been homeless and naked living in the tombs outside the town. 00:11:43.291 --> 00:11:47.431 As soon as he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell down in front of him. 00:11:48.001 --> 00:11:48.931 Then he screamed. 00:11:49.651 --> 00:11:51.511 Why are you interfering with me? 00:11:51.511 --> 00:11:56.431 Jesus, son of the most high, God, please, I beg you, don't torture me. 00:11:57.391 --> 00:12:00.511 For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to come out of him. 00:12:01.171 --> 00:12:03.601 The Spirit had often taken control of a man. 00:12:04.351 --> 00:12:07.381 Even when he was placed under guard and put in chains and 00:12:07.386 --> 00:12:11.401 shackles, he simply broke them and rushed out into the wilderness 00:12:11.611 --> 00:12:13.471 completely under the demon's power. 00:12:14.161 --> 00:12:16.831 Jesus demanded, what is your name? 00:12:17.476 --> 00:12:21.196 Legion he replied for, he was filled with many demons. 00:12:21.766 --> 00:12:25.576 The demons kept begging Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit. 00:12:26.776 --> 00:12:29.566 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside 00:12:29.566 --> 00:12:33.136 nearby, and the demons begged him to let them enter into the pigs. 00:12:33.856 --> 00:12:37.336 So Jesus gave them permission, and then the demons came out of the 00:12:37.336 --> 00:12:41.896 man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd plunged down the steep 00:12:41.896 --> 00:12:44.266 hillside into the lake and drowned. 00:12:45.271 --> 00:12:48.601 When the herdsman saw it, they fled to the nearby town in the surrounding 00:12:48.601 --> 00:12:50.521 countryside, spreading the news. 00:12:50.521 --> 00:12:53.881 As they ran, people rushed out to see what had happened. 00:12:54.721 --> 00:12:58.141 A crowd soon gathered around Jesus and they saw the man who 00:12:58.141 --> 00:12:59.581 had been freed from the demons. 00:13:00.241 --> 00:13:03.721 He was sitting at Jesus' feet fully clothed and perfectly 00:13:03.721 --> 00:13:06.361 sane, and they were all afraid. 00:13:07.111 --> 00:13:09.811 Then those who had seen what happened, told the others how the 00:13:09.811 --> 00:13:11.491 demon possessed man had been healed. 00:13:12.196 --> 00:13:15.586 And all the people in the region of the Kerosenes begged Jesus to 00:13:15.586 --> 00:13:19.996 go away and leave them alone for a great wave of fear swept over them. 00:13:20.776 --> 00:13:23.866 So Jesus returned to the boat and left crossing back to 00:13:23.866 --> 00:13:25.066 the other side of the lake. 00:13:25.876 --> 00:13:29.386 The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him, but 00:13:29.386 --> 00:13:34.756 Jesus sent him home saying, no, go back to your family and tell them 00:13:34.756 --> 00:13:36.196 everything God has done for you. 00:13:37.096 --> 00:13:39.946 So he went all through the town, proclaiming the great 00:13:39.946 --> 00:13:44.686 things Jesus had done for him on the other side of the lake. 00:13:44.836 --> 00:13:48.076 The crowds welcomed Jesus because they had been waiting for him. 00:13:48.706 --> 00:13:52.666 Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and 00:13:52.666 --> 00:13:55.876 fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come home with him. 00:13:56.416 --> 00:14:02.536 His only daughter who was about 12 years old was dying as Jesus went with him. 00:14:02.806 --> 00:14:04.666 He was surrounded by the crowds. 00:14:05.161 --> 00:14:08.851 A woman in the crowd had suffered for 12 years with constant bleeding 00:14:09.271 --> 00:14:10.891 and she could find no cure. 00:14:11.761 --> 00:14:14.881 Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. 00:14:15.421 --> 00:14:17.161 Immediately the bleeding stopped. 00:14:17.791 --> 00:14:18.571 Who touched me? 00:14:18.871 --> 00:14:19.681 Jesus asked. 00:14:20.431 --> 00:14:24.511 Everyone denied it, and Peter said, master, this whole crowd 00:14:24.511 --> 00:14:25.801 is pressing up against you. 00:14:26.431 --> 00:14:30.151 But Jesus said someone deliberately touched me for I 00:14:30.151 --> 00:14:32.131 felt healing power go out from me. 00:14:33.076 --> 00:14:37.006 When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble 00:14:37.096 --> 00:14:38.926 and fell to her knees in front of him. 00:14:39.706 --> 00:14:43.246 The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him and that 00:14:43.251 --> 00:14:44.866 she had been immediately healed. 00:14:45.586 --> 00:14:51.766 Daughter, he said to her, your faith has made you well go in peace. 00:14:53.086 --> 00:14:54.706 While he was still speaking to her. 00:14:55.066 --> 00:14:58.936 A messenger arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. 00:14:59.851 --> 00:15:02.491 He told him, your daughter is dead. 00:15:02.761 --> 00:15:04.801 There's no use troubling the teacher now. 00:15:05.671 --> 00:15:10.201 But when Jesus heard what had happened, he said to Jairus, don't be afraid. 00:15:10.621 --> 00:15:13.291 Just have faith and she will be healed. 00:15:14.101 --> 00:15:17.731 When they arrived at the house, Jesus wouldn't let anyone go in with him 00:15:17.731 --> 00:15:22.291 except Peter, John, James, and the little girl's, father and mother. 00:15:22.951 --> 00:15:25.711 The house was filled with people weeping and wailing, 00:15:26.251 --> 00:15:28.546 but he said, Stop the weeping. 00:15:28.996 --> 00:15:29.896 She isn't dead. 00:15:30.256 --> 00:15:31.426 She's only asleep. 00:15:32.596 --> 00:15:35.416 But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died. 00:15:36.466 --> 00:15:42.676 Then Jesus took her by the hand and said, in a loud voice, my child, get up. 00:15:43.166 --> 00:15:47.566 And at that moment, her life returned and she immediately stood up. 00:15:48.316 --> 00:15:50.506 Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. 00:15:51.286 --> 00:15:54.886 Her parents were overwhelmed, but Jesus insisted that they not 00:15:54.891 --> 00:15:56.236 tell anyone what had happened. 00:15:58.516 --> 00:16:02.866 One day, Jesus called together his 12 disciples and gave them power 00:16:02.866 --> 00:16:06.826 and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases. 00:16:07.786 --> 00:16:10.036 Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the kingdom 00:16:10.041 --> 00:16:12.076 of God and to heal the sick. 00:16:12.946 --> 00:16:14.356 Take nothing for your journey. 00:16:14.476 --> 00:16:15.077 He instructed them. 00:16:16.036 --> 00:16:21.106 Don't take a walking stick, a traveler's bag, food, money, or even 00:16:21.106 --> 00:16:23.806 a change of clothes wherever you go. 00:16:24.076 --> 00:16:26.206 Stay in the same house until you leave town. 00:16:26.731 --> 00:16:30.271 And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet 00:16:30.276 --> 00:16:33.961 as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate. 00:16:35.281 --> 00:16:38.161 So they began their circuit of the villages preaching the 00:16:38.161 --> 00:16:40.351 good news and healing the sick. 00:16:41.971 --> 00:16:45.511 When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, heard about everything 00:16:45.511 --> 00:16:47.851 Jesus was doing, he was puzzled. 00:16:48.481 --> 00:16:51.691 Some were saying that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead. 00:16:52.396 --> 00:16:56.686 Others thought Jesus was Elijah or one of the other prophets risen from the dead. 00:16:57.526 --> 00:17:03.016 I beheaded John Herod said, so who is this man about whom I hear such stories? 00:17:03.646 --> 00:17:05.176 And he kept trying to see him. 00:17:06.886 --> 00:17:10.336 When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. 00:17:11.206 --> 00:17:14.596 Then he slipped quietly away with them toward the town to beta. 00:17:15.346 --> 00:17:18.676 But the crowds found out where he was going, and they followed him. 00:17:19.306 --> 00:17:22.876 He welcomed them and taught them about the kingdom of God that 00:17:22.876 --> 00:17:24.316 he healed those who were sick. 00:17:25.246 --> 00:17:29.716 Late in the afternoon, the 12 disciples came to him and said, send the crowds away 00:17:29.716 --> 00:17:34.036 to the nearby villages and farms so they can find food and lodging for the night. 00:17:34.486 --> 00:17:38.176 There was nothing to eat here in this remote place, but Jesus said, 00:17:38.746 --> 00:17:43.306 you feed them, but we have only five loaves of bread and two fish. 00:17:43.606 --> 00:17:46.756 They answered, or are you expecting us to go and buy 00:17:46.756 --> 00:17:48.286 enough food for this whole crowd? 00:17:49.201 --> 00:17:51.511 For, there were about 5,000 men there. 00:17:52.171 --> 00:17:56.491 Jesus replied, tell them to sit down in groups of about 50 each. 00:17:57.241 --> 00:17:58.651 So the people all sat down. 00:17:59.641 --> 00:18:04.801 Jesus took the five loaves and two fish looked up toward heaven and blessed them. 00:18:05.311 --> 00:18:07.141 Then breaking the loaves into pieces. 00:18:07.381 --> 00:18:10.471 He kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could 00:18:10.471 --> 00:18:11.551 distribute it to the people. 00:18:12.511 --> 00:18:16.471 They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward the disciples 00:18:16.471 --> 00:18:18.571 picked up 12 baskets of leftovers. 00:18:20.281 --> 00:18:22.981 One day, Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. 00:18:23.551 --> 00:18:28.651 Only his disciples were with him and he asked them, who do people say I am? 00:18:29.281 --> 00:18:30.331 Well, they replied. 00:18:30.751 --> 00:18:32.101 Some say John the Baptist. 00:18:32.341 --> 00:18:35.881 Some say Elijah and others say, you are one of the other ancient 00:18:35.881 --> 00:18:37.561 prophets risen from the dead. 00:18:38.431 --> 00:18:41.641 Then he asked them, but who do you say I am? 00:18:42.301 --> 00:18:46.321 Peter replied, you are the Messiah sent from God. 00:18:47.611 --> 00:18:50.731 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was. 00:18:51.721 --> 00:18:54.361 The son of man must suffer many terrible things. 00:18:54.391 --> 00:18:58.741 He said He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests 00:18:58.921 --> 00:19:00.481 and the teachers of religious law. 00:19:00.811 --> 00:19:05.881 He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead. 00:19:06.586 --> 00:19:10.126 Then he said to the crowd, if any of you wants to be my follower, 00:19:10.756 --> 00:19:12.526 you must give up your own way. 00:19:12.736 --> 00:19:15.736 Take up your cross daily and follow me. 00:19:16.576 --> 00:19:19.576 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. 00:19:20.266 --> 00:19:23.986 But if you give up your life, for my sake, you will save it. 00:19:24.886 --> 00:19:27.916 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are 00:19:27.916 --> 00:19:29.656 yourself lost or destroyed? 00:19:30.466 --> 00:19:34.036 If anyone is ashamed of me in my message, the son of man will be 00:19:34.036 --> 00:19:38.296 ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory 00:19:38.296 --> 00:19:40.036 of the Father and the Holy Angels. 00:19:40.726 --> 00:19:45.766 I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before 00:19:45.766 --> 00:19:47.716 they see the kingdom of God. 00:19:49.216 --> 00:19:53.746 About eight days later, Jesus took Peter, John and James up on a mountain 00:19:53.746 --> 00:19:58.756 to pray, and as he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed. 00:19:59.146 --> 00:20:01.306 And his clothes became dazzling white. 00:20:02.056 --> 00:20:06.586 Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus. 00:20:07.396 --> 00:20:11.356 They were glorious to see, and they were speaking about his exodus 00:20:11.356 --> 00:20:14.656 from this world, which was about to be fulfilled in Jerusalem. 00:20:15.736 --> 00:20:17.476 Peter and the others had fallen asleep. 00:20:18.166 --> 00:20:23.326 When they woke up, they saw Jesus glory and the two men standing with him as 00:20:23.326 --> 00:20:25.786 Moses and Elijah were starting to leave. 00:20:26.326 --> 00:20:28.186 Peter not even knowing what he was saying. 00:20:28.216 --> 00:20:32.086 Blurted out master, it's wonderful for us to be here. 00:20:32.506 --> 00:20:34.726 Let's make three shelters as memorials. 00:20:35.266 --> 00:20:38.506 One for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah. 00:20:39.346 --> 00:20:43.516 But even as he was saying this, a cloud overshadowed them and terror 00:20:43.516 --> 00:20:45.586 gripped them as the cloud covered them. 00:20:46.426 --> 00:20:51.526 Then a voice from the cloud said, this is my son, my chosen one. 00:20:51.826 --> 00:20:52.906 Listen to him. 00:20:54.016 --> 00:20:56.596 When the voice finished, Jesus was there alone. 00:20:57.586 --> 00:21:00.046 They didn't tell anyone at that time what they had seen. 00:21:01.696 --> 00:21:05.926 The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus. 00:21:06.646 --> 00:21:08.596 A man in the crowd called out to him. 00:21:09.076 --> 00:21:14.596 Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child, an evil spirit 00:21:14.596 --> 00:21:17.086 keeps seizing him, making him scream. 00:21:17.626 --> 00:21:21.136 It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. 00:21:22.156 --> 00:21:25.006 It batters him and hardly ever leaves him alone. 00:21:25.576 --> 00:21:29.236 I begged your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they couldn't do it. 00:21:30.226 --> 00:21:33.976 Jesus said, you faithless and corrupt people. 00:21:34.186 --> 00:21:37.096 How long must I be with you and put up with you? 00:21:37.876 --> 00:21:40.306 And then he said to the man, bring your son here. 00:21:40.926 --> 00:21:45.676 As the boy came forward, the demon knocked him to the ground and threw 00:21:45.681 --> 00:21:47.296 him into a violent convulsion. 00:21:48.226 --> 00:21:51.616 But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit and healed the boy. 00:21:52.576 --> 00:21:54.316 Then he gave him back to his father. 00:21:55.186 --> 00:21:59.416 Awe gripped the people as they saw this majestic display of God's power. 00:22:00.856 --> 00:22:05.146 While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, 00:22:05.806 --> 00:22:08.296 listen to me and remember what I say. 00:22:09.316 --> 00:22:13.966 The son of man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies, but 00:22:13.966 --> 00:22:15.196 they didn't know what he meant. 00:22:15.751 --> 00:22:19.891 Its significance was hidden from them so they couldn't understand it, and 00:22:19.891 --> 00:22:21.481 they were afraid to ask him about it. 00:22:22.741 --> 00:22:26.071 Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest, 00:22:26.671 --> 00:22:30.361 but Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side. 00:22:30.721 --> 00:22:34.051 Then he said to them, anyone who welcomes a little child like 00:22:34.051 --> 00:22:36.481 this on my behalf welcomes me. 00:22:37.201 --> 00:22:41.071 And anyone who welcomes me also welcomes my father, who sent me. 00:22:41.701 --> 00:22:44.461 Whoever is the least among you is the greatest. 00:22:45.511 --> 00:22:50.251 John said to Jesus, master, we saw someone using your name to cast 00:22:50.251 --> 00:22:54.481 out demons, but we told him to stop because he isn't in our group. 00:22:55.171 --> 00:22:57.721 But Jesus said, don't stop him. 00:22:57.991 --> 00:23:00.721 Anyone who is not against you is for you. 00:23:01.061 --> 00:23:05.521 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:23:05.641 --> 00:23:06.841 Thank you for joining us.