I also gave ¹  them decrees ²  which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

As ¹  they were going away, ²  a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.

They begged him if ¹  they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

They watched ¹  Jesus ²  closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, ³  so that they could accuse him.

So ¹  the Pharisees ²  went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, ³  as to how they could assassinate ⁴  him.

He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.

While the people were filled with anticipation ¹  and they all wondered ²  whether perhaps John ³  could be the Christ, ⁴ 

When they could not pay, he canceled ¹  the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

Now Jesus’ ¹  mother and his brothers ²  came to him, but ³  they could not get near him because of the crowd.

but ¹  they could not find a way to do it, ²  for all the people hung on his words. ³ 

So ¹  they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

I did not recognize ¹  him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.” ² 

Then a famine occurred throughout ¹  Egypt and Canaan, causing ²  great suffering, and our ³  ancestors ⁴  could not find food.

He ¹  found favor ²  with ³  God and asked that he could ⁴  find a dwelling place ⁵  for the house ⁶  of Jacob.

Immediately ¹  something like scales ²  fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He ³  got up and was baptized,

In ¹  Lystra ²  sat a man who could not use his feet, ³  lame from birth, ⁴  who had never walked.

Because he could not be persuaded, ¹  we said no more except, ²  “The Lord’s will be done.” ³ 

Agrippa ¹  said to Festus, ²  “This man could have been released ³  if he had not appealed to Caesar.” ⁴