And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.
He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.
And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.
Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.
He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.
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