When he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

And all the people were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"

Then his disciples said to him, "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to feed such a great crowd?"

And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour?

But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?"

But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was outside in the deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.

who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain,

Now he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

From there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not be hidden.

and his clothes became dazzling, exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth could bleach them.

And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they could not."

And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint my body for burial.

Then he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he made signs to them and remained speechless.

When they could not find a way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.

And a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years and could not be healed by anyone,

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

And they could not reply to this.

And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

but they could not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon his words.

Then he opened their minds, so they could understand the Scriptures.

"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"

Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

But there are also many other things which Jesus did. If every one of them were to be written, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

But they could not stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Saul got up from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?"

When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there a while.

and through him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Some in the crowd shouted one thing, and some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.

And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."

Because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

When day came, they could not recognize the land, but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

But the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

Certainly not! For then how could God judge the world?

For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh,

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as carnal men, as infants in Christ.

Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness would indeed have come by the law.

I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

Therefore when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at Athens alone,

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

Now if perfection could have been through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not one designated according to the order of Aaron?

For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned."

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot!

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.