When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

and after the demon had been driven out, the dumb man could talk. So the crowds were dumbfounded, saying, "Never before among the Jews was anything like this?

Then He called His twelve disciples to Him, and gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, and so that they could cure any disease or ailment.

At that time some people brought to Him a man under the power of demons, who was blind and dumb, and He cured him, so that the dumb man could talk and see.

I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."

After that the disciples came to Jesus and privately asked, "Why is it we could not drive it out?"

And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

Then Jesus' heart was moved with pity, and He touched their blinded eyes, and at once they could see again, and followed Him.

And not one could answer Him a word, and from that day on no one ever dared to ask Him any more questions.

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

Surely it could have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor."

Then He came back to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Could you not then watch with me a single hour?

He came back again and found them still sleeping, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open.

How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"

but they could not, although many false witnesses came forward to testify. At last two men came forward

But he went out and began to publish it so much and to spread the story so far, that Jesus could not any more go into any town openly, but had to stay out in thinly settled places. But the people kept coming to Him from every quarter.

And as they could not get him near to Jesus, on account of the crowd, they dug through the roof over the spot where He was standing and let the pallet down that the paralyzed man was lying on.

With many stories like these He kept on telling them the message, as far as they could understand it.

This man lived among the tombs, and no one could any longer subdue him even with a chain,

He could not do any mighty deeds there, except that He put His hands on a few ailing people and cured them.

So Herodias had it in for him and wanted to have him killed. But she could not have it done,

Then He left there and went into the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wanted no one to know that He was there. But He could not escape public notice.

Then He laid His hands upon his eyes again, and he looked the best he could and was cured, and saw everything distinctly.

and His clothes were shining as white as white could be, yea, whiter than any earthly bleacher could bleach them.

Wherever it seizes him, it convulses him, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. So I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they could not do it."

When Jesus got home and was by Himself, His disciples were asking Him, "Why could not we drive it out?"

Then Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has cured you." And all at once he could see again, and began to follow Jesus along the road.

She has done all she could; she has beforehand perfumed my body for my burial.

And He went back and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch a single hour?

When He went back again, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open; and they did not know what answer to make Him.

The high priests and the whole council were trying to get evidence against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none,

But when he came out, he could not speak to them, and so they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. Meanwhile he kept on making signs to them, and remained dumb.

to grant us deliverance from the dreaded hand of our foes, so that we could serve Him

And as they could not find a way because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his pallet through the tiles, among the people right in front of Jesus.

But they were filled with fury and began to discuss what they could do to Jesus.

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep, and laid its foundation upon the rock; and when a flood came, the torrent burst upon that house but it could not shake it, because it was well built.

Since they could not pay him, he graciously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which one of them will love him more?"

His mother and His brothers came to see Him, but they could not get in touch with Him, on account of the crowd.

Then a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, who could not be cured by anybody,

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

and there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had a disease caused by a spirit. She was bent double and could not straighten herself up at all.

But they could make no reply to this.

and say, 'This fellow started to erect a building but could not complete it!'

But he answered his father, 'See! I have served you all these years and have never disobeyed a command of yours, but you have never given me even a kid, so that I could celebrate with my friends.

Now he was trying to see Jesus to find out who He was, but he could not because of the crowd, as he was so small in stature.

So why did you not put my money into the bank? In that case, when I came back I could have gotten interest on my principal.'

but they could not find, as hard as they tried, what to do with Him, for all the people continued to hang on His words.

So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.

So he went off and discussed with the high priests and captains of the temple how he could betray Him to them.

and could not find His body, but came and told us that they had actually had a vision of angels who said He was alive.

Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to show what God could do in his case.

He answered, "The man called Jesus made some clay and rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash them.' So when I had gone and washed them I could see."

If this man had not come from God, He could not have done anything like this."

But some of them said, "Could not this man, who made that blind man see, have kept Lazarus from dying?"

So they could not believe, for Isaiah again has said:

Then He said to them, "Set your net on the right side of the boat, and you will catch them." They did so, and they could not drag it in for the big catch of fish.

There are many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were all written down in detail, I do not suppose that the world itself could hold the books that would have to be written.

So, after further threatening them, they turned them loose, because they could not find any way to punish them, on account of the people, because they all continued to praise God for what had taken place,

As long as it was unsold, was it not yours, and when it was sold, was not the money at your disposal? How could you have the heart to do such a thing! You did not lie to men but to God!"

Peter said to her, "How could both of you agree in such a way to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door; they will carry you out, too."

But the attendants who went for them could not find them in the jail, and so came back and

but they could not cope with his good practical sense and the spiritual power with which he usually spoke.

Then a famine spread all over Egypt and Canaan, and with it great suffering, and our forefathers could not find the simplest food.

But Peter said to him, "Your money go to perdition with you for even dreaming you could buy the gift of God with money!

He answered, "How in the world could I, unless someone teaches me?" And he begged him to get up and sit with him.

His fellow-travelers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could not see anyone.

Then Saul got up off the ground, but he could not see anything, although his eyes were wide open. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus,

and for three days he could not see, and he did not eat or drink anything.

Now while Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for the way to Simon's house and had stopped at the gate;

So if God had given them the same gift that He gave us when we believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to try -- and how could I if I tried -- to thwart God?"

Herod had search made for him, and when he could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he left Judea for Caesarea, and stayed there.

and although they could not find Him guilty of a capital offense, they begged Pilate to have Him put to death.

and that through union with Him every one of you who believes is given right standing with God and freed from every charge from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Even by saying this it was all that they could do to keep the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

Then why do you now try to test God by putting on these disciples' necks a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we could bear?

They stopped at Jason's house and tried to bring them out to the people. So, as they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the town magistrates, shouting, "These fellows, who have turned the world topsy-turvy, have come here too,

Then Paul took the men along with him and on the next day went into the temple with them, purified, and announced the time when the purification would be completed, when the sacrifice for each one of them could be offered.

But they kept shouting in the crowd, some one thing, some another. As he could not with certainty find out about it, because of the tumult, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

Since I could not see because of the dazzling sheen of that light, I was led by the hand by my companions and in this way I reached Damascus.

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and continued to bring a number of serious charges against him, none of which they could prove.

But as Paul appealed to have his case kept for his Majesty's decision, I ordered him kept in custody until I could send him up to the emperor."

Therefore, King Agrippa, I could not disobey that heavenly vision,

And as the harbor was not fit to winter in, the majority favored the plan to set sail from there and see if they could reach Phoenix and winter there, this being a harbor in Crete facing west-southwest and west-north-west.

The ship was snatched along by it and since she could not face the wind, we gave up and let her drive.

When day broke, they could not recognize the land, but they spied a bay that had a beach, and determined, if possible, to run the ship ashore.

but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow,

Because they could not agree among themselves, they started to leave, when Paul had spoken one word more: "The Holy Spirit beautifully expressed it in speaking to your forefathers through the prophet Isaiah:

Not at all! If that were so, how could He judge the world?

For though the law could not do it, because it was made helpless through our lower nature, yet God, by sending His own Son in a body similar to that of our lower nature, and as a sacrifice for sin, passed sentence upon sin through His body,

for I could wish myself accursed, even cut off from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen.

Why? Because they did not try through faith but through what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble,

So I myself, brothers, could not deal with you as spiritual persons, but as creatures of human clay, as merely baby Christians.

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you could not take it. Why, you cannot take it even now,

Are you satisfied already? Have you grown rich already? Have you ascended your thrones without us to join you? Yes, I could wish that you had ascended your thrones, that we too might join you on them!

For though you have ten thousand teachers in the Christian life, you certainly could not have many fathers. For it was I myself who became your father through your union with Christ Jesus, which resulted from my telling you the good news.

I ask this to make you blush with shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a grievance of one brother against another,

You know that when you were heathen you were in the habit of going off, wherever you might be led, after idols that could not speak.

If all the body were an eye, how could we hear? If all the body were an ear, how could we smell?

If they were all one part, how could it be a body?

If I could speak the languages of men, of angels too, and have no love, I am only a rattling pan or a clashing cymbal.