Jesus

When day came, he called his talmidim and chose from among them twelve to be known as emissaries:

Shim`on, whom he named Kefa; Andrew, his brother; Ya`akov; Yochanan; Philip; Bar-Talmai;

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his talmidim was there with great numbers of people from all Y'hudah, Yerushalayim and the coast around Tzor and Tzidon; they had come to hear him and be healed of their diseases.

and the whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power kept going out from him, healing everyone.

He looked at his talmidim and said: "How blessed are you poor! for the Kingdom of God is yours.

"How blessed you are whenever people hate you and ostracize you and insult you and denounce you as a criminal on account of the Son of Man.

Nevertheless, to you who are listening, what I say is this: "Love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you,

But love your enemies, do good, and lend expecting nothing back! Your reward will be great, and you will be children of Ha`Elyon; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

He also told them a parable: "Can one blind man lead another blind man? Won't they both fall into a pit?

"Why do you call me, `Lord! Lord!' but not do what I say?

Everyone who comes to me, hears my words and acts on them -- I will show you what he is like:

When Yeshua had finished speaking to the people, he went back to K'far-Nachum.

Hearing about Yeshua, the officer sent some Jewish elders to him with the request that he come and heal his servant.

They came to Yeshua and pleaded earnestly with him, "He really deserves to have you do this,

So Yeshua went with them. He had not gone far from the house, when the officer sent friends who said to him, "Sir, don't trouble yourself. I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof --

this is why I didn't presume to approach you myself. Instead, just give a command and let my servant recover.

Yeshua was astonished at him when he heard this; and he turned and said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, not even in Isra'el have I found such trust!"

The next day Yeshua, accompanied by his talmidim and a large crowd, went to a town called Na`im.

As he approached the town gate, a dead man was being carried out for burial. His mother was a widow, this had been her only son, and a sizeable crowd from the town was with her.

When the Lord saw her, he felt com passion for her and said to her, "Don't cry."

Then he came close and touched the coffin, and the pallbearers halted. He said, "Young man, I say to you: get up!"

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Yeshua gave him to his mother.

This report about him spread throughout all Y'hudah and the surrounding countryside.

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who is to come? Or should we look for someone else?"

When the men came to him, they said, "Yochanan the Immerser has sent us to you to ask, `Are you the one who is to come? Or should we keep looking -- for someone else?'"