The Life of Jesus

But on hearing this, Yeshua answered him, "Don't be afraid! Just go on trusting, and she will be made well."

When he arrived at the house, he didn't allow anyone to go in with him except Kefa, Yochanan, Ya`akov and the child's father and mother

All the people were wailing and mourning for her; but he said, "Don't weep; she hasn't died, she's sleeping."

They jeered at him, since they knew she had died.

But he took her by the hand, called out, "Little girl, get up!"

and her spirit returned. She stood up at once, and he directed that something be given her to eat.

Her parents were astounded, but he instructed them to tell no one what had happened.

Calling together the Twelve, Yeshua gave them power and authority to expel all the demons and to cure diseases;

and he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal.

He said to them, “Take nothing for your trip — neither a walking stick nor a pack, neither bread nor money; and don’t have two shirts.

Whatever house you enter, stay there and go out from there.

Wherever they don’t welcome you, shake the dust from your feet when you leave that town as a warning to them.”

They set out and went through village after village, healing and announcing the Good News everywhere.

Herod the governor heard about all that was going on and was perplexed, because it was said by some that Yochanan had been raised from the dead,

by others that Eliyahu had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.

Herod said, “I had Yochanan beheaded, so who is this about whom I keep hearing such things?” And he began trying to see him.

On their return, the emissaries detailed to Yeshua what they had done. Then, taking them with him, he withdrew by himself to a town called Beit-Tzaidah.

But the crowds found out and followed him. Welcoming them, he went on to speak to them about the Kingdom of God and to heal those who needed to be healed.

The day began to draw to a close. The Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away, so that they can go and get lodging and food in the towns and farms around here, because where we are is a remote place.”

But he said to them, “Give them something to eat, yourselves!” They said, “We have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish — unless we ourselves are supposed to go and buy food for all these people!”

(For there were about five thousand men.) He said to his talmidim, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

They did what he told them and had them all sit down.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up toward heaven, made a b’rakhah, broke the loaves and began giving them to the talmidim to distribute to the crowd.

Everyone ate as much as he wanted; and they took up what was left over, twelve baskets full of broken pieces.

Once when Yeshua was praying in private, his talmidim were with him; and he asked them, “Who are the crowds saying I am?”