But as soon as the demon was driven out, the man started talking, and everyone was amazed. "We have never seen anything like this in Israel!" they exclaimed.

And all who heard were completely amazed. "How well he does everything!" they exclaimed. "He even causes the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak!"

"If your hand or your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off and throw it away! It is better for you to enter life without a hand or a foot than to keep both hands and both feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

So if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off ! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than to keep both hands and go off to hell, to the fire that never goes out.

When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;

The servant went back and told all this to his master. The master was furious and said to his servant, 'Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town, and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

There at the Beautiful Gate, as it was called, was a man who had been lame all his life. Every day he was carried to the gate to beg for money from the people who were going into the Temple.

They looked straight at him, and Peter said, "Look at us!"

But Peter said to him, "I have no money at all, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I order you to get up and walk!"

he jumped up, stood on his feet, and started walking around. Then he went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God.

and when they recognized him as the beggar who had sat at the Beautiful Gate, they were all surprised and amazed at what had happened to him.

In Lystra there was a crippled man who had been lame from birth and had never been able to walk.

and said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" The man jumped up and started walking around.

When the people saw it, they were afraid, and praised God for giving such authority to people.

Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me."

Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me."

While they all watched, the man got up, picked up his mat, and hurried away. They were all completely amazed and praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

They all were filled with fear and praised God. "A great prophet has appeared among us!" they said; "God has come to save his people!"

When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.

Jesus spoke up, "There were ten who were healed; where are the other nine?

At once he was able to see, and he followed Jesus, giving thanks to God. When the crowd saw it, they all praised God.

A second time they called back the man who had been born blind, and said to him, "Promise before God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man who cured you is a sinner."

The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel."

He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was what looked like a pavement of sapphire, as blue as the sky.