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pay_v tribute_n to_o caesar_n ibid._n capernaum_n a_o city_n of_o galilee_n situate_a upon_o the_o bank_n of_o gennesareth_n 38._o jesus_n christ_n dwell_v there_o ibid._n he_o reprove_v their_o hardness_n 65._o miracle_n which_o jesus_n do_v there_o 38_o 39_o centurion_n faith_n and_o care_n of_o his_o servant_n 60._o acknowledge_v jesus_n the_o son_n of_o god_n 204._o caesar_n ought_v to_o have_v his_o due_n 162._o christ_n acknowledge_v to_o be_v messiah_n by_o andrew_n and_o philip_n 26._o by_o st._n peter_n 92._o by_o martha_n 141._o by_o the_o centurion_n 204._o by_o the_o devil_n 39_o confess_v it_o himself_o 33._o the_o son_n of_o david_n 105._o commandment_n of_o god_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o tradition_n of_o man_n 87._o to_o be_v keep_v 136._o the_o two_o great_a commandment_n of_o the_o law_n what_o 163._o to_o love_v one_o another_o 183._o he_o that_o love_v god_n keep_v his_o commandment_n 182._o confession_n of_o sin_n at_o baptism_n 21._o of_o christ_n by_o 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113._o some_o of_o they_o drive_v out_o only_o by_o prayer_n and_o fast_v 97._o jesus_n accuse_v of_o have_v commerce_n with_o devil_n 67._o judas_n call_v a_o devil_n 86_o into_o who_o heart_n he_o enter_v 173._o jesus_n tempt_v by_o the_o devil_n 24._o cast_v he_o out_o of_o the_o world_n 154._o prince_n of_o the_o world_n ibid._n destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 152_o 153._o disciple_n of_o john_n two_o of_o they_o become_v jesus_n 29._o two_o send_v to_o christ_n by_o john_n when_o he_o be_v in_o prison_n 62._o fast_v often_o 47._o disciple_n of_o jesus_n christ_n their_o first_o calling_n 26_o 36._o the_o twelve_o apostle_n choose_v out_o of_o they_o 54._o seventy_o two_o of_o they_o send_v to_o preach_v 113._o devil_n subject_a to_o they_o ibid._n some_o forsake_v he_o 86._o all_o leave_v he_o at_o his_o death_n 190._o the_o belove_a disciple_n who_o 178._o jesus_n appear_v to_o they_o 213._o to_o be_v a_o dissciple_n of_o christ_n we_o must_v forsake_v all_o 127._o doctor_n doctor_n of_o the_o law_n be_v the_o scribe_n 158._o doctrine_n jesus_n be_v doctrine_n not_o he_o but_o god_n 104._o it_o be_v accompany_v with_o authority_n 38._o pharisee_n doctrine_n to_o be_v obey_v but_o their_o example_n not_o to_o be_v follow_v 164._o drachma_n a_o tribute_n of_o two_o drachma_n pay_v by_o jesus_n 98._o e_o elias_n john_n baptist_n say_v to_o be_v elias_n 4._o he_o appear_v to_o christ_n at_o his_o transfiguration_n 94._o elizabeth_n john_n baptist_n mother_n 4._o enemy_n to_o be_v love_v 57_o epiphany_n or_o christ_n manifestation_n of_o the_o magi_n 15_o eucharist_n in_o it_o christ_n flesh_n and_o blood_n be_v receive_v 85._o to_o be_v receive_v by_o all_o ibid._n its_o effect_n ibid._n and_o institution_n 177._o f_o faith_n make_v man_n child_n of_o god_n 12._o can_v do_v all_o thing_n 96._o power_n of_o it_o 157._o jesus_n reprove_v his_o disciple_n for_o have_v little_a faith_n 42._o st._n peter_n faith_n 82._o jesus_n christ_n be_v our_o food_n by_o faith_n 84._o the_o apostle_n pray_v jesus_n to_o increase_v their_o faith_n 97._o the_o faith_n of_o the_o apostle_n 82._o of_o those_o that_o carry_v the_o man_n sick_a of_o the_o palsy_n to_o jesus_n 45._o of_o the_o woman_n that_o have_v the_o bloody_a flux_n 48._o of_o the_o blinde-man_n 49._o of_o the_o blindman_n at_o jericho_n 149._o of_o the_o centurion_n 61._o of_o the_o woman_n that_o be_v a_o sinnet_n 66._o of_o the_o woman_n of_o canaan_n 88_o jesus_n pray_v that_o st._n peter_n faith_n fail_v not_o 179._o require_v faith_n of_o martha_n 141._o question_n whether_o he_o shall_v find_v faith_n on_o earth_n at_o his_o second_o come_n 135._o faithful_n in_o small_a thing_n 130._o the_o commendation_n of_o a_o faithful_a servant_n 104._o the_o unfaithful_a steward_n put_v out_o of_o his_o office_n 130._o fast_v of_o jesus_n 24._o how_o to_o fast_o 58._o feast_n st._n matthew_n make_v a_o feast_n for_o jesus_n 46._o the_o feast_n of_o simon_n the_o pharisee_fw-mi 65._o simon_n the_o leper_n at_o bethany_n 149._o of_o herod_n to_o his_o lord_n 78._o to_o sit_v in_o the_o low_a room_n at_o a_o feast_n 125._o to_o feast_n the_o poor_a rather_o than_o the_o rich_a 126._o the_o marriage_n feast_n 160._o the_o daily_a feast_n of_o dives_n 131._o figtree_n barren_a curse_v 156._o flight_n of_o jesus_n into_o egypt_n 18._o in_o persecution_n lawful_a 77._o of_o the_o apostle_n from_o jesus_n at_o his_o apprehension_n 190._o g_o gabriel_n the_o angel_n appear_v to_o zachary_n 4._o to_o the_o holy_a virgin_n ibid._n galilee_n joseph_n go_v into_o galilee_n at_o his_o return_n out_o of_o egypt_n 19_o jesus_n leave_v judea_n go_v into_o galilee_n 33._o go_v over_o the_o first_o time_n 35._o the_o second_o time_n 76._o the_o jew_n will_v not_o allow_v a_o prophet_n to_o come_v out_o of_o galilee_n 105._o galilean_n jesus_n disciple_n call_v so_o 105._o the_o galilean_v slay_v by_o pilate_n 121._o gennesareth_n a_o city_n of_o galilee_n 37._o the_o lake_n of_o gennesareth_n 36._o jesus_n appease_v a_o tempest_n in_o that_o lake_n 41._o go_v upon_o it_o and_o suffer_v peter_n to_o come_v to_o he_o on_o it_o 82._o the_o miraculous_a fish_n in_o this_o lake_n the_o first_o 37._o the_o second_o 213._o jesus_n christ_n teach_v upon_o the_o lake_n 37._o gentile_n call_v into_o the_o church_n instead_o of_o the_o jew_n 160._o desire_n to_o see_v jesus_n 153._o be_v some_o of_o christ_n flock_n 112._o gerasa_n or_o gadar_n the_o miracle_n do_v there_o 42._o the_o people_n there_o desire_n jesus_n to_o depart_v out_o of_o their_o coast_n 44._o gethsemane_n where_o the_o garden_n be_v into_o which_o jesus_n often_o go_v with_o his_o disciple_n 187._o god_n be_v faithful_a to_o his_o promise_n 7._o his_o love_n to_o man_n 29._o to_o be_v worship_v in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n 33._o alone_a to_o be_v worship_v 24._o to_o be_v love_v with_o all_o the_o heart_n 114._o not_o to_o be_v tempt_v 24._o be_v good_a only_a 136._o never_o see_v by_o any_o 25._o he_o that_o be_v of_o god_n hear_v his_o word_n 108._o to_o know_v he_o be_v life_n eternal_a 186._o he_o that_o do_v his_o will_n shall_v inherit_v eternal_a life_n 59_o he_o be_v one_o in_o three_o person_n 11._o he_o shall_v be_v see_v by_o the_o pure_a in_o heart_n 55._o peacemaker_n be_v his_o child_n ibid._n and_o so_o be_v they_o that_o love_v their_o enemy_n 57_o that_o which_o be_v high_o esteem_v by_o man_n be_v odious_a to_o god_n 72._o gluttony_n to_o be_v avoid_v 169._o grace_n bring_v by_o jesus_n christ_n 25._o he_o grow_v in_o grace_n 20._o his_o word_n be_v full_a of_o grace_n 74._o christ_n grace_n compare_v to_o live_v water_n 33._o great_a greatness_n who_o be_v the_o great_a 98._o he_o that_o be_v servant_n of_o all_o ibid._n great_a man_n do_v