Jesus and John the Baptist (see also Luke 7:18-35). The disciples asked Jesus, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?" Jesus answered, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
The death of John the Baptist (see also Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9). Herod swore, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom." She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer." She came with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
I never knew you (7:21-23; see also Luke 6:46; 13:26-26). Foundations of rock and sand (7:24-29; see also Luke 6:47-49). "Everyone who hears my words and does them, will be like a wise man, who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.
The stories of Jesus' visit to his hometown and his commissioning of the twelve are two separate stories. The first story has to do with belief and unbelief. The second story has to do with the call of disciples and the proclamation of the Gospel.
Worry (see also Luke 12:22-31). "Don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well."
The people of Nazareth, Jesus' home town, reject him (6:1-6a; see also Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 4:16-30). Jesus sends out the twelve two by two (6:6b-13; see also Matthew 10:5-15; Luke 9:1-6).
The Great Commission (see also Mark 16:14-18; John 20:21; Acts 1:6-8). "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Jesus raises Jairus' daughter from the dead––and heals a woman of a twelve-year hemorrhage (see also Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56). One of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus, fell at Jesus' feet, begging, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."
Jesus' resurrection (see also Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10). The angel told the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying. Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."
Almsgiving (6:1-4). Prayer (6:5-6; see also Luke 11:2-4). Fasting (6:16-18). Where your treasure is, there will be your heart also (6:19-21; see also Luke 12:33-34). "Don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. When you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do––that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly."