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In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet





A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept mourning and wailing for him.






because we have heard about your faith in the Messiah Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,




Dear lady, I am now requesting of you that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning.



But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),



the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.




But the LORD loved you and kept his oath that he made to your ancestors. The LORD brought you out with great power from slavery, from the control of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.





How blessed is the one you choose, the one you cause to live in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, yes, even with the holiness of your Temple.

"In addition to everything that I have supplied for the Temple, it pleases me to provide my own treasure of gold and silver, so because of my love for the Temple of my God I hereby give to the Temple of my God the following:

LORD, I love the dwelling place that is your house, the place where your glory resides.

I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness.

For the Israelis and the descendants of Levi will bring the grain offering, the wine, and the oil into the chambers where the vessels of the sanctuary are, along with the ministering priests, the porters, and the singers. We will not neglect the Temple of our God."

I rejoiced when they kept on asking me, "Let us go to the LORD's Temple."




They were especially sorrowful because of what he had said that they would never see his face again. Then they took him to the ship.

and who risked their necks for my life. I am thankful to them, and so are all the churches among the gentiles.



Instead, when he arrived in Rome he searched diligently for me and found me.




Then I was filled with fear. I replied to the king, "May the king live forever. Why shouldn't I be troubled, since the city where my ancestral sepulchers are located lies waste, with its gates burned by fire?"

"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be happy for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in gladness, all you who mourn over her,

Be strong, be courageous on behalf of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what he thinks is best."

Later on, Hadad learned in Egypt that David had been buried with his ancestors and that Joab the army commander was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, "Please send me out so I can go back to my own land."

Be strong, be courageous on behalf of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what he thinks is best."




Their hearts are divided; from now on they are to be found guilty. God will tear down their altars, he will destroy their stone idols.

"Go and announce to Jerusalem: "This is what the LORD says: "I remember the loyal devotion of your youth, your love as a bride. You followed me in the desert, in a land that was not planted.

They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah.


Meanwhile, Mary stood crying outside the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked into the tomb.


Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, told his fellow disciples, "Let's go, too, so that we may die with him!"


Then he asked him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."




So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."


Mary took a litron of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus' feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.


In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet




Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"


The Pharisees arrived and began arguing with Jesus. They tested him by demanding from him a sign from heaven.

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"


They watched him closely in an effort to trap him in something he might say.

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.




Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of the Messiah, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.







Now if we are children, we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with the Messiah if, in fact, we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us. For the creation is eagerly awaiting the revelation of God's children, read more.
because the creation has become subject to futility, though not by anything it did. The one who subjected it did so in the certainty that the creation itself would also be set free from corrupting bondage in order to share the glorious freedom of God's children. For we know that all the rest of creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time. However, not only the creation, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit also groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

We wear ourselves out from working with our own hands. When insulted, we bless. When persecuted, we endure. When slandered, we answer with kind words. Even now we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe.


While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies. And so death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. Now since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with this Scripture: "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak. read more.
We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us to God together with you. All this is for your sake so that, as his grace spreads, more and more people will give thanks and glorify God. That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day. This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison, because we do not look for things that can be seen but for things that cannot be seen. For things that can be seen are temporary, but things that cannot be seen are eternal.

Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another. Therefore, I am especially eager to send him so that you may have the joy of seeing him again, and so that I may feel relieved. So joyfully welcome him in the Lord and make sure you honor such people highly, read more.
because he came close to death for the work of the Messiah by risking his life to complete what remained unfinished in your service to me.

As a result, we rejoice about you among God's churches about your endurance and faith through all the persecutions and afflictions you are experiencing. This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.


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