by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Jesus said … ‘I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?’ Looking around at them all, he then said to him, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He did so and his hand was restored. But they became enraged …”
“Thus says the LORD: Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, He comes with vindication; with Divine Recompense He comes to Save you. …”
“… ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this Child has been Conceived in her. She will bear a Son and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.’ All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us.'”
“… He said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.’ … Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.’ When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.”
“Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever … [Jesus] stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. … all who had people sick with various diseases
brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. And demons also came out from many …. [Jesus] said … ‘… I must proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.’ … “
“… Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him. … The girl hurried back to the king’s presence and made her request, ‘I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.’ …”
“Jesus said: ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin,
and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. … Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! …”
“Jesus said to the crowds and to His Disciples: ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. …'”
“… Jesus … said … ‘… The Words I have spoken to you are Spirit and Life. …’ … Simon Peter [said] … ‘Master, to whom shall we go? You have the Words of Eternal Life. …'”
“… Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, ‘Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.’ … Jesus … said … ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see Heaven opened and the Angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.'”