by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick –no food, no sack, no money in their belts. … they went off and preached repentance. The Twelve drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil
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“Jesus said … ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.’ … He was amazed at their lack of faith.”
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“There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. … He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.’ … Jesus said … ‘Do not be afraid; just have faith.’ … ‘… The child is not dead but asleep.’ … He took the child by the hand and said
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“… the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned. … Jesus … told him … ‘Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.’”
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“The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the Infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this Child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them
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“When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord ….”
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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … All things came to be through Him … … What came to be through Him was Life, and this Life was the Light of the human race; the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. …”
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“When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go, then, to Bethlehem ….” So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this Child. All who heard it
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“… Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with Child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her Child, and she gave
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“This is how the Birth of Jesus Christ came about. When His Mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. … the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, … it is through the Holy Spirit that this child
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