by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Jesus told them … from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. … they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.’
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“John said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.’ Jesus replied, ‘Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in My Name who can at the same time speak ill of Me. For whoever is not against us
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“… Jesus enjoined them, ‘Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.’ …”
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“… Pharisees came forward … to argue with Jesus, seeking from Him a Sign from Heaven to test Him. He sighed from the Depth of His Spirit and said, ‘Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.’ … He left them, got into the boat again, and went
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“Lord Jesus, send Your Spirit to help us to read the scriptures with the same mind that You read them to the disciples on the way to Emmaus. … Create silence in us so that we may listen to Your voice in creation and in the scriptures, in events and in people, above all in the poor and suffering. May
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“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the
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“In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, ‘My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will collapse on the way, and
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“… He put His Finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then He looked up to Heaven and groaned, and said to him, ‘Ephphatha!’ (that is, ‘Be opened!’) And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. … They were exceedingly astonished and they said, ‘He has done all things
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“… She replied and said … ‘Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.’ … He said to her, ‘For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.’ When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.”
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“‘Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light. … The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be
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