by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
“Jesus … said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant. … the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
“… People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place. People … hastened there on foot from all the towns and arrived … before them. When He disembarked and saw the vast crowd, His heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.”
“Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance. Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am planning against this race an evil
from which you shall not withdraw your necks; Nor shall you walk with head high, for it will be a time of evil. …”
“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. …
Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them.’ … they went off and preached repentance. … drove out many demons… and cured [the sick] ….”
“Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. … first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus. …”
“… Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, Proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity …
because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. … He said to His Disciples, ‘The Harvest is abundant but the laborers are few … ask the Master of the Harvest to send out laborers for His Harvest.'”
“Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, ‘Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.’ And from that hour the woman was cured. … When Jesus arrived at the official’s house … He said, ‘… The girl is not dead but sleeping.’ … He came and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose. …”
“… ‘… People do not put new wine into old wineskins. … Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.'”
“Jesus departed from there and came to His native place, accompanied by His Disciples. … ‘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.”