by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“‘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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“Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in Prayer to God. When day came, He called His Disciples to Himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom He also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called
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“… 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 …”
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“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. …”
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“… ‘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
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“… 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.”
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“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 ….
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“… Jesus rebuked him and said, ‘Be quiet! Come out of him!’ Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed and said to one another, ‘What is there about His Word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they
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“Jesus came to Nazareth … into the synagogue … He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. … ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind,
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“‘… Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.’”
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