They put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the likenesses of their tumors. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet. Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him." But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father. Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? And Jesus said to them, Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles. So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him." Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. So he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe " And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed. So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. "It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous. For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him. He saved others; He cannot save Himself. and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And they cried out in fear. My hour has not yet come." When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, and said, "Where have you laid him?" And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to us, to kill us and our people." Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith." It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?" Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. While He was still speaking, they came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, "Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?" After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel. And entering in, He said to them, "Why make a commotion and weep? And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. read more. and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' read more. It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. Increase my faith to trust in you. Do you still have no faith?" Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'" Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. Indeed, I am the one who has sinned and done very wickedly, but these sheep, what have they done? Take that and give it to them for you and Me.". Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. They came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the "legion"; and they became frightened. Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief.". He said to him, "Go in peace." Offer it up to God with the humblest of heart and purest of intentions, and He will answer you in one of four ways: Yes, No, Not yet, or I've got something better. "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?". Let him pray. When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? read more. He called to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?" because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. In Thy Name, I forgive all others for what they have done against me. And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick. And He directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve to them, and they served them to the people. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, Seize him. But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness." "For nothing will be impossible with God." The cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stood there where there was a large stone; and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. And He was asking him, "What is your name?" Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought. On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. name for the performed miracles and in Jesus . Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all. Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "O God, heal her, I pray!" The LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he revived. Being reminded, Peter said to Him, "Rabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off. And a man from the crowd shouted, saying, "Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only boy, and a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams, and it throws him into a convulsion with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty does it leave him, mauling him as it leaves. So the people rested on the seventh day. And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom. Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.". And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. The cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stood there where there was a large stone; and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around." Yet even now, declares the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. And He said to her, "Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter." And Mary said: "My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. See, I will give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give it all." So they took it to him. Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire. Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. But putting them all out, He took along the child's father and mother and His own companions, and entered the room where the child was. The Book of Ephesians is a letter that the apostle Paul wrote to Christians who lived in the city of Ephesus in Asia Minor, part of modern-day Turkey. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: "HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES.". Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house. While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city. But Aarons staff swallowed up their staffs. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done. Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road. The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones. It came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned. "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on BEFORE THE LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS; To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins, Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us, TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH, To guide our feet into the way of peace." And Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen. "And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes and saw the ark and were glad to see it. read more. Matthew 10:1. So Miriam was shut up outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again. So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." "Watch, if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done us this great evil But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance." read more. And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, And a man was there whose hand was withered. The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. read more. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us." Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it." But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, "Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid." When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat. Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold now, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad and the land is unfruitful." And he arose and followed her. "Now therefore, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them. And as they were going, they were cleansed. So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured. G Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, You are the Son of God!, As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him. Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father's household: twelve rods, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households. But Jesus answered and said, Stop! And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him." When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." Zacharias said to the angel, How will I know this for certain? Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great; and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, "This man is what is called the Great Power of God." The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs. And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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