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JANUARY 13
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have found water.” So he called it Shebah. lay Your hand on her and she will live.” So
Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His
this day. disciples.
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as 20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of
wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, blood for twelve years came from behind and
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and Basemath the daughter of Elon the touched the hem of His garment. For she said
Hittite. And they were a grief of mind to Isaac to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I
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and Rebekah. shall be made well.” But Jesus turned around,
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and when He saw her He said, “Be of good
Psalm 7:6–8
cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.”
6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; And the woman was made well from that hour.
Lift Yourself up because of the rage 23 When Jesus came into the ruler’s house,
of my enemies; and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd
Rise up for me to the judgment wailing, He said to them, “Make room, for
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You have commanded! the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they
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7 So the congregation of the peoples ridiculed Him. But when the crowd was put
shall surround You; outside, He went in and took her by the hand,
For their sakes, therefore, return and the girl arose. And the report of this
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on high. went out into all that land.
8 The LORD shall judge the peoples; 27 When Jesus departed from there, two
Judge me, O LORD, according to my blind men followed Him, crying out and say-
righteousness, ing, “Son of David, have mercy on us!”
And according to my integrity within me. 28 And when He had come into the house, the
blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them,
Proverbs 3:9–10
“Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
Honor the LORD with your possessions, They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
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And with the firstfruits of all your 29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, “Ac-
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increase; cording to your faith let it be to you.” And
So your barns will be filled with plenty, their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly
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And your vats will overflow with new warned them, saying, “See that no one knows
wine. it.” But when they had departed, they spread
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the news about Him in all that country.
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Him a man, mute and demon-possessed. And
when the demon was cast out, the mute
3:9,10 Honor the LORD…possessions. A bib- spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying,
lical view of possessions demands using them
for honoring God. This is accomplished by “It was never seen like this in Israel!”
34 But the Pharisees said, “He casts out
trusting God (v. 5); by giving the first and best
to God (“firstfruits”; see Ex. 22:29; 23:19; Deut. demons by the ruler of the demons.”
35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and vil-
18:4);by being fair (vv.27,28);by giving gener-
ously (11:25); and by expressing gratitude for lages, teaching in their synagogues, preach-
all He gives (Deut. 6:9–11). The result of such ing the gospel of the kingdom, and healing
faithfulness to honor Him is prosperity and every sickness and every disease among the
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satisfaction. people. But when He saw the multitudes, He
was moved with compassion for them,
because they were weary and scattered, like
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sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to
Matthew 9:18–38
His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful,
18 While He spoke these things to them, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the
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behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, say- Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into
ing, “My daughter has just died, but come and His harvest.”
DAY 13:Why is compassion the key to Christian service?
In Matthew 9:35,it describes Jesus’ministry of teaching and preaching the gospel of the king-
dom and of healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Jesus banished illness in
an unprecedented healing display, giving impressive evidence of His deity and making the Jews’
rejection all the more heinous.
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