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APRIL 5
LORD showed him all the land of Gilead as far But he who fears the commandment
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as Dan, all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim will be rewarded.
and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
the Western Sea, the South, and the plain of To turn one away from the snares
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the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as of death.
far as Zoar. Then the LORD said to him, “This
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is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Luke 8:1–25
Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your Now it came to pass, afterward, that He
descendants.’ I have caused you to see it with 8 went through every city and village, preach-
your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” ing and bringing the glad tidings of the king-
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5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there dom of God. And the twelve were with Him, and
in the land of Moab, according to the word of certain women who had been healed of evil spir-
the LORD. And He buried him in a valley in the its and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene,
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land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor; but no one out of whom had come seven demons, and
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knows his grave to this day. Moses was one hun- Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and
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dred and twenty years old when he died. His Susanna, and many others who provided for
eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor dimin- Him from their substance.
ished. And the children of Israel wept for Moses 4 And when a great multitude had gathered,
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in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days and they had come to Him from every city, He
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of weeping and mourning for Moses ended. spoke by a parable: “A sower went out to sow
9 Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the
spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands
on him; so the children of Israel heeded him,
and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
But since then there has not arisen in 8:2 certain women. Rabbis normally did not
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Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD have women as disciples. Mary called
knew face to face, in all the signs and wonders Magdalene. Her name probably derives from
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which the LORD sent him to do in the land of the Galilean town of Magdala. Some believe
Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, she is the woman described in 7:37–50, but it
and in all his land, and by all that mighty seems highly unlikely that Luke would intro-
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power and all the great terror which Moses duce her here by name for the first time if she
performed in the sight of all Israel. were the main figure in the account he just
completed. Also, while it is clear that she had
Psalm 40:13–17 suffered at the hands of “demons,” there is no
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Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
O LORD, make haste to help me! been a prostitute.
Let them be ashamed and brought to
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mutual confusion 8:3 Joanna. This woman is also mentioned in
Who seek to destroy my life; 24:10, but nowhere else in Scripture. It is pos-
Let them be driven backward and sible that she was a source for some of the
brought to dishonor details Luke recounts about Herod (see
Who wish me evil. 23:8,12). Susanna. Aside from this reference,
15 Let them be confounded because of she is nowhere mentioned in Scripture. She is
their shame, probably someone Luke knew personally.
from their substance. It was a Jewish custom
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
for disciples to support rabbis in this way.(See
Let all those who seek You rejoice and
16 10:7; 1 Cor. 9:4–11; Gal. 6:6; 1 Tim. 5:17,18.)
be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation say
continually, wayside; and it was trampled down, and the
“The LORD be magnified!” birds of the air devoured it. Some fell on rock;
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17 But I am poor and needy; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away
Yet the LORD thinks upon me. because it lacked moisture. And some fell
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You are my help and my deliverer; among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with
Do not delay, O my God. it and choked it. But others fell on good
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ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hun-
Proverbs 13:13–14
dredfold.” When He had said these things He
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He who despises the word will be cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
destroyed, 9 Then His disciples asked Him, saying,
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