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Jesus is a Burden Carrier

Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we
accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he
was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his
bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the
iniquity of us all.”
~Isaiah 53:4-6

“One day, while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law
were sitting near by (they had come from every village of Galilee and
Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the Lord was with him
to heal. Just then some men came, carrying a paralyzed man on a
The 10th Day bed. They were trying to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but

finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on
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are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? But so that you
may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive
sins”—he said to the one who was paralyzed—“I say to you, stand
up and take your bed and go to your home.” Immediately he stood up
before them, took what he had been lying on, and went to his home,
glorifying God. Amazement seized all of them, and they glorified
God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange things
today.'”
~Luke 5:17 – 26