Hi, and welcome to
HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and
I'll be reading today from the
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King James Version. You know
the last time we read together,
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Part of what we read was Jesus
warning his disciples to not
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simply hear the word,
but to hear it and to do it.
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And that, that would be like
building a house upon a rock.
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When the storms of life come,
there is a firm foundation.
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Before we go to that foundation,
today, let's go to God in prayer
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Dear Heavenly Father help us not
to be just hearers of the word,
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but doers of the Word. May we
not be foolish and squander away
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this wonderful gift that you've
given to us. But may we wisely
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turn to You and to this wealth
of wisdom, and thus bring honor
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and glory to your name in
every thing we do. We love you
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and we pray these things
in the name of Jesus, Amen.
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I'll be reading today from
the book of Matthew, chapter 10.
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Jesus has just called
his disciples together and
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commissioned them to go
out and share the good news.
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I'll begin in verse 9. Provide
neither gold, nor silver,
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nor brass in your purses, nor
script for your journey, neither
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two coats, neither shoes,
nor yet staves: for the workman
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is worthy of his meat. And
into whatsoever city or town
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ye shall enter, inquire who
in it is worthy; and there abide
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till ye go thence. And when ye
come into an house, salute it.
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And if the house be worthy,
let your peace come upon it;
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but if it be not worthy,
let your peace return to you.
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And whosoever shall not receive
you, nor hear your words,
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when ye depart out of that house
or city, shake off the dust
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of your feet. Verily I
say unto you, It shall be more
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tolerable for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of
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Judgment, than for that
city. Behold, I send you forth
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as sheep in the midst of wolves
be ye therefore wise as serpents
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and harmless as doves. But
beware of men: for they will
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deliver you up to the councils,
and they will scourge you in
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their synagogues; and ye
shall be brought before governor
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and kings for my sake,
for a testimony against them
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and the Gentiles. But when they
deliver you up, take no thought
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how or what ye shall speak: for
it shall be given you in that
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same hour what ye shall speak.
For it is not ye that speak,
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but the Spirit of your
Father which speaketh in you.
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And the brother shall
deliver up the brother to death,
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and the father the child:
and the children shall rise up
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against their parents, and
cause them to be put to death.
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And ye shall be hated of all men
for my name's sake: but he that
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endureth to the end shall be
saved. But when they persecute
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you in this city, flee ye into
into another; for verily I say
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unto you, Ye shall not have
gone over the cities of Israel,
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till the Son of man be come. The
disciple is not above his master
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nor the servant above his lord.
It is enough for the disciple
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that he be as his master,
and the servant as his lord.
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If they have called the
master of the house Beelzebub,
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how much more shall they
call them of his household?
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Fear them not therefore:
for there is nothing covered,
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that shall not be revealed; and
hid, that shall not be known.
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What I tell you in darkness,
that speak ye in light:
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and what ye hear in
the ear, that preach ye
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upon the housetops. And fear not
them which kill the body, but
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are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him which is
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able to destroy both
soul and body in hell.
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Are not two sparrows sold
for a farthing? and one of them
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shall not fall on the
ground without your Father.
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But the very hairs of
your head are all numbered.
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Fear ye not therefore, ye are of
more value than many sparrows.
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Whosoever therefore
shall confess me before men,
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him will I confess also before
my Father which is in heaven.
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But whosoever shall deny me
before men him will I also deny
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before my Father which is
in heaven. Think not that I am
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come to send peace on
earth; I came not to send peace,
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but a sword. For I am come
to set a man at variance against
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his father, and the
daughter against her mother,
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and the daughter in law
against her mother in law.
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And a man's foes shall be
they of his own household.
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He that loveth father or mother
more than me is not worthy of me
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and he that loveth son
or daughter more than me
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is not worthy of me. And
he that taketh not his cross,
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and followeth after
me is not worthy of me.
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He that findeth his live shall
lose it: and he that loseth
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his life for my sake shall
find it. He that receiveth you
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receiveth me, and he that
receiveth me receiveth him
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that sent me. He that receiveth
a prophet in the name of a
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prophet shall
receive a prophet's reward;
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and he that receiveth a
righteous man in the name of
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a righteous man shall receive
a righteous man's reward.
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And whosoever shall give to
drink unto one of these little
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ones a cup of cold water
only in the name of a disciple,
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verily I say unto you, he shall
in no wise lose his reward.
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I'm reading from the book
of Matthew, chapter eleven.
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And it came to pass, when Jesus
had made an end of commanding
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his twelve
disciples, he departed thence
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to teach and to preach in their
cities. Now when John had heard
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in the prison
the works of Christ,
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he sent two of his disciples,
and said unto him, Art thou he
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that should come, or do we
look for another? Jesus answered
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and said unto them, Go and shew
John again those things which
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ye do hear and see: The
blind receive their sight,
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and the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, and the deaf hear,
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the dead are raised up, and the
poor have the gospel preached
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to them. And blessed is he,
whosoever shall not be offended
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in me. And as they departed,
Jesus began to say unto the
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multitudes concerning
John, What went ye out
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into the wilderness to
see? A reed shaken in the wind?
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But what went ye out
for to see? A man clothed
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in soft raiment? behold,
they that wear soft clothing are
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in king's houses. But what went
ye out for to see? A prophet?
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Yea, I say unto you, and more
than a prophet. For this is he,
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of whom it is written, Behold
I send my messenger before
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thy face, which shall
prepare thy way before thee.
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Verily I say unto you, Among
them that are born of women
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there hath not risen a
greater than John the Baptist:
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notwithstanding he that is
least in the kingdom of heaven
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is greater than he. And from
the days of John the Baptist
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until now the kingdom of
heaven suffereth violence,
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and the violent take it by
force. For all the prophets
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and the law prophesied until
John. And if ye will receive it,
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this is Elias, which was for to
come. He that hath ears to hear,
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let him hear. But whereunto
shall I liken this generation?
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It is like unto children sitting
in the markets, and calling
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unto their fellows, and
saying, We have piped unto you,
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and ye have not danced;
we have mourned unto you,
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and ye have not lamented.
For John came neither eating
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nor drinking, and they say,
he hath a devil. The Son of man
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came eating and drinking,
and they say, Behold, a man
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gluttonous, and a winebibber,
a friend of publicans and
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sinners. But wisdom is
justified of her children.
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Then began he to upbraid
the cities wherein most of his
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mighty works were done, because
they repented not: Woe unto thee
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Chorazin! woe unto thee
Bethsaida! for if the mighty
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works, which were done in you,
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
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they would have repented
long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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But I say unto you, It
shall be more tolerable for Tyre
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and Sidon at the day
of judgment, than for you.
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And thou, Capernaum,
which art exalted unto heaven,
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shalt be brought down to hell:
for if the mighty works, which
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have been done in
thee, had been done in Sodom,
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it would have remained until
this day. But I say unto you,
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That it shall be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom in the day
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of judgment, than for thee.
At that time Jesus answered
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and said, I thank thee,
O Father, Lord of heaven
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and earth, because thou hast hid
these things from the wise, and
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prudent, and hast revealed them
unto babes. Even so, Father:
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for so it seemed good in thy
sight. All things are delivered
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unto me of my Father: and no man
knoweth the Son, but the Father;
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neither knoweth any man
the Father, save the Son,
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and he to whomsoever the Son
will reveal him. Come unto me,
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all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
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Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me; for I am meek and lowly
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in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
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For my yoke is easy,
and my burden is light.
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I'm reading from the book
of Matthew, chapter twelve.
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At that time Jesus went on the
Sabbath day through the corn;
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and his disciples were an
hungered, and began to pluck
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the ears of corn, and to eat.
But when the Pharisees saw it,
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they said unto him, Behold, thy
disciples do that which is not
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lawful to do upon the Sabbath
day. But he said unto them,
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Have ye not read what David did,
when he was an hungered, and
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they that were with him; How he
entered into the house of God,
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and did eat the shewbread, which
was not lawful for him to eat,
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neither for them which were with
him, but only for the priests?
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Or have ye not read in the law,
how that on the Sabbath days
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the priests in the
temple profane the Sabbath,
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and are blameless? But I
say unto you, That in this place
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is one greater than the temple.
But if ye had known what this
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meaneth, I will have mercy, and
not sacrifice, ye would not have
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condemned the guiltless.
For the Son of man is Lord, even
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of the Sabbath day. And
when he was departed thence,
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he went into their synagogue:
And behold, there was a man
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which had his hand withered.
And they asked him, saying,
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is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath days?
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that they might accuse him.
And he said unto them, What man
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shall there be among you, that
shall have one sheep, and if it
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fall into a pit on the Sabbath
day, will he not lay hold on it,
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and lift it out? How much then
is a man better than a sheep?
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Wherefore it is lawful to
do well on the Sabbath days.
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Then saith he to the
man, stretch forth thine hand,
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And he stretched it forth;
and it was restored whole,
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like as the other.
Then the Pharisees went out,
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and held a council against
him, how they might destroy him.
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But when Jesus knew it, he
withdrew himself from thence.
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and great multitudes followed
him, and he healed them all;
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And charged them that
they should not make him known.
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That it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by Esaias the prophet
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saying, Behold my servant, whom
I have chosen; my beloved, in
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whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my spirit upon him,
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and he shall shew judgment
to the Gentiles. He shall not
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strive, nor cry; neither shall
any man hear his voice in the
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streets. A bruised reed shall
he not break, and smoking flax
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shall he not quench till he send
forth judgment unto victory.
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And in his name
shall the Gentiles trust.
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Then was brought unto him one
possessed with a devil, blind
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and dumb: and he healed him,
insomuch that the blind and dumb
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both spake and saw. And all the
people were amazed, and said,
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Is not this the son of David?
But when the Pharisees heard it,
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they said, This fellow doth not
cast out devils but by Beelzebub
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the prince of devils. And Jesus
knew their thoughts, and said
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unto them, Every
kingdom divided against itself
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is brought to desolation;
and every city or house divided
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against itself shall not stand:
And if Satan cast out Satan,
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he is divided against himself;
how shall then his kingdom
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stand? And if I by Beelzebub
cast out devils, by whom do
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your children cast them out?
therefore they shall be your
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judges. But if I cast out devils
by the Spirit of God, then the
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kingdom of God is come unto you.
Or else how can one enter into a
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strong man's house, and spoil
his goods, except he first bind
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the strong man? and then he will
spoil his house. He that is not
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with me is against me; and
he that gathereth not with me
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scattereth abroad. -
Thank you again for joining me
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for the reading of
His Words Are Life.
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And until we meet again, may
you find these words to be bread
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and meat to your soul.
Goodbye, and God bless you.
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