For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest, until her Just One advances in splendor, and her Savior is kindled like a lamp.
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And the Gentiles will see your Just One, and all the kings will see your Renown One. And you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord will choose.
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And you shall be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
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You will no longer called Forsaken. And your land will no longer be called Desolate. Instead, you shall be called My Will within it, and your land shall be called Inhabited. For the Lord has been well pleased with you, and your land will be inhabited.
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For the young man will live with the virgin, and your children will live with you. And the groom will rejoice over the bride, and your God will rejoice over you.
First Letter to the Corinthians 12: 4- 11
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Truly, there are diverse graces, but the same Spirit.
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And there are diverse ministries, but the same Lord.
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And there are diverse works, but the same God, who works everything in everyone.
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However, the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one toward what is beneficial.
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Certainly, to one, through the Spirit, is given words of wisdom; but to another, according to the same Spirit, words of knowledge;
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to another, in the same Spirit, faith; to another, in the one Spirit, the gift of healing;
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to another, miraculous works; to another, prophecy; to another, the discernment of spirits; to another, different kinds of languages; to another, the interpretation of words.
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But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one according to his will.
John 2: 1- 11
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And on the third day, a wedding was held in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
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Now Jesus was also invited to the wedding, with his disciples.
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And when the wine was failing, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
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And Jesus said to her: “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet arrived.”
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His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
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Now in that place, there were six stone water jars, for the purification ritual of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.
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Jesus said to them, “Fill the water jars with water.” And they filled them to the very top.
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And Jesus said to them, “Now draw from it, and carry it to the chief steward of the feast.” And they took it to him.
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Then, when the chief steward had tasted the water made into wine, since he did not know where it was from, for only the servants who had drawn the water knew, the chief steward called the groom,
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and he said to him: “Every man offers the good wine first, and then, when they have become inebriated, he offers what is worse. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
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This was the beginning of the signs that Jesus accomplished in Cana of Galilee, and it manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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And there is no created thing that is invisible to his sight. For all things are naked and open to the eyes of him, about whom we are speaking.
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Therefore, since we have a great High Priest, who has pierced the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold to our confession.
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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to have compassion on our infirmities, but rather one who was tempted in all things, just as we are, yet without sin.
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Therefore, let us go forth with confidence toward the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and find grace, in a helpful time.
Mark 2: 13- 17
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And he departed again to the sea. And the entire crowd came to him, and he taught them.
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And as he was passing by, he saw Levi of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs office. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And rising up, he followed him.
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And it happened that, as he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat at table together with Jesus and his disciples. For those who followed him were many.
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And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Jesus, having heard this, said to them: “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who have maladies do. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.”
Therefore, we should be afraid, lest the promise of entering into his rest may be relinquished, and some of you may be judged to be lacking.
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For this was announced to us in a similar manner as to them. But the mere hearing of the word did not benefit them, since it was not joined together with a faith in those things that they heard.
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For we who have believed shall enter into rest, in the same manner as he said: “So it is as I have sworn in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest!” And certainly, this is when the works from the foundation of the world have been finished.
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For, in a certain place, he spoke about the seventh day in this manner: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”
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And in this place again: “They shall not enter into my rest!”
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Therefore, let us hasten to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall into the same example of unbelief.
Mark 2: 1- 12
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And after some days, he again entered into Capernaum.
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And it was heard that he was in the house. And so many gathered that there was no room left, not even at the door. And he spoke the word to them.
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And they came to him, bringing a paralytic, who was being carried by four men.
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And when they were not able to present him to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. And opening it, they lowered down the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying.
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Then, when Jesus had seen their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
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But some of the scribes were sitting in that place and thinking in their hearts:
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“Why is this man speaking in this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
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At once, Jesus, realizing in his spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, said to them: “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
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Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up, take up your stretcher, and walk?’
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But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” he said to the paralytic:
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“I say to you: Rise up, take up your stretcher, and go into your house.”
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And immediately he got up, and lifting up his stretcher, he went away in the sight of them all, so that they all wondered. And they honored God, by saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
Because of this, it is just as the Holy Spirit says: “If today you hear his voice,
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harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, the very day of temptation, in the desert,
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where your fathers tested me, even though they had seen and examined my works for forty years.
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For this reason, I was enraged against this generation, and I said: They always wander astray in heart. For they have not known my ways.
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So it is as I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest!”
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Be cautious, brothers, lest perhaps there may be, in any of you, an evil heart of unbelief, turning aside from the living God.
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Instead, exhort one another every day, while it is still called ‘today,’ so that none of you may become hardened through the falseness of sin.
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For we have been made participants in Christ. This is only so, if we firmly retain the beginning of his substance, even unto the end.
Mark 1: 40- 45
1:40 And a leper came to him, begging him. And kneeling down, he said to him, “If you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.”
1:41 Then Jesus, taking pity on him, reached out his hand. And touching him, he said to him: “I am willing. Be cleansed.”
1:42 And after he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
1:43 And he admonished him, and he promptly sent him away.
1:44 And he said to him: “See to it that you tell no one. But go and show yourself to the high priest, and offer for your cleansing that which Moses instructed, as a testimony for them.”
1:45 But having departed, he began to preach and to disseminate the word, so that he was no longer able to openly enter a city, but had to remain outside, in deserted places. And they were gathered to him from every direction.
Therefore, because children have a common flesh and blood, he himself also, in like manner, has shared in the same, so that through death, he might destroy him who held the dominion of death, that is, the devil,
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and so that he might free those who, through the fear of death, had been condemned to servitude throughout their entire life.
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For at no time did he take hold of the Angels, but instead he took hold of the offspring of Abraham.
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Therefore, it is fitting for him to be made similar to his brothers in all things, so that he might become a merciful and faithful High Priest before God, in order that he might bring forgiveness to the offenses of the people.
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For in as much as he himself has suffered and has been tempted, he also is able to assist those who are tempted.
Gospel
The Holy Gospel According to Mark 1: 29-39
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And soon after departing from the synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
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But the mother-in-law of Simon lay ill with a fever. And at once they told him about her.
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And drawing near to her, he raised her up, taking her by the hand. And immediately the fever left her, and she ministered to them.
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Then, when evening arrived, after the sun had set, they brought to him all who had maladies and those who had demons.
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And the entire city was gathered together at the door.
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And he healed many who were troubled with various illnesses. And he cast out many demons, but he would not permit them to speak, because they knew him.
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And rising up very early, departing, he went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
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And Simon, and those who were with him, followed after him.
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And when they had found him, they said to him, “For everyone is seeking you.”
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And he said to them: “Let us go into the neighboring towns and cities, so that I may preach there also. Indeed, it was for this reason that I came.”
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And he was preaching in their synagogues and throughout all of Galilee, and casting out demons.
For God did not subject the future world, about which we are speaking, to the Angels.
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But someone, in a certain place, has testified, saying: “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the Son of man, that you visit him?
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You have reduced him to a little less than the Angels. You have crowned him with glory and honor, and you have set him over the works of your hands.
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You have subjected all things under his feet.” For in as much as he has subjected all things to him, he has left nothing not subject to him. But in the present time, we do not yet perceive that all things have been made subject to him.
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Yet we understand that Jesus, who was reduced to a little less than the Angels, was crowned with glory and honor because of his Passion and death, in order that, by the grace of God, he might taste death for all.
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For it was fitting for him, because of whom and through whom all things exist, who had led many children into glory, to complete the authorship of their salvation through his Passion.
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For he who sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, are all from One. For this reason, he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying:
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“I will announce your name to my brothers. In the midst of the Church, I will praise you.”
Gospel
The Holy Gospel According to Mark 1: 21-28
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And they entered into Capernaum. And entering into the synagogue promptly on the Sabbaths, he taught them.
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And they were astonished over his doctrine. For he was teaching them as one who has authority, and not like the scribes.
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And in their synagogue, there was a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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saying: “What are we to you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God.”
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And Jesus admonished him, saying, “Be silent, and depart from the man.”
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And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, departed from him.
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And they were all so amazed that they inquired among themselves, saying: “What is this? And what is this new doctrine? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
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And his fame went out quickly, throughout the entire region of Galilee.
In many places and in many ways, in past times, God spoke to the fathers through the Prophets;
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lastly, in these days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he appointed as the heir of all things, and through whom he made the world.
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And since the Son is the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and is carrying all things by the Word of his virtue, thereby accomplishing a purging of sins, he sits at the right hand of Majesty on high.
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And having been made so much better than the Angels, he has inherited a name so much greater than theirs.
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For to which of the Angels has he ever said: “You are my Son; today have I begotten you?” Or again: “I will be a Father to him, and he shall be a Son to me?”
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And again, when he brings the only-begotten Son into the world, he says: “And let all the Angels of God adore him.”
Mark 1: 14- 20
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Then, after John was handed over, Jesus went into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God,
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and saying: “For the time has been fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the Gospel.”
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And passing by the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew, casting nets into the sea, for they were fishermen.
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And Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
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And at once abandoning their nets, they followed him.
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And continuing on a little ways from there, he saw James of Zebedee and his brother John, and they were mending their nets in a boat.
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And immediately he called them. And leaving behind their father Zebedee in the boat with his hired hands, they followed him.
Behold my servant, I will uphold him, my elect, with him my soul is well-pleased. I have sent my Spirit upon him. He will offer judgment to the nations.
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He will not cry out, and he will not show favoritism to anyone; neither will his voice be heard abroad.
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The bruised reed he will not break, and the smoldering wick he will not extinguish. He will lead forth judgment unto truth.
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He will not be saddened or troubled, until he establishes judgment on earth. And the islands will await his law.
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I, the Lord, have called you in justice, and I have taken your hand and preserved you. And I have presented you as a covenant of the people, as a light to the Gentiles,
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so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration.
Acts of the Apostles 10:34-38
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Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: “I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons.
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But within every nation, whoever fears him and works justice is acceptable to him.
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God sent the Word to the sons of Israel, announcing the peace through Jesus Christ, for he is the Lord of all.
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You know that the Word has been made known throughout all Judea. For beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached,
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Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power, traveled around doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil. For God was with him.
Luke 3: 15- 16, 21- 22
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Now all were thinking about John in their hearts, and the people were supposing that perhaps he might be the Christ.
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John responded by saying to everyone: “Indeed, I baptize you with water. But there will arrive one stronger than me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit, and with fire.
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Now it happened that, when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized; and as he was praying, heaven was opened.
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And the Holy Spirit, in a corporal appearance like a dove, descended upon him. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son. In you, I am well pleased.”
And this is the confidence which we have toward God: that no matter what we shall request, in accord with his will, he hears us.
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And we know that he hears us, no matter what we request; so we know that we can obtain the things that we request of him.
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Anyone who realizes that his brother has sinned, with a sin that is not unto death, let him pray, and life shall be given to him who has sinned not unto death. There is a sin which is unto death. I am not saying that anyone should ask on behalf of that sin.
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All that is iniquity is sin. But there is a sin unto death.
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We know that everyone who is born of God does not sin. Instead, rebirth in God preserves him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
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We know that we are of God, and that the entire world is established in wickedness.
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And we know that the Son of God has arrived, and that he has given us understanding, so that we may know the true God, and so that we may remain in his true Son. This is the true God, and this is Eternal Life.
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Little sons, keep yourselves from false worship. Amen.
John 3: 22- 30
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After these things, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea. And he was living there with them and baptizing.
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Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized.
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For John had not yet been cast into prison.
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Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.
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And they went to John and said to him: “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him.”
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John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
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You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but that I have been sent before him.
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He who holds the bride is the groom. But the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to Him, rejoices joyfully at the voice of the groom. And so, this, my joy, has been fulfilled.
Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God!
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This is the One who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies that the Christ is the Truth.
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For there are Three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are One.
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And there are three who give testimony on earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. And these three are one.
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If we accept the testimony of men, then the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater: that he has testified about his Son.
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Whoever believes in the Son of God, holds the testimony of God within himself. Whoever does not believe in the Son, makes him a liar, because he does not believe in the testimony which God has testified about his Son.
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And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son.
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Whoever has the Son, has Life. Whoever does not have the Son, does not have Life.
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I am writing this to you, so that you may know that you have Eternal Life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
Luke 5: 12- 16
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And it happened that, while he was in a certain city, behold, there was a man full of leprosy who, upon seeing Jesus and falling to his face, petitioned him, saying: “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.”
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And extending his hand, he touched him, saying: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” And at once, the leprosy departed from him.
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And he instructed him that he should tell no one, “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your cleansing, just as Moses has commanded, as a testimony for them.”
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Yet word of him traveled around all the more. And great crowds came together, so that they might listen and be cured by him from their infirmities.
