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Kings 5:1-14
Psalm
30
Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
5:1
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a
great man and in high favor with his master, because by
him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man, though
a mighty warrior, suffered from leprosy.
5:2
Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young
girl captive from the land of Israel, and she served
Naaman's wife.
5:3
She said to her mistress, "If only my lord were
with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of
his leprosy."
5:4
So Naaman went in and told his lord just what the girl
from the land of Israel had said.
5:5
And the king of Aram said, "Go then, and I will
send along a letter to the king of Israel." He
went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six
thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of garments.
5:6
He brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read,
"When this letter reaches you, know that I have
sent to you my servant Naaman, that you may cure him of
his leprosy."
5:7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his
clothes and said, "Am I God, to give death or life,
that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his
leprosy? Just look and see how he is trying to pick a
quarrel with me."
5:8
But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of
Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the
king, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come
to me, that he may learn that there is a prophet in
Israel."
5:9
So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and halted
at the entrance of Elisha's house.
5:10
Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go, wash
in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be
restored and you shall be clean."
5:11
But Naaman became angry and went away, saying, "I
thought that for me he would surely come out, and stand
and call on the name of the LORD his God, and would wave
his hand over the spot, and cure the leprosy!
5:12
Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus,
better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash
in them, and be clean?" He turned and went away in
a rage.
5:13
But his servants approached and said to him,
"Father, if the prophet had commanded you to do
something difficult, would you not have done it? How
much more, when all he said to you was, 'Wash, and be
clean'?"
5:14
So he went down and immersed himself seven times in the
Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; his
flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy, and he
was clean.
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30:1
I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up, and
did not let my foes rejoice over me.
30:2
O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have
healed me.
30:3
O LORD, you brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me
to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
30:4
Sing praises to the LORD, O you his faithful ones, and
give thanks to his holy name.
30:5
For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a
lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy
comes with the morning.
30:6
As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never
be moved."
30:7
By your favor, O LORD, you had established me as a
strong mountain; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
30:8
To you, O LORD, I cried, and to the LORD I made
supplication:
30:9
"What profit is there in my death, if I go down to
the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your
faithfulness?
30:10
Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me! O LORD, be my
helper!"
30:11
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken
off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
30:12
so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O LORD
my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
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6:1
My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression,
you who have received the Spirit should restore such a
one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you
yourselves are not tempted.
6:2
Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will
fulfill the law of Christ.
6:3
For if those who are nothing think they are something,
they deceive themselves.
6:4
All must test their own work; then that work, rather
than their neighbor's work, will become a cause for
pride.
6:5
For all must carry their own loads.
6:6
Those who are taught the word must share in all good
things with their teacher.
6:7
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap
whatever you sow.
6:8
If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption
from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will
reap eternal life from the Spirit.
6:9
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we
will reap at harvest-time, if we do not give up.
6:10
So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work
for the good of all, and especially for those of the
family of faith.
6:11
See what large letters I make when I am writing in my
own hand!
6:12
It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh
that try to compel you to be circumcised--only that they
may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
6:13
Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but
they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast
about your flesh.
6:14
May I never boast of anything except the cross of our
Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified
to me, and I to the world.
6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything;
but a new creation is everything!
6:16
As for those who will follow this rule--peace be upon
them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
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10:1
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent
them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place
where he himself intended to go.
10:2
He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the
laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into his harvest.
10:3
Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs
into the midst of wolves.
10:4
Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on
the road.
10:5
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this
house!'
10:6
And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace
will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to
you.
10:7
Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever
they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do
not move about from house to house.
10:8
Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you,
eat what is set before you;
10:9
cure the sick who are there, and say to them, 'The
kingdom of God has come near to you.'
10:10
But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome
you, go out into its streets and say,
10:11
'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we
wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the
kingdom of God has come near.'
10:16
"Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever
rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects
the one who sent me."
10:17
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in
your name even the demons submit to us!"
10:18
He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven
like a flash of lightning.
10:19
See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and
nothing will hurt you.
10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits
submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written
in heaven."
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