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Genesis
18:1-15
Psalm
116:1-2, 12-19
Romans
5:1-8
Matthew
9:35-10:8
Genesis
18:1-15
18:1
The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at
the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.
18:2
He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw
them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down
to the ground.
18:3
He said, "My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by
your servant.
18:4
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree.
18:5
Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and
after that you may pass on--since you have come to your
servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."
18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make
ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make
cakes."
18:7
Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and
gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it.
18:8
Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and
set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they
ate.
18:9
They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he
said, "There, in the tent."
18:10
Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season,
and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was
listening at the tent entrance behind him.
18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to
be with Sarah after the manner of women.
18:12
So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old,
and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?"
18:13
The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say,
'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'
18:14
Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will
return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son."
18:15
But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was
afraid. He said, "Oh yes, you did laugh."
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Psalm
116:1-2, 12-19
116:1 I love the LORD,
because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
116:2
Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as
long as I live.
116:12
What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me?
116:13
I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the
LORD,
116:14
I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful
ones.
116:16
O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your
serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.
116:17
I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name
of the LORD.
116:18
I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
116:19
in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O
Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
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Romans
5:1-8
5:1 Therefore, since we
are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ,
5:2
through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we
stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
5:3
And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing
that suffering produces endurance,
5:4
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
5:5
and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been
poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given
to us.
5:6
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for
the ungodly.
5:7
Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person--though
perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.
5:8
But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners
Christ died for us.
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Matthew
9:35-10:8
9:35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the
kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.
9:36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they
were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
9:37
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but
the laborers are few;
9:38
therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into
his harvest."
10:1
Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority
over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease
and every sickness.
10:2
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also
known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and
his brother John;
10:3
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
10:4
Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.
10:5
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions:
"Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the
Samaritans,
10:6
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
10:7
As you go, proclaim the good news, 'The kingdom of heaven has come
near.'
10:8
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out
demons. You received without payment; give without payment.
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