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Kings 17:8-16
Psalm
146
Galatians
1:11-24
Luke
7:11-17
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Kings 17:8-16
17:8 Then the word of the LORD came to him,
saying,
17:9
"Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and
live there; for I have commanded a widow there to feed
you."
17:10
So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the
gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he
called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in
a vessel, so that I may drink."
17:11
As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said,
"Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
17:12
But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have
nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a
little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of
sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself
and my son, that we may eat it, and die."
17:13
Elijah said to her, "Do not be afraid; go and do as
you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and
bring it to me, and afterwards make something for
yourself and your son.
17:14
For thus says the LORD the God of Israel: The jar of
meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not
fail until the day that the LORD sends rain on the
earth."
17:15
She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as
he and her household ate for many days.
17:16
The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of
oil fail, according to the word of the LORD that he
spoke by Elijah.
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Psalm
146
146:1 Praise
the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!
146:2
I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing
praises to my God all my life long.
146:3
Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom
there is no help.
146:4
When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on
that very day their plans perish.
146:5
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose
hope is in the LORD their God,
146:6
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in
them; who keeps faith forever;
146:7
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food
to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free;
146:8
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up
those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.
146:9
The LORD watches over the strangers; he upholds the
orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he
brings to ruin.
146:10
The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, for all
generations. Praise the LORD!
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Galatians
1:11-24
1:11 For I
want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel
that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin;
1:12
for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I
taught it, but I received it through a revelation of
Jesus Christ.
1:13
You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism.
I was violently persecuting the church of God and was
trying to destroy it.
1:14
I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the
same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions
of my ancestors.
1:15
But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and
called me through his grace, was pleased
1:16
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him
among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human
being,
1:17
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already
apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia,
and afterwards I returned to Damascus.
1:18
Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit
Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days;
1:19
but I did not see any other apostle except James the
Lord's brother.
1:20
In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!
1:21
Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,
1:22
and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of
Judea that are in Christ;
1:23
they only heard it said, "The one who formerly was
persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once
tried to destroy."
1:24
And they glorified God because of me.
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Luke
7:11-17
7:11 Soon
afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his
disciples and a large crowd went with him.
7:12
As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had
died was being carried out. He was his mother's only
son, and she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd
from the town.
7:13
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and
said to her, "Do not weep."
7:14
Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the
bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say
to you, rise!"
7:15
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave
him to his mother.
7:16
Fear seized all of them; and they glorified God, saying,
"A great prophet has risen among us!" and
"God has looked favorably on his people!"
7:17
This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the
surrounding country.
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