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from her shoulder and said, ‘Yes, have a
drink, and I will water your camels, too!’
So I drank, and then she watered the
camels.
47“Then I asked, ‘Whose daughter are
you?’ She replied, ‘I am the daughter of
Bethuel, and my grandparents are
Nahor and Milcah.’ So I put the ring on
her nose, and the bracelets on her
wrists.
48“Then I bowed low and worshiped
the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of
my master, Abraham, because he had
led me straight to my master’s niece to
be his son’s wife. 49 So tell me—will you
or won’t you show unfailing love and
faithfulness to my master? Please tell
me yes or no, and then I’ll know what to
do next.”
50Then Laban and Bethuel replied,
“The Lord has obviously brought you
here, so there is nothing we can say.
51Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Yes,
let her be the wife of your master’s son,
as the Lord has directed.”
23:15 Hebrew 400 shekels, about 10 pounds or
4.6 kilograms in weight; also in 23:16. 24:7 Hebrew seed;
also in 24:60. 24:22 Hebrew a gold nose-ring weighing
a beka [0.2 ounces or 6 grams] and two gold bracelets
weighing 10 [shekels] [4 ounces or 114 grams].
MATTHEW 8:1-17
Large crowds followed Jesus as he came
down the mountainside. 2 Suddenly, a
man with leprosy approached him and
knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said,
“if you are willing, you can heal me and
make me clean.”
3 Jesus reached out and touched him.
“I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And
instantly the leprosy disappeared. 4Then
Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about
this. Instead, go to the priest and let him
examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who
have been healed ofleprosy.* This will be
a public testimony that you have been
cleansed.”
5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum,
a Roman officer* came and pleaded with
him, 6“Lord, my young servant* lies in
bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
J A N U A R Y
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7 Jesus
said, “I will come and heal
him.”
8But the officer said, “Lord, I am not
worthy to have you come into my home.
Just say the word from where you are,
and my servant will be healed. 9 I know
this because I am under the authority of
my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say,
‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they
come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’
they do it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was
amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth,
I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!
11And I tell you this, that many Gentiles
will come from all over the world—from
east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the
Kingdom of Heaven. 12But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was
prepared—will be thrown into outer
darkness, where there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young
servant was healed that same hour.
14 When Jesus arrived at Peter’s
house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in
bed with a high fever. 15 But when Jesus
touched her hand, the fever left her.
Then she got up and prepared a meal for
him.
16That evening many demon-possessed
people were brought to Jesus. He cast out
the evil spirits with a simple command,
and he healed all the sick. 17 This fulfilled
the word of the Lord through the
prophet Isaiah, who said,
“He took our sicknesses
and removed our diseases.”*
8:4 See Lev 14:2-32. 8:5 Greek a centurion; similarly
in 8:8, 13. 8:6 Or child; also in 8:13. 8:17 Isa 53:4.
PSALM 9:13-20
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Lord, have mercy on me.
See how my enemies torment me.
Snatch me back from the jaws
of death.
