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Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village ofMary and her sister Martha. 2Mary was the one who anointed theLord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brotherLazarus was ill. 3So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom11 5 you love is ill.” 4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does notlead to death; rather it is for…

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciplesasked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he wasborn blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned;he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4Wemust work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is comingwhen no one can work. 5As long…

46Then Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed thewater into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill inCapernaum. 47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee,he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was atthe point of death. 48Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs andwonders you will not believe.”…

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus ismaking and baptizing more disciples than John” 2—although it wasnot Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— 3 he left Judea andstarted back to Galilee. 4But he had to go through Samaria. 5So he cameto a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob hadgiven to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s…

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know thatyou are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signsthat you do apart from the presence of God.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Verytruly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being bornfrom above.” 4Nicodemus said to…

John 2:13-2513The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.14In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and themoney changers seated at their tables. 15Making a whip of cords, hedrove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He alsopoured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.16He…

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all theworld should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and wastaken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their owntowns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth inGalilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he wasdescended from the house and…

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have nomoney, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk withoutmoney and without price. 2Why do you spend your money for that whichis not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listencarefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in richfood. 3Incline your ear, and come to me;…

Amos 1:1-2; 5:14-15, 21-24The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, whichhe saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and inthe days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before theearthquake. 2And he said: The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voicefrom Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds wither, and the top ofCarmel…

Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did forSarah as he had promised. 2Sarah conceived and bore Abraham ason in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him.3Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him. After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2He said,…