Care For The Sick

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give.

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms; — read the full passage →

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; — read the full passage →

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him. — read the full passage →

naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For `Outcast' they have called to thee, `Zion it <FI>is<Fi> , there is none seeking for her.'

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

`And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms; — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

`Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> as noon.

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies. — read the full passage →

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, --and all the people have said, Amen.

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms; — read the full passage →

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed, having laid <FI>his<Fi> hands on him, healed him; — read the full passage →

And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them <FI>his<Fi> hands having put, did heal them.

and he said to her, `Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.'

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him; — read the full passage →

And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd, — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not. — read the full passage →

A man--he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then <FI>it is<Fi> well--is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise <FI>art<Fi> Thou.

And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace <FI>is<Fi> on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.

The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them, — read the full passage →

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits, — read the full passage →

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

And the hands of Moses <FI>are<Fi> heavy, and they take a stone, and set <FI>it<Fi> under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

for each one his own burden shall bear.

only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent--this very thing--to do.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

ye--ye have known; --the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached; — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' — read the full passage →

`Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

And the centurion answering said, `Sir, I am not worthy that thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed;

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted. — read the full passage →

And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,