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Caring For The Sick
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Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. — read the full passage →
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →
You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don’t feed the sheep. — read the full passage →
“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.
For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; — read the full passage →
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →
Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. — read the full passage →
He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ — read the full passage →
One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →
contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. — read the full passage →
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. — read the full passage →
They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?” — read the full passage →
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
You haven’t strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;
You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.
“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me? says Yahweh.
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. — read the full passage →
Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”
Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies. — read the full passage →
He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”
Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses. — read the full passage →
Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; — read the full passage →
At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates. — read the full passage →
“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — read the full passage →
They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. — read the full passage →
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. — read the full passage →
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →
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