Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, he too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.…[read more]
Jesus went over to her and, taking her by the hand, raised her up, and the fever left her. She then took care of their needs. . . . Very early the next morning, before dawn, he got up and left the house. He then departed for a deserted place, and there spent time in…[read more]
At that moment in their synagogue was a person with an unclean spirit; he screamed and shouted: “What do we have in common, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to wipe us out? I know you for what you are—the holy one of God.” Mark 1: 23-4 In their commentary on Mark’s gospel, John R.…[read more]
Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. John tried to dissuade him. “It is I who need baptism from you” he said “and yet you come to me!” But Jesus replied, “Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this…[read more]
Everybody who believes in the Son of God has this testimony inside him. . . . This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son; anyone who has the Son has life, anyone who does not have the Son does not have life. 1 John 5: 10-12…[read more]
Nathanael asked Jesus, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree?…[read more]
Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, “What do you want?” They answered, Rabbi,” —which means Teacher—“where do you live?” “Come and see” he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. it was about the tenth hour. John 1: 38-8 The call of…[read more]
Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God’s children; and that is what we are. 1 John 3:1 I did not know him myself but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, “On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain…[read more]
Let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that he made us: eternal life. 1 John 2: 24-5 This morning I received a much appreciated…[read more]
He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he departed for the region of Galilee. He…[read more]
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