Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me.” Matthew 17:17 NABRE Jesus has sent His disciples out to heal the sick and expel demons, but we see in this story from…
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He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24 NABRE Jesus is traveling through an area that is predominantly gentile, people not of Hebrew descent. A woman who is recognizably gentile calls out to Jesus to heal her daughter. His…
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Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. Matthew 12:40 NABRE Jesus is challenged by the religious leaders to show a sign demonstrating who He…
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She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” Mark 5:28 NABRE Mark tells the story of a woman who has an affliction, lasting twelve years and no physician has helped. Because of the affliction she is ritually impure and unable to participate in Jewish feast at…
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Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. Matthew 7:6 NABRE We have this unusual saying from Jesus about dogs and pigs and how they should not receive what is holy and…
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