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Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
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Lord, you understand; remember me and care for me. Avenge me on my persecutors. You are long-suffering—do not take me away; think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.
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“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of his fierce anger?
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“The Lord is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command. Listen, all you peoples; look on my suffering. My young men and young women have gone into exile.
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How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
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News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
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“Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
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A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
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“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
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Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
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He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
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Jesus Heals Many
Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.
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There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body.
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After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
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The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
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“Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
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His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him.
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Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
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Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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Present Suffering and Future Glory
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
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For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
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If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
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And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
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Paul Boasts About His Sufferings
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.
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I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
