Isaiah 43:8-13
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8 Bring out (A)the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
who are deaf, yet have ears!
9 (B)All the nations gather together,
and the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,
and let them hear and say, It is true.
10 (C)“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and (D)my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
(E)Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
11 (F)I, I am the Lord,
and besides me there is no savior.
12 I declared and saved and proclaimed,
when there was no strange god among you;
and (G)you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.
13 Also (H)henceforth I am he;
there is none who can deliver from my hand;
I work, and who can turn it back?”
2 Timothy 1:3-10
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Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You
3 (A)I thank God (B)whom I serve, as did my ancestors, (C)with a clear conscience, as I remember you (D)constantly in my prayers night and day. 4 (E)As I remember your tears, (F)I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of (G)your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and (H)your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you (I)to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God gave us (J)a spirit not of fear but (K)of power and love and self-control.
8 Therefore (L)do not be ashamed of (M)the testimony about our Lord, nor of (N)me his prisoner, but (O)share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, 9 (P)who saved us and (Q)called us to[a] a holy calling, (R)not because of our works but because of (S)his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus (T)before the ages began,[b] 10 and which now has (U)been manifested through (V)the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, (W)who abolished death and (X)brought life and (Y)immortality to light through the gospel,
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Luke 8:26-39
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Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon
26 (A)Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes,[a] which is opposite Galilee. 27 When Jesus[b] had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house (B)but among the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he (C)cried out and fell down before him and said (D)with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, (E)Son of (F)the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon (G)into the desert.) 30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, (H)“Legion,” for many demons had entered him. 31 And they begged him not to command them to depart into (I)the abyss. 32 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into (J)the lake and drowned.
34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting (K)at the feet of Jesus, (L)clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed[c] man had been healed. 37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes (M)asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 “Return to your home, and (N)declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
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