²⁹ And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, ^(A)his mother's son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, ^(B)of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!”

¹³ And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one ^(A)is no more.”

²² Then God ^(A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and ^(B)opened her womb. ²³ She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away ^(C)my reproach.” ²⁴ And she called his name Joseph,^[a] saying, ^(D)“May the Lord add to me another son!”

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

13 Let ^(A)brotherly love continue.

² To Timothy, ^(A)my true child in the faith:

^(B)Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

²⁴ And the disciples ^(A)were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ^(B)“Children, ^(C)how difficult it is^[a] to enter ^(D)the kingdom of God!

²² Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, ^(A)“Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” ^(B)And instantly^[a] the woman was made well.

^2 (A)And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus ^(B)saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ^(C)“Take heart, my son; ^(D)your sins are forgiven.”