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

¹³ And they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and in fact, the youngest is with our father today, and one ^(A)is no more.”

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

Concluding Moral Directions

13 Let ^(A)brotherly love continue.

² To Timothy, a ^(A)true son in the faith:

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

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is ^[a]for those ^(A)who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!

²² But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; ^(A)your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.

^2 (A)Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. ^(B)When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”