The Prayer of Faith

¹³ Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise.^{(A) 14} Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.^{(B) 15} The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up, and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.^{(C) 17} Elijah was a human like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.^{(D) 18} Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth yielded its harvest.^(E)

¹⁹ My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth^[a] and is brought back by another, ²⁰ you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s^[b] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.^(F)

Another Exorcist

³⁸ John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,^[a] and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”^{(A) 39} But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰ Whoever is not against us is for us.^{(B) 41} For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.^(C)

Temptations to Sin

⁴² “If any of you cause one of these little ones who believe in me^[b] to sin,^[c] it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea.^{(D) 43} If your hand causes you to sin,^[d] cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell,^[e] to the unquenchable fire.^{[f](E) 45} And if your foot causes you to sin,^[g] cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell.^{[h][i](F) 47} And if your eye causes you to sin,^[j] tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,^{[k](G) 48} where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.^(H)

⁴⁹ “For everyone will be salted with fire.^{[l](I) 50} Salt is good, but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it?^[m] Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”^(J)