Mark 1:29-39

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Jesus Heals Many^(A)^(B)

²⁹As soon as they left the synagogue,^(C) they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. ³⁰Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. ³¹So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up.^(D) The fever left her and she began to wait on them.

³²That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed.^(E) ³³The whole town gathered at the door, ³⁴and Jesus healed many who had various diseases.^(F) He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.^(G)

Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place^(H)

³⁵Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.^(I) ³⁶Simon and his companions went to look for him, ³⁷and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”

³⁸Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”^(J) ³⁹So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues^(K) and driving out demons.^(L)

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Isaiah 40:21-31

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²¹Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?^(A)
Has it not been told^(B) you from the beginning?^(C)
    Have you not understood^(D) since the earth was founded?^(E)
²²He sits enthroned^(F) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.^(G)
He stretches out the heavens^(H) like a canopy,^(I)
    and spreads them out like a tent^(J) to live in.^(K)
²³He brings princes^(L) to naught
    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.^(M)
²⁴No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root^(N) in the ground,
than he blows^(O) on them and they wither,^(P)
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.^(Q)

²⁵“To whom will you compare me?^(R)
    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.^(S)
²⁶Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:^(T)
    Who created^(U) all these?
He who brings out the starry host^(V) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,^(W)
    not one of them is missing.^(X)

²⁷Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?^(Y)
²⁸Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?^(Z)
The Lord is the everlasting^(AA) God,
    the Creator^(AB) of the ends of the earth.^(AC)
He will not grow tired or weary,^(AD)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.^(AE)
²⁹He gives strength^(AF) to the weary^(AG)
    and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men^(AH) stumble and fall;^(AI)
³¹but those who hope^(AJ) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.^(AK)
They will soar on wings like eagles;^(AL)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.^(AM)