or make alive, to wound or to heal.
Your rod and staff signify authority,
but also protection and comfort for us.
Lord Jesus, you sent out your disciples
to proclaim your kingdom and to heal.
You did not come to please yourself;
you call us to care for our neighbor.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114
Deut. 32:34-43
Rom. 15:1-13
Luke 9:1-17
Selected Verses
Ps. 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff—
they comfort me.
Deut. 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he;
there is no god besides me.
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and no one can deliver from my hand.
Rom. 15:2-3a
Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. For Christ did not please himself…
Luke 9:1-2
Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
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