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Mark Chapter 4: Verses 26-29 (NLT)  Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground.  Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through,…

Mark Chapter 2: Verses 23-24 (NLT) One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.  But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?” People must have been watching Jesus and His followers all the…

A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, ‘If you are willing, you can make me clean.’  Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ The sentence, “Jesus was indignant,” has in the past made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Other translations…

Exodus Chapter 18: Verses 9-12 (NIV-UK) Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. He said, ‘Praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of…

Exodus Chapter 16: Verses 4-5 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. On the sixth day they are to prepare what…

Exodus Chapter 13: Verses 19-22 (NIV-UK)  Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.’ After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the…

Exodus Chapter 11: Verses 2-3 (NIV-UK) Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbours for articles of silver and gold.’  (The Lord made the Egyptians favourably disposed towards the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.) Exodus Chapter 12: Verse 38 (NIV-UK)  Many other…

Psalm 20: Verses 1-4 (NLT) In times of trouble, may the Lord answer your cry.    May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.May he send you help from his sanctuary    and strengthen you from Jerusalem. May he remember all your gifts    and look favorably on your burnt offerings.  May he grant your heart’s desires    and make…

Exodus Chapter 7: verses 6-13 (NIV-UK) Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘When Pharaoh says to you, “Perform a miracle,” then say to Aaron, “Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,” and it will become a…

Exodus Chapter 3: verse 11 (NIV-UK) But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ Exodus Chapter 5: Verses 22-23 (NIV-UK) Moses returned to the Lord and said, ‘Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?  Ever since…