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Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.

“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.

And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.

and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you may eat and drink’?

But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”

At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.

At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.

as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.

Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.

So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’

But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.

‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,

It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.

For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.

I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.

to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.

For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.

One of the heads of the beast appeared to have been mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.

And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.