The One Year Bible New Testament for New Beginnings by DaySpring NLT, Filament Enabled - Book - Page 35
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And the man jumped up and went home! 8Fear swept through the crowd as they saw this happen.
And they praised God for giving humans such authority.
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As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth.
“Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
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Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax
collectors and other disreputable sinners. 11But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples,
“Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
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When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” 13Then he
added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’
For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
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One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples
fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”
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Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But
someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
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“Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip
away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.
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“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are
preserved.”
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E NCOU R AG E M E N T
Your past can’t hold you back—not the past few years nor the past few minutes.
Whatever your sins, whatever your failures or mistakes, they are forgiven. You know
how much you need Jesus, how much your very life depends on him. He came for you,
and you have welcomed him, received him, believed in him.
And now Jesus is doing a new work in you. He knows exactly what you’re ready
for—and what you’re not. He knows what will help you the most in this new season.
He will empower you to do what he’s asking you to do. It may not be in the way you’ve
always done things. It probably won’t be. But he will show you how. He will help you
because he is the one who makes everything new.
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As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just
died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”
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So Jesus and his disciples got up and went with him. 20Just then a woman who had suffered for
twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe of his robe, 21for she
thought, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”
