Sentences with phrase «leper who»

In this case we might ask, «Was Jesus smiling when he spoke to the one (now former) leper who turned back to give thanks?»

Seeing a leper who has an advanced case is a very distressing thing.

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October 21, 2012 — Names seven new saints, two of them Americans: 17th century Mohawk Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American, and Marianne Cope, a nun who devoted 30 years of her life helping lepers in Hawaii.

(Aal - e-Imran, Chapter # 3, Verse # 45) And will make him -LSB-(«Îsa (jesus)-RSB- a Messenger to the Children of Israel (saying): «I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I design for you out of clay, a figure like that of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah's Leave; and I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I bring the dead to life by Allah's Leave.

And this is somehow equivalent to Francis of Assisi, who made out with a hallucinatory leper in the 5th century?

Everything the Pope is doing now is not just an imitation of his patron saint who loved the poor, embraced lepers, charmed sultans, made peace and protected nature.

Any time people draw superficial lines to keep others away, they separate themselves from the Messiah who welcomed lepers, kids, beggars, prostitutes and thieves.

Although Jesus heals the leper, we all know instances in which someone who genuinely desires healing has asked and not been cured.

Matthew and Mark describe an unnamed woman from Bethany who, while Jesus dined in the home of Simon the Leper just days before his death, anoints his head with expensive ointment to the chagrin of the disciples at the table, who grumble that her offering might be better spent on the poor.

I suspect she knew instinctively, the way women know these things, that a man who dines at a leper's house, who allows a woman to touch him with her hair, who rebukes Pharisees and befriends prostitutes, would not survive for long in the world in which she lived.

Maybe those whom Jesus has helped can supply John with the answer: the poor, the blind, the lame, the lepers, the deaf, and even those who were raised from the dead.

Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper, 4 then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

In another story we shall come across some of those lepers in Israel who were not cured.

We see God choose lepers to discover the miracle just as it is women coming to the tomb with their own material concerns who discover the great miracle.

If we were able to conduct a survey of those human beings who are giving the most devoted service to people in need, whether it is to the blind, the deaf and dumb, the leper, the spastic or any other of our afflicted fellow human beings, I am confident that we should find the Christians in the majority.

Jesus healed the lepers, gave sight to the blind, healed the paralized, exorcised demons from possesed men, brought back Lazarus from the dead, JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND BROUGHT BACK HUNDREDS OF OLD TESTMENT PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH... YES PEOPLE CAME BACK WITH JESUS AND WALKED ALL OVER JERUSALEM... THE GRAVES OPENED UP AND PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEM... AND THE WORLD SAW IT.

Jesus was never afraid to touch the untouchable sam is giving good advice but in the scriptures when a person in the old testament touched a leper or a dead person they became unclean that is our fear.What is different with Jesus is that when he touched the lepers his righteousness made them clean instantly when he touched the dead they came to life that is the power of the holy spirit and that power is in all of us who believe by faith in Jesus Christ.So we do nt have to be afraid because we are covered in Christ.brentnz

In Isaiah 64:6, it says that from God's viewpoint, we are like one who has become unclean (that's the word for lepers), and all of our righteous acts are like filthy rags.

Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen» (109)[The Day] when Allah will say, «O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, «This is not but obvious magic.»

Here's what I know of the Gospel and why it is such Good News: If there are lepers in your life, or tax collectors, or prostitutes or any you would consider sinners and unclean, THAT is who you should be hanging out around the table with.

It reminds me somewhat of Mother Teresa who saw in everyone, including the lepers of Calcutta, the face of Jesus.

It's all good nd well that Jesus clothed the poor, fed the hungry, and, yes, in fact, provided health care to those who could not afford it (healing the blind and the lepers, ect.).

It's difficult to believe in Jesus the healer of the leper and cripples also believe in the God who rained fire on Sodom, and demanded adulterers to be stoned and disobedient children to be put to death.

Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than evident magic; (110) And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe.

Whenever someone drew near who did not have leprosy, the leper was supposed to shout, «Unclean!

Your cancer walks into the room before you do and people who know better still flinch — as they did before lepers, who were made to live outside the community, who had to beg for survival.

As Jesus moved on from Capernaum, he was approached by a leper, who knelt before him and said, «If you will, you can make me clean.»

In Jesus» time lepers were outcasts, unclean persons who needed to be cleansed to be reincorporated into the people of God.

I suspect she knew instinctively, the way that women know these things, that a man who dines at a leper's house, who allows a woman to touch him with her hair, who rebukes Pharisees and befriends prostitutes, would not survive for long in the world in which she lived.»

When John the Baptist sent to ask Jesus if he were indeed the One who was to come, Jesus sent back this answer: «Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them» (Matt.

It is interesting that people who use Leviticus against the gay community forget the part that talks about religious sacrifices, making women sleep in tents outside during their period, the dietary restrictions placed on them and how to cleanse a leper, all of which appear in Leviticus.

They are «shrubs and scrubs» who have heard of his inaugural address and of his healing of lepers and paralytics and of his forgiving sins and calling sinners to follow him.

Mostly they came, I think, because, he loved them and could tell them so, yes, even those vast, milling throngs; there was a touch, a sense, a spirit moving in, across, among those mobs of eager people, told them here at last they had a man who was concerned not for himself, who was not out to get himself elected, but who cared for every single one of them, and tottering old dames, lepers, whores, soldiers, robbers; I've seen them all transformed by seeing him.

I, this lowly man, am He who maketh the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the lame to walk, the leper to be cleansed, the dead to rise up — blessed is he who shall not be offended in me.»

But Western science dropped that theory in the 1870s, when a missionary named Father Damien, who had a well - documented and leprosy - free family background, caught the disease while working with lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

I've known many sick psoriasis patients who can even be considered «social lepers», they go nowhere, can't eat out, have minimal friends and can feel like an outcast.

Blessed are you, walking on waves To find yourself sinking when you look away Blessed are you, leper, standing alone, The fear on their faces, is all that you've known Blessed are you, lonely widow Who gave your last shiny coin to Yahweh Blessed are you with your silver and lies, Kissing the One who's saving your lWho gave your last shiny coin to Yahweh Blessed are you with your silver and lies, Kissing the One who's saving your lwho's saving your life

I'm a regular guy who would feel like a leper if everyone knew.

Horror chronicles the story of a scientist, Doctor Grave, who isolates and drinks the elixir of human sexuality, in turn transforming into a murderous leper.

Osh, the man who rescued her, and Miss Maggie, a tough but affectionate neighbor, care for her and attempt to shield her from the cruel island residents and tourists who are convinced that she is a child of a leper.

A saint who made the sores of a leper disappear.

The scenic former leper colony island of Curieuse is a sanctuary for local wildlife — and for visitors who can relish in its tranquil charms More

It also helps that your characters don't completely adhere to RPG archetypes: I love bringing a tanky Leper into battle alongside a Houndsman, Occultist, and Jester, who's basically an evil bard.

Serious painters who believe in painting, however problematic, have all the status of a leper in today's art world, and those who believe that they are the «healthy» ones are often quite smug about their position.»