Sentences with phrase «what lepers»

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The best of what I am calling Pentecostal mysticism envisions a «worldly» ministry in which «the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news preached to them.»

Jesus answers: Go back and tell John what you are hearing and seeing: the blind can see, the lame can walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are brought back to life, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.

And when even John begins to doubt, Jesus sends back word: «Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them.

I brought up the idea that had he been a contemporary of Jesus, he probably would have viewed the Messiah as a failure because Jesus went from teaching leaders to having a mass following to being followed by what our society would deem «losers» (prostitutes, tax collectors, demon possessed, lepers, etc.) to having 12 by his side to 11 to 3 to none.

What was unbelievable to Him, however, was the lack of thankfulness from the former lepers.

I believe that the disciples of John did indeed «hear and see» what Jesus told them to report: «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.

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.

This statement is nearly identical to what the priest would say to a healed leper.

The reply he gives is, «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.

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.

So let us then patiently and carefully explore what imperative there might be for us in Jesus» call to the Twelve to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, and cast out demons.

Jesus answered them, «Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.

Jesus could have been blaspheming, his exorcisms could be collusion with evil forces, and what his opponents, no doubt, regarded as the indiscriminate nature of both the forgiveness (including tax collectors and sinners) and the healings (Samaritan leper) could be an argument against these aspects of his ministry, but for faith both are a manifestation of the kingly activity of God.

Mat 11:4 Jesus answered and said to them, «Go and report to John what you hear and see: Mat 11:5 the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.

Here is my evil plan — Create a fictional character, have him born into poverty in a part of the world full of strife with no recorded history, cast some doubts on his conception (that will keep them guessing), leave a decade or so gap in his life story, re-introduce him in the middle of nowhere and tell everyone he has all these amazing powers, he confounds and confuses all his followers and tells them not to tell anyone about what he does or where he is going and Oh yeah, they are all prostiitutes and tax cheats and lepers and the really lowlifes of society, deny them the chance to follow him, set him at odds with both the government and the church powers of his time, cast doubts on his seexuality and intelligence, make it so he refuses anyone to come to his aid and kill him in the most horrible way imaginable, then hide his body, make it so nothing he does can be historically proven.

11:2 - 5) «Go and tell John what you hear and see; the blind receive their sights 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».

Leprosy is mentioned in the Bible frequently, and now archaeology has uncovered what may be the bones of the oldest leper.