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Choosing a Leader

In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he’d chosen. After his … Continue reading

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Joy and Amazement

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they’d prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they didn’t find … Continue reading

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Stand Firm

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow’s put in more … Continue reading

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More Than Enough

When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He told … Continue reading

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Something New

One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They’d come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. … Continue reading

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Authority and Power

Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority. In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an … Continue reading

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A Trial of Strength

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tested by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them … Continue reading

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What Should We Do?

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the … Continue reading

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The Promise

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The … Continue reading

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Perfect Love

Dear friends, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they’re from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges … Continue reading

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