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Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us
“Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”
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“Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,
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Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.
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Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
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Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many.
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And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
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The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.
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to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
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for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.
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On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,
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They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”
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Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.
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He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”
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On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
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Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him,
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Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
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Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
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Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
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Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house
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Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”
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“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
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The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
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However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
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At the Home of Martha and Mary
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.
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He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
