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James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon (the zealot),

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:15-16 NLT

giving them authority to cast out demons. These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he named Peter),

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:14 NLT

Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles. They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach,

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:12 NLT

But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:11 NLT

And whenever those possessed by evil spirits caught sight of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of him shrieking, “You are the Son of God!”

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:5 NLT

He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:4 NLT

Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him.

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:3 NLT

Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.”

Feb 23

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highlighted Mark 3:2 NLT

Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.

Feb 23

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highlighted Acts 8:39 NLT

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.

Feb 18

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highlighted Acts 8:38 NLT

He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Feb 18

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highlighted Acts 8:32 NLT

The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.

Feb 18

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highlighted Acts 8:31 NLT

The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.

Feb 18

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highlighted Acts 8:30 NLT

Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Feb 18

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highlighted Acts 8:28 NLT

and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Feb 18

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highlighted Acts 8:27 NLT

So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

Feb 18