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Luke 9:43b-50; Following the healing of the demon-possessed boy by Jesus, Luke includes three issues among His disciples that reveal their failure to drive out the evil spirit.…
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Luke 9:37-42
Returning from the mountain where Christ was Transfigured, Jesus and the Three find a crowd awaiting. A man calls out of the mass of people, imploring Jesus to…
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Luke 9:28-36
About a week after Christ's disclosure of His impending suffering, rejection, death and resurrection, He took the same three disciples, who were present at the raising of Jairu's…
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Luke 9:21-27
Jesus used the profound confession of faith by Simon-Peter as a teachable moment for the OT reality of His messiahship. Rather than fulfilling the aspirations of Israel for…
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Luke 9:18-20
Following the Feeding of the 5000, Jesus leads the Twelve north toward Mt. Hermon to finally get a time of rest. They are near the village of Caesarea…
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Luke 9:19-17
Following the intial missions trip of the Twelve, Jesus took them to a remote location near Bethsaida to share and rest. The everpresent crowds had different ideas and…
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Luke 9:1-9
Having witnessed a number of astounding miracles, the disciples are called together by Jesus for their first mission. They are first empowered with spiritual power to cast ouf…
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Luke 8:49-56
The request of Jairus for Jesus to heal his dying twelve year old daughter was delayed by the sudden appearance of the woman with the bleeding issue. After…
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Luke 8:40-45 Following His brief encounter with the demon possessed man, Jesus and the disciples returned to Jewish territory across the lake. He was met by a crowd…
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Luke 8:26-39l Following the encounter with the severe squall and subsequent calming of the storm by Jesus, they continued across the lake to an area called the Gerasenes…