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"Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice'. For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners ... Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, 'Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.' And instantly the woman was made well". (v.13, 22)

"Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favour of the Lord." (v. 22)

in those days, I will pour out my spirit.” (vv. 28-29)

'When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.' (v. 2)

"He also said, 'The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how' ... He also said, 'With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade'." (v.26-27, 30-32)

"Thus the Lord said to me: Make yourself a yoke of straps and bars, and put them on your neck ... any nation that will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave on its own land, says the Lord, to till it and live there. Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live." (v.2, 11-12)