
“Go and report to John what you hear and see: those who are blind receive sight and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is any person who does not take offense…

“The one who has found his life will lose it, and the one who has lost his life on My account will find it” (Matthew 10:39).

“And whoever does not receive you nor listen to your words, as you leave that house or city, shake the dust off your feet” (Matthew 10:14).

Some thoughts by Martin Luther on the subject of divorce.

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” (Matthew 9:37-38)

“Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” (Matthew 9:22)

“Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…Get up, pick up your stretcher and go home.”

“Now it was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’; but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery” (Matthew 5:31-32). A divorced-and-remarried Christian looks at Jesus’…

“The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head” (Matthew 8:20)