Isaiah 35:4-7
Psalms 146:7-10
James 2:1-5
Mark 7:31-37
Isaiah 35:4-7
(4) Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong. Don’t be afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you. (5) Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. (6) Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. (7) The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
Psalms 146:7-10
(7) who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners. (8) Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. (9) Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. (10) Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
James 2:1-5
(1) My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. (2) For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in; (3) and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, “Sit here in a good place”; and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”; (4) haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? (5) Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
Mark 7:31-37
(31) Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis. (32) They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. (33) He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue. (34) Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” (35) Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly. (36) He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it. (37) They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”
