2 Kings 5:13 But his servants caught up with him and said, “Father, if the prophet had asked you to do something hard and heroic, wouldn’t you have done it? So why not th...

5:13 MSG

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The Message - But his servants caught up with him and said, “Father, if the prophet had asked you to do something hard and heroic, wouldn’t you have done it? So why not this simple ‘wash and be clean’?”
新标点和合本 - 他的仆人进前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他的仆人近前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况是吩咐你去沐浴，得洁净呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他的仆人近前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况是吩咐你去沐浴，得洁净呢？”
当代译本 - 他的仆人上前对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，难道你不去做吗？何况他只是说你去洗洗就可以洁净！”
圣经新译本 - 他的仆人上前，对他说：“我父啊，先知如果吩咐你作一件大事，你不是照着行吗？何况他只是说：‘你去沐浴就得洁净’呢？”
中文标准译本 - 那时他的仆人们上前去，劝他说：“主人哪，如果先知吩咐你一件大事，难道你会不做吗？更何况他吩咐你去洗自己得洁净！”
现代标点和合本 - 他的仆人进前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 他的仆人进前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你作一件大事，你岂不作吗？何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢？”
New International Version - Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!”
New International Reader's Version - Naaman’s servants went over to him. They said, “You are like a father to us. What if Elisha the prophet had told you to do some great thing? Wouldn’t you have done it? But he only said, ‘Wash yourself. Then you will be pure and “clean.” ’ You should be even more willing to do that!”
English Standard Version - But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
New Living Translation - But his officers tried to reason with him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!’”
Christian Standard Bible - But his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”
New American Standard Bible - Then his servants approached and spoke to him, saying, “My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
New King James Version - And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
Amplified Bible - Then his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he has said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’ ”
American Standard Version - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
King James Version - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
New English Translation - His servants approached and said to him, “O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, “Wash and you will be healed.”
World English Bible - His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’”
新標點和合本 - 他的僕人進前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況說你去沐浴而得潔淨呢？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他的僕人近前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況是吩咐你去沐浴，得潔淨呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他的僕人近前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況是吩咐你去沐浴，得潔淨呢？」
當代譯本 - 他的僕人上前對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，難道你不去做嗎？何況他只是說你去洗洗就可以潔淨！」
聖經新譯本 - 他的僕人上前，對他說：“我父啊，先知如果吩咐你作一件大事，你不是照著行嗎？何況他只是說：‘你去沐浴就得潔淨’呢？”
呂振中譯本 - 他的僕人走近前來對他說道：『我父啊，神言人若吩咐你一件大事，你難道不作麼？何況他只對你說：「你去洗澡，而得潔淨」呢？』
中文標準譯本 - 那時他的僕人們上前去，勸他說：「主人哪，如果先知吩咐你一件大事，難道你會不做嗎？更何況他吩咐你去洗自己得潔淨！」
現代標點和合本 - 他的僕人進前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況說你去沐浴而得潔淨呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 其僕進而謂之曰、我父歟、先知若命爾行一大事、爾豈不行之、況僅言沐浴而得潔乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 其從者至前、告曰、我主歟、如先知以難成之事使爾、爾豈有所不為、況彼第言、濯身而成潔乎。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其僕至前告曰、我父歟、如先知以難成之事命爾、爾亦當為之、況第言浴身而成潔乎、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Entonces sus criados se le acercaron para aconsejarle: «Señor, si el profeta le hubiera mandado hacer algo complicado, ¿usted no le habría hecho caso? ¡Con más razón si lo único que le dice a usted es que se zambulla, y así quedará limpio!»
현대인의 성경 - 그러자 그의 부하들이 다가서며 말하였다. “만일 그 예언자가 이보다 더 어려운 일을 하라고 명령했다면 장군은 그것을 하지 않았겠습니까? 그러나 몸을 씻고 깨끗이 되라고 말씀하셨는데 어째서 장군은 그것도 못하십니까?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
Восточный перевод - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais ses serviteurs s’approchèrent de lui pour lui dire : Maître, si ce prophète t’avait ordonné quelque chose de difficile, ne le ferais-tu pas ? A plus forte raison devrais-tu faire ce qu’il t’a dit, s’il ne te demande que de te laver dans l’eau, pour être purifié.
リビングバイブル - その時、部下がこう説き伏せたのです。「もしあの預言者に、何か難しいことをせよと言われたら、そうなさるおつもりだったのでしょう。それなら、体を洗って、きよくなれと言われただけのことですから、そのとおりになさってみたらいかがですか。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas os seus servos lhe disseram: “Meu pai, se o profeta tivesse pedido alguma coisa difícil, o senhor não faria? Quanto mais quando ele apenas diz que se lave, e será purificado!”
Hoffnung für alle - Doch seine Diener versuchten ihn zu beschwichtigen: »Herr, wenn der Prophet etwas Schwieriges von dir verlangt hätte, dann hättest du es sicher auf dich genommen. Und nun hat er dir nur befohlen, dich zu baden, damit du gesund wirst. Dann kannst du es doch erst recht tun!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các đầy tớ đến bên ông, nói: “Nếu tiên tri bảo cha làm việc gì khó khăn to tát, cha còn có thể làm thay, huống hồ ông ấy chỉ bảo: Tắm thì được sạch.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่บ่าวของนาอามานไปพูดกับนายว่า “ท่านบิดา ถ้าผู้เผยพระวจนะบอกให้ท่านทำอะไรยากๆ ท่านจะไม่ทำหรอกหรือ? ยิ่งกว่านั้นเท่าใดท่านน่าจะทำตามเมื่อเขาบอกว่า ‘จงไปชำระตัวแล้วก็จะหาย’!”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่บรรดาคนรับใช้ของท่านเข้ามาใกล้ และพูดกับท่านว่า “ท่านพ่อ ถ้าผู้เผยคำกล่าวของพระเจ้าบอกให้ท่านกระทำสิ่งอันยิ่งใหญ่ แล้วท่านจะไม่ทำหรือ ท่านผู้นั้นพูดแล้วมิใช่หรือว่า ‘จงไปชำระตัว แล้วท่านก็จะสะอาด’”

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Psalms 51:7 - Soak me in your laundry and I’ll come out clean, scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white life. Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing. Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health. God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life. Don’t throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me. Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails! Give me a job teaching rebels your ways so the lost can find their way home. Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God, and I’ll sing anthems to your life-giving ways. Unbutton my lips, dear God; I’ll let loose with your praise.
Hebrews 10:22 - So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.
2 Kings 5:10 - Elisha sent out a servant to meet him with this message: “Go to the River Jordan and immerse yourself seven times. Your skin will be healed and you’ll be as good as new.”
2 Kings 8:9 - Hazael went and met with Elisha. He brought with him every choice thing he could think of from Damascus—forty camel-loads of items! When he arrived he stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, sent me here to ask you, ‘Am I going to recover from this sickness?’”
1 Samuel 25:14 - Meanwhile, one of the young shepherds told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, what had happened: “David sent messengers from the backcountry to salute our master, but he tore into them with insults. Yet these men treated us very well. They took nothing from us and didn’t take advantage of us all the time we were in the fields. They formed a wall around us, protecting us day and night all the time we were out tending the sheep. Do something quickly because big trouble is ahead for our master and all of us. Nobody can talk to him. He’s impossible—a real brute!”
John 13:8 - Peter persisted, “You’re not going to wash my feet—ever!” Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you can’t be part of what I’m doing.”
1 Kings 20:23 - Meanwhile the advisors to the king of Aram said, “Their god is a god of the mountains—we don’t stand a chance against them there. So let’s engage them on the plain where we’ll have the advantage. Here’s the strategy: Remove each sheik from his place of leadership and replace him with a seasoned officer. Then recruit a fighting force equivalent in size to the army that deserted earlier—horse for horse, chariot for chariot. And we’ll fight them on the plain—we’re sure to prove stronger than they are.” It sounded good to the king; he did what they advised.
Malachi 1:6 - “Isn’t it true that a son honors his father and a worker his master? So if I’m your Father, where’s the honor? If I’m your Master, where’s the respect?” God-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling you on the carpet: “You priests despise me! “You say, ‘Not so! How do we despise you?’ “By your shoddy, sloppy, defiling worship. “You ask, ‘What do you mean, “defiling”? What’s defiling about it?’
Revelation 7:14 - Then he told me, “These are those who come from the great tribulation, and they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb. That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne. They serve him day and night in his Temple. The One on the Throne will pitch his tent there for them: no more hunger, no more thirst, no more scorching heat. The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them, will lead them to spring waters of Life. And God will wipe every last tear from their eyes.”
Jeremiah 38:7 - Ebed-melek the Ethiopian, a court official assigned to the royal palace, heard that they had thrown Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was holding court in the Benjamin Gate, Ebed-melek went immediately from the palace to the king and said, “My master, O king—these men are committing a great crime in what they’re doing, throwing Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern and leaving him there to starve. He’s as good as dead. There isn’t a scrap of bread left in the city.”
Jeremiah 38:10 - So the king ordered Ebed-melek the Ethiopian, “Get three men and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
2 Kings 13:14 - Elisha came down sick. It was the sickness of which he would soon die. Jehoash king of Israel paid him a visit. When he saw him he wept openly, crying, “My father, my father! Chariot and horsemen of Israel!”
2 Kings 6:21 - When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Father, shall I massacre the lot?”

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The Message - But his servants caught up with him and said, “Father, if the prophet had asked you to do something hard and heroic, wouldn’t you have done it? So why not this simple ‘wash and be clean’?”
新标点和合本 - 他的仆人进前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢？”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他的仆人近前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况是吩咐你去沐浴，得洁净呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他的仆人近前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况是吩咐你去沐浴，得洁净呢？”
当代译本 - 他的仆人上前对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，难道你不去做吗？何况他只是说你去洗洗就可以洁净！”
圣经新译本 - 他的仆人上前，对他说：“我父啊，先知如果吩咐你作一件大事，你不是照着行吗？何况他只是说：‘你去沐浴就得洁净’呢？”
中文标准译本 - 那时他的仆人们上前去，劝他说：“主人哪，如果先知吩咐你一件大事，难道你会不做吗？更何况他吩咐你去洗自己得洁净！”
现代标点和合本 - 他的仆人进前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你岂不做吗？何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢？”
和合本（拼音版） - 他的仆人进前来，对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你作一件大事，你岂不作吗？何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢？”
New International Version - Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!”
New International Reader's Version - Naaman’s servants went over to him. They said, “You are like a father to us. What if Elisha the prophet had told you to do some great thing? Wouldn’t you have done it? But he only said, ‘Wash yourself. Then you will be pure and “clean.” ’ You should be even more willing to do that!”
English Standard Version - But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
New Living Translation - But his officers tried to reason with him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!’”
Christian Standard Bible - But his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”
New American Standard Bible - Then his servants approached and spoke to him, saying, “My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
New King James Version - And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
Amplified Bible - Then his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he has said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’ ”
American Standard Version - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
King James Version - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
New English Translation - His servants approached and said to him, “O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, “Wash and you will be healed.”
World English Bible - His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’”
新標點和合本 - 他的僕人進前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況說你去沐浴而得潔淨呢？」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他的僕人近前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況是吩咐你去沐浴，得潔淨呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他的僕人近前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況是吩咐你去沐浴，得潔淨呢？」
當代譯本 - 他的僕人上前對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，難道你不去做嗎？何況他只是說你去洗洗就可以潔淨！」
聖經新譯本 - 他的僕人上前，對他說：“我父啊，先知如果吩咐你作一件大事，你不是照著行嗎？何況他只是說：‘你去沐浴就得潔淨’呢？”
呂振中譯本 - 他的僕人走近前來對他說道：『我父啊，神言人若吩咐你一件大事，你難道不作麼？何況他只對你說：「你去洗澡，而得潔淨」呢？』
中文標準譯本 - 那時他的僕人們上前去，勸他說：「主人哪，如果先知吩咐你一件大事，難道你會不做嗎？更何況他吩咐你去洗自己得潔淨！」
現代標點和合本 - 他的僕人進前來，對他說：「我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，你豈不做嗎？何況說你去沐浴而得潔淨呢？」
文理和合譯本 - 其僕進而謂之曰、我父歟、先知若命爾行一大事、爾豈不行之、況僅言沐浴而得潔乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 其從者至前、告曰、我主歟、如先知以難成之事使爾、爾豈有所不為、況彼第言、濯身而成潔乎。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其僕至前告曰、我父歟、如先知以難成之事命爾、爾亦當為之、況第言浴身而成潔乎、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Entonces sus criados se le acercaron para aconsejarle: «Señor, si el profeta le hubiera mandado hacer algo complicado, ¿usted no le habría hecho caso? ¡Con más razón si lo único que le dice a usted es que se zambulla, y así quedará limpio!»
현대인의 성경 - 그러자 그의 부하들이 다가서며 말하였다. “만일 그 예언자가 이보다 더 어려운 일을 하라고 명령했다면 장군은 그것을 하지 않았겠습니까? 그러나 몸을 씻고 깨끗이 되라고 말씀하셨는데 어째서 장군은 그것도 못하십니까?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
Восточный перевод - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Слуги Наамана подошли к нему и сказали: – Отец, если бы пророк сказал тебе сделать нечто великое, разве бы ты этого не сделал? А он лишь сказал тебе: «Омойся и будешь чист».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais ses serviteurs s’approchèrent de lui pour lui dire : Maître, si ce prophète t’avait ordonné quelque chose de difficile, ne le ferais-tu pas ? A plus forte raison devrais-tu faire ce qu’il t’a dit, s’il ne te demande que de te laver dans l’eau, pour être purifié.
リビングバイブル - その時、部下がこう説き伏せたのです。「もしあの預言者に、何か難しいことをせよと言われたら、そうなさるおつもりだったのでしょう。それなら、体を洗って、きよくなれと言われただけのことですから、そのとおりになさってみたらいかがですか。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas os seus servos lhe disseram: “Meu pai, se o profeta tivesse pedido alguma coisa difícil, o senhor não faria? Quanto mais quando ele apenas diz que se lave, e será purificado!”
Hoffnung für alle - Doch seine Diener versuchten ihn zu beschwichtigen: »Herr, wenn der Prophet etwas Schwieriges von dir verlangt hätte, dann hättest du es sicher auf dich genommen. Und nun hat er dir nur befohlen, dich zu baden, damit du gesund wirst. Dann kannst du es doch erst recht tun!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các đầy tớ đến bên ông, nói: “Nếu tiên tri bảo cha làm việc gì khó khăn to tát, cha còn có thể làm thay, huống hồ ông ấy chỉ bảo: Tắm thì được sạch.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่บ่าวของนาอามานไปพูดกับนายว่า “ท่านบิดา ถ้าผู้เผยพระวจนะบอกให้ท่านทำอะไรยากๆ ท่านจะไม่ทำหรอกหรือ? ยิ่งกว่านั้นเท่าใดท่านน่าจะทำตามเมื่อเขาบอกว่า ‘จงไปชำระตัวแล้วก็จะหาย’!”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่บรรดาคนรับใช้ของท่านเข้ามาใกล้ และพูดกับท่านว่า “ท่านพ่อ ถ้าผู้เผยคำกล่าวของพระเจ้าบอกให้ท่านกระทำสิ่งอันยิ่งใหญ่ แล้วท่านจะไม่ทำหรือ ท่านผู้นั้นพูดแล้วมิใช่หรือว่า ‘จงไปชำระตัว แล้วท่านก็จะสะอาด’”

Psalms 51:7 - Soak me in your laundry and I’ll come out clean, scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white life. Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing. Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health. God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life. Don’t throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me. Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails! Give me a job teaching rebels your ways so the lost can find their way home. Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God, and I’ll sing anthems to your life-giving ways. Unbutton my lips, dear God; I’ll let loose with your praise.
Hebrews 10:22 - So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.
2 Kings 5:10 - Elisha sent out a servant to meet him with this message: “Go to the River Jordan and immerse yourself seven times. Your skin will be healed and you’ll be as good as new.”
2 Kings 8:9 - Hazael went and met with Elisha. He brought with him every choice thing he could think of from Damascus—forty camel-loads of items! When he arrived he stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, sent me here to ask you, ‘Am I going to recover from this sickness?’”
1 Samuel 25:14 - Meanwhile, one of the young shepherds told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, what had happened: “David sent messengers from the backcountry to salute our master, but he tore into them with insults. Yet these men treated us very well. They took nothing from us and didn’t take advantage of us all the time we were in the fields. They formed a wall around us, protecting us day and night all the time we were out tending the sheep. Do something quickly because big trouble is ahead for our master and all of us. Nobody can talk to him. He’s impossible—a real brute!”
John 13:8 - Peter persisted, “You’re not going to wash my feet—ever!” Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you can’t be part of what I’m doing.”
1 Kings 20:23 - Meanwhile the advisors to the king of Aram said, “Their god is a god of the mountains—we don’t stand a chance against them there. So let’s engage them on the plain where we’ll have the advantage. Here’s the strategy: Remove each sheik from his place of leadership and replace him with a seasoned officer. Then recruit a fighting force equivalent in size to the army that deserted earlier—horse for horse, chariot for chariot. And we’ll fight them on the plain—we’re sure to prove stronger than they are.” It sounded good to the king; he did what they advised.
Malachi 1:6 - “Isn’t it true that a son honors his father and a worker his master? So if I’m your Father, where’s the honor? If I’m your Master, where’s the respect?” God-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling you on the carpet: “You priests despise me! “You say, ‘Not so! How do we despise you?’ “By your shoddy, sloppy, defiling worship. “You ask, ‘What do you mean, “defiling”? What’s defiling about it?’
Revelation 7:14 - Then he told me, “These are those who come from the great tribulation, and they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb. That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne. They serve him day and night in his Temple. The One on the Throne will pitch his tent there for them: no more hunger, no more thirst, no more scorching heat. The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them, will lead them to spring waters of Life. And God will wipe every last tear from their eyes.”
Jeremiah 38:7 - Ebed-melek the Ethiopian, a court official assigned to the royal palace, heard that they had thrown Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was holding court in the Benjamin Gate, Ebed-melek went immediately from the palace to the king and said, “My master, O king—these men are committing a great crime in what they’re doing, throwing Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern and leaving him there to starve. He’s as good as dead. There isn’t a scrap of bread left in the city.”
Jeremiah 38:10 - So the king ordered Ebed-melek the Ethiopian, “Get three men and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
2 Kings 13:14 - Elisha came down sick. It was the sickness of which he would soon die. Jehoash king of Israel paid him a visit. When he saw him he wept openly, crying, “My father, my father! Chariot and horsemen of Israel!”
2 Kings 6:21 - When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Father, shall I massacre the lot?”