And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.
As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
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