May 12, Evening
Reproach hath broken my heart.
[Psa.69:20]
Is not this the carpenter's son? ■ Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? ■ Say we not well that thou are a Samaritan, and hast a devil? ■ He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. ■ We know that this man is a sinner. ■ He deceiveth the people. ■ This man blasphemeth. ■ Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
[Matt.13:55 | John.1:46 | John.8:48 | Matt.9:34 | John.9:24 | John.7:12 | Matt.9:3 | Matt.11:19]
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. ■ This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. ■ If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye.
[Matt.10:25 | I Pet.2:19-23 | I Pet.4:14]
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