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toward shore. The waves grew higher and higher, and the boat rocked. Though they worked hard, they could not keep the water from coming into it. Then they were afraid. What! With the Lord Jesus there? They hadn’t learned to know Him as well as we have. They were so afraid that they woke Him and cried, “ Master, do you not care if we drown?” He rose, stood up in the rocking boat, and said, “ Peace—be still.” The winds and the waves knew that voice. It was the one they loved to obey, for it was
God’s. This was His son, Jesus. The winds stopped blowing arid there was a great calm. Then He said to His friends, “Why áre you afraid? Why do you not remember I am with you, caring for you?”. Then they said to each other, “What kind o f a man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” W e know what they afterward believed, it was Jesus, God’s son, who is with and helps all who love Him. Prayer .—That in time o f fear, we may remember the Sop o f God is with us.
JESUS RESTORING LIFE AND HEALTH MARCH 10, 1918. LESSON X. Mark 5:21-43. (Omit verses 24-34 inclusive). Parallel Passages: Matt. 9:18-26; Luke 8:41-56. G olden T e x t : “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.”—Matt. 8:17.
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2 1 . And when Jesus was' passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him; and he was nigh unto the sea, 22 . And, behold, there cometh one o f the rulers o f the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet. 23 . And besought him greatly, say ing, My little daughter lieth at the point o f death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. 35 . While he yet spake, there came from the ruler o f the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daugh ter is dead; why troublest thou the Master any furtherf 36 . A s soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler o f the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. 37 . And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and Jdmes, and John the brother of James. 38 . And he cometh to the house
o f the ruler o f the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and Wailed greatly. 39 . And when he was come in, he saitlf unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 40 . And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother o f the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 4 1 . And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, ( / say unto thee,) arise. 42 . And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; fo r she was o f the age o f twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. 43 . And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
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