Jeremiah 29:1

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A Letter to the Exiles

29 This is the text of the letter^(A) that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.^(B)

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Jeremiah 29:4-7

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⁴This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried^(A) into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: ⁵“Build^(B) houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. ⁶Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.^(C) ⁷Also, seek^(D) the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray^(E) to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

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Luke 17:11-19

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Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

¹¹Now on his way to Jerusalem,^(A) Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.^(B) ¹²As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy^[a]^(C) met him. They stood at a distance^(D) ¹³and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master,^(E) have pity on us!”

¹⁴When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.”^(F) And as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God^(G) in a loud voice. ¹⁶He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.^(H)

¹⁷Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”^(I)

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