As a writer, I know every word matters and each one should have a purpose. Every word spoken or written can impact and imprint someone’s life.
“When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon” (Mark 3:8 NIV).
“When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak” (Mark 5:27 NIV).
“In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet” (Mark 7:25 NIV).
“A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on” (Mark 2:1,3-4 NIV).
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