Ezra 9:5-9
Tobit 13:2-4, 7-8
Luke 9:1-6
Ezra 9:5-9
(5) And at the evening sacrifice, I rose up from my affliction, and, having torn my cloak and my tunic, I fell to my knees, and I reached out my hands to the Lord, my God (6) And I said: “My God, I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to you. For our iniquities have been multiplied over our heads, and our offenses have increased, even up to heaven (7) from the days of our fathers. But also, we ourselves have sinned gravely, even to this day. And for our iniquities, we ourselves, and our kings and our priests, have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, just as it is also in this day (8) And now, to a small extent and for a moment, our petition has been made with the Lord our God, so that they may leave us a remnant, and so that a secure place in his holy land may be given to us, and so that our God may illuminate our eyes, and may give us a little life in our servitude (9) For we are servants, yet in our servitude our God has not forsaken us, but he has inclined mercy upon us in the sight of the king of the Persians, so that he may give us life, and may raise up the house of our God, and repair its desolations, and give us a hedge in Judah and Jerusalem
Tobit 13:2-4, 7-8
(2) For you scourge, and you save. You lead down to the grave, and you bring up again. And there is no one who can escape from your hand (3) Confess to the Lord, O sons of Israel, and praise him in the sight of the nations (4) For, indeed, he has dispersed you among the Gentiles, who are ignorant of him, that you may proclaim his wonders, and that you may cause them to know that there is no other almighty God, except him (7) But as for me, I will confess him in the land of my captivity. For he has revealed his majesty within a sinful nation (8) And so, be converted, you sinners, and do justice in the presence of God, believing that he will act in his mercy toward you
Luke 9:1-6
(1) Then calling together the twelve Apostles, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases (2) And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the infirm (3) And he said to them: “You should take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor traveling bag, nor bread, nor money; and you should not have two tunics (4) And into whatever house you shall enter, lodge there, and do not move away from there (5) And whoever will not have received you, upon departing from that city, shake off even the dust on your feet, as a testimony against them. (6) And going forth, they traveled around, through the towns, evangelizing and curing everywhere
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