fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
To this end, we pray for y’all constantly that our God would make y’all worthy of your* calling, and by ʜɪꜱ power fulfill your every desire for goodness and the work of faith,
We should always give thanks to God for y’all, siblings, and rightly so, because y’all’s faith is flourishing and the love y’all have toward one another keeps growing,
For I wrote to y’all in tears with great oppression and anguish of heart, not to grieve y’all, but that y’all would know the abundant love I have so for y’all.
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and petitions with strong cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
“You are to speak this word to them: “‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet. But she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.
and stood behind him at his feet weeping. She began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with her hair, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘YHWH, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the house of YHWH.
For y’all know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He found no opportunity to change what he had done, though he sought after the blessing with tears.
When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”