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Matthew 8:6

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And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
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  1. Colossians 4:1Rank 1 from verse 6
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    1MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

  2. Matthew 4:24Rank 2 from verse 6
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    24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

  3. Acts 9:33Rank 3 from verse 6
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    33And there he found a certain man named Æneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

  4. Colossians 3:11Rank 4 from verse 6
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    11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

  5. 1 Timothy 6:2Rank 5 from verse 6
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    2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

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Matthew 8:6

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

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palsy

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A historical term for paralysis: loss or serious impairment of voluntary bodily movement in the whole body or a part.

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grievously

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With pain: painfully; with great pain or distress. Calamitously; miserably; greatly; with great uneasiness, distress or grief.

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tormented

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of torment, meaning to afflict or distress greatly.

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5¶ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

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7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

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