July 5: Isaiah 49:15; Isaiah 63:9; Isaiah 66:13; Matthew 15:32; Mark 10:13; Mark 10:16; John 13:23; John 14:18; Hebrews 4:15; Revelation 7:17; Exodus 25:20–22; Psalm 85:9–10; Psalm 130:3–4; Psalm 130:7–8; Romans 3:23–25; 1 John 2:1–2 - a podcast by Crossway

Reclining at table close to Jesus.

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you.”—They were bringing children to him that he might touch them…. And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.—Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”—For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are.—In his love and in his pity he redeemed them.

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”—“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.”—“The Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Isaiah 49:15 (Listen)

15   “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
    that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
  Even these may forget,
    yet I will not forget you.

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Isaiah 63:9 (Listen)

9   In all their affliction he was afflicted,¹
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
  in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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Isaiah 66:13 (Listen)

13   As one whom his mother comforts,
    so I will comfort you;
    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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Matthew 15:32 (Listen)

Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

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Mark 10:13 (Listen)

Let the Children Come to Me

13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.

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Mark 10:16 (Listen)

16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

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John 13:23 (Listen)

23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side,¹

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John 14:18 (Listen)

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

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Hebrews 4:15 (Listen)

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

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Revelation 7:17 (Listen)

17   For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of living water,
  and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins.

Toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat.

Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him…. Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared…. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.—All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

Exodus 25:20–22 (Listen)

20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21 And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. 22 There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

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Psalm 85:9–10 (Listen)

9   Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that glory may dwell in our land.


10   Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    righteousness and peace kiss each other.

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Psalm 130:3–4 (Listen)

3   If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
    O Lord, who could stand?
4   But with you there is forgiveness,
    that you may be feared.

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Psalm 130:7–8 (Listen)

7   O Israel, hope in the LORD!
    For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
8   And he will redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

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Romans 3:23–25 (Listen)

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

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1 John 2:1–2 (Listen)

Christ Our Advocate

2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

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