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You Dirty Dog!
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Matthew 15:21-28 
(21) Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.  
(22)  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.  
(23)  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.  
(24)  But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  
(25)  Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.  
(26)  But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.  
(27)  And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.  
(28)  Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Social Injustice
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Exodus 2:11-14 

(11) And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.  
(12)  And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.  
(13)  And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?  
(14)  And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.


The Triumphal Entry
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Luke 19:28-44 
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And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.  
(29)  And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,  
(30)  Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.  
(31)  And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.  
(32)  And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.  
(33)  And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?  (34)  And they said, The Lord hath need of him.  
(35)  And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.  
(36)  And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.  
(37)  And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen.
(38)  Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.  
(39)  And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.  
(40)  And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.  
(41)  And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,  
(42)  Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.  
(43)  For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,  
(44)  And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.


The Touch of God

Luke 6:12-17 
(12) And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
(13)  And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;  
(14)  Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,  
(15)  Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,  
(16)  And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.  
(17)  And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;