"Who giveth to the beast his food."
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--Psalms 147:9.
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"So he giveth his beloved sleep."
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--Psalms 127:2.
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"He giveth snow like wool."
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--Psalms 147:16.
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"Give us this day our daily bread."
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--Matthew 6:11.
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"My peace I give unto you."
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--John 14:27.
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"Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all."
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--I Timothy 2:6.
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JESUS AND HIS FRIENDS
Jesus had many friends.
Some of them were people whom he had healed.
Some of them had heard him talk, and had learned to love him.
Sometimes they stayed with him, day after day.
Jesus loved his friends.
Jesus told his friends about God.
Jesus was so kind and loving to his friends that they could not help loving him.
The friends of Jesus were called disciples.
Disciple means learner.
The disciples learned what Jesus had taught.
Jesus picked out from his friends a few to be with him all the time.
They were sometimes called disciples, too.
Sometimes they were called apostles.
Apostle means one who is sent.
Jesus sent the apostles out to tell others about himself.
There were twelve of the apostles.
The names of three of them were Peter, James, and John.
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