Bible verses about "lame" | ABU

¹ AND Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. ² And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried along, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple; ³ who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked alms. ⁴ And Peter, looking intently upon him, with John, said: Look upon us. ⁵ And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ And Peter said: Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, rise up and walk. ⁷ And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up. And immediately his feet and ankles received strength; ⁸ and leaping forth, he stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. ⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God; ¹⁰ and they recognized him, that this was he who sat for alms at the beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him. ¹¹ And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. ¹² And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why wonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him. ¹⁴ But ye denied the Holy and Just, and demanded that a murderer should be granted to you. ¹⁵ But the Author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And his name, upon the faith in his name, made this man strong, whom ye see and know; and the faith, which is through Him, gave him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. ¹⁷ And now, brethren, I know that ye acted in ignorance, as also your rulers. ¹⁸ But thus God fulfilled what he before announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer. ¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; ²⁰ and that he may send forth Jesus Christ, before appointed for you; ²¹ whom the heavens, indeed, must receive, until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning. ²² Moses said: A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. ²³ And it shall be that every soul, that will not hear that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. ²⁴ And also all the prophets from Samuel, both he and they who followed, as many as spoke, also foretold these days. ²⁵ Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. ²⁶ Unto you first, God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

¹² And he said also to him who bade him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴ And happy shalt thou be, because they can not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.