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SCRIPTURE STORIES about WOMEN

Jesus broke cultural and religious conventions by speaking to women in public, healing, anointing, teaching women. The following stories illustrate a few examples:

  • John 4:1-27: Jesus talks with a Samaritan woman, and the male disciples are more surprised that Jesus is talking to a woman than a Samaritan
  • Luke 10:38-42: Jesus teaches Mary and Martha
  • Luke 13:10-42: Crippled Woman on Sabbath
  • Luke 18:1-8: Female example of persistence in the Persistent Widow
  • Mark 1:29-31; Matthew 8:14-16; Luke 4:38-41: Jesus cures Simon’s Mother-in-law
  • Mark 5:25-34; Matthew 9:20-22; Luke 8:43-48: Woman with the Hemorrhage
  • Mark 14:1-9: Jesus defends and anoints women
  • Mark 13:38-44; Luke 21:1-4: Female model of piety in a poor woman
  • Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 5:25-34; Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:43-48: Female examples of faith

 

 
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