for: Acts 14:23, Acts 15:4; Titus 1:5
pray: 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:33, 2 Kings 5:11; Acts 9:40, Acts 28:8
anointing: Mark 6:13, Mark 16:18
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James 5:14
James 5:14
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