Scriptures about organ and tissue donation


Hebrew Bible

		
Genesis 2:20-30			Bone transplant:  "A rib taken from
					Adam to give life to Eve" 
Leviticus 1:7			"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." 
Deuteronomy 30: 15-20		"Choose life so that you and your descendants may live."
Psalm 8				"How majestic is your name in all the earth!"
Psalm 41			Images of a healing Lord
Psalm 100			Psalm of praise and thanksgiving
Psalm 107			"consider the steadfast love of the Lord."
Psalm 111			"I give thanks to the Lord."
Psalm 113			Praises to the Lord
Psalm 116			"O Lord, I pray, save my libel"
Psalm 145			"The Lord is gracious and merciful."
Psalm 147			"Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving."
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 - 17		"For everything there is a season. . ."
Isaiah 35: 1 -6			"Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees."
					 ". . . the eyes of the blind shall be opened. . ."
Isaiah 40:31			"but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. . .
					 they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk 
					 and not faint."
Ezekiel 37			The valley of dry bones: "These bones shall live."

New Testament

Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful." Matthew 7:7 "Ask . . . seek. . . knock." Matthew 7: 12 "In everything do to others as you would have them do to you. . ." Matthew 25: 31-46 Caring for the stranger Luke 4:16-21 "... recovery of sight to the blind." Luke 6:37-38 "Give and it will be given to you." John 3:16-17 "God so loved the world that He gave . . ." John 10:10 "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." John 15:12-17 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." II Corinthians 9:6-8 "Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." 1 John 4:11 "Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another." Revelations 21 :4-5 In eternity we will not need our earthly bodies: "Former things will pass away, all things will be made new."


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