{"id":655,"date":"2007-03-15T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/03\/verse-of-day-good-news.html"},"modified":"2007-03-15T09:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-15T09:09:00","slug":"verse-of-day-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/03\/verse-of-day-good-news.html","title":{"rendered":"Verse of the Day: &#8220;Good News&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, &#8220;Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?&#8221; Jesus answered them, &#8220;Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. 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