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"I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you have known no god except for me, because except for me there is no savior.
A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.
What is this coming up from the desert like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
Meanwhile, there was a man named Naboth from Jezreel who owned a vineyard that was located contiguous to King Ahab's palace in Samaria.
Then you are to affirm and declare in the presence of the LORD your God:
She has sent out her young women, while calling out from the heights of the city,
When a man has sexual relations with a woman and the man releases semen, both are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening."
For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God
Then Agrippa told Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.
Instead, he must be hospitable to strangers, must appreciate what is good, and be sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.
At this point, Joseph could not control his emotions any longer, so he cried out to everyone who was standing nearby, "Everybody! Leave me!" As a result, none of his staff was anywhere near him when he revealed himself to his brothers.
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me,
"But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
When they had crossed over, they came ashore at Gennesaret and anchored the boat.
Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the place where he slaughtered the sin and burnt offerings that is, at a place in the sanctuary. Just as the sin offering is for the priest, so also is the guilt offering. It's a most holy thing.
Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"
While I was with you day after day in the Temple, you didn't lay a hand on me. But this is your hour, when darkness reigns!"
You are to serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your food and water, and I'll remove sickness from you.
Afraid of Solomon, Adonijah also jumped up and headed straight for the horns of the altar.
When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"
After two days, he will restore us to life, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together and became like chaff from a summer threshing floor that the breeze carries away without leaving a trace. Then the rock that struck the statue grew into a huge mountain and filled the entire earth.
Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.
Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,
Responding to the women, the angel said, "Stop being frightened! I know you're looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
They will not live in the LORD's land Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed.
Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.
If I'm guilty and have done something that deserves death, I'm willing to die. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to the emperor!"
He was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Zechariah's daughter Abi.
From there the Israelis went up and wept in the LORD's presence until evening. Then they asked the LORD, "Should we attack the descendants of Benjamin again?" The LORD replied, "Attack them."
Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,
Moses and Aaron entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered together as a group because of the sin committed by those who had been led astray. As for me, I remained seated, in shock, until the evening sacrifice.
When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war against them, conquer them, and kill them.
The LORD replied to him, "Go! Return to Damascus, and when you get there, anoint Hazael as king over Aram,
Then Pilate called the high priests, the other leaders, and the people together
The wicked will turn back to where the dead are all the nations that have forgotten God.
"He said, "No! If you pull out the weeds, you might pull out the wheat with them.
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness," declares the Lord GOD.
Whether for two days, a month, or for longer periods, whenever the cloud would remain above the tent, the Israelis would remain in camp, not traveling. But whenever it ascended, then they would travel.
Brothers, I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what the Scriptures say. Then you will stop boasting about one person at the expense of another.
They began to call Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the main speaker.
they took the initiative by preparing their provisions shrewdly: they took tattered sacks for their donkeys, worn-out, torn, and mended wineskins,
I declare what I've seen in my Father's presence, and you're doing what you've heard from your father."
He alone has endless life and lives in inaccessible light. No one has ever seen him, nor can anyone see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him! Amen.
"I will stand at my guard post and station myself on a tower. I will wait and see what the LORD will say about me and what I will answer when he reprimands me."
"As I continued to watch, that same horn waged war against the saints, and was prevailing against them
Whenever the tent is ready for travel, the descendants of Levi are to take it down. When it's time to encamp, the descendants of Levi are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be executed.
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind me, Satan, because you're not thinking God's thoughts, but human thoughts!"
They divide my clothing among themselves; they cast lots for my clothing!
"Your brothers will praise you, Judah. Your hand will be at the throat of your enemies, and your father's children will bow down to you.
But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
As to all its fat that is, the fat on the tail and the fat covering the internal organs the one presenting the sacrifice is to offer it.
But if you suffer for being a Christian, do not feel ashamed, but glorify God with that name.
since Hammedatha's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, had plotted against the Jewish people to destroy them, and he had cast the (that is, the lot) to determine when to confuse and destroy them.
They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."
"Every male must appear in the presence of the LORD your God three times a year at the place where he will choose: for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Seven Weeks, and the Festival of Tents. He must not appear in the LORD's presence empty-handed,
for the gospel we brought did not come to you in words only, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. Indeed, you know what kind of people we proved to be while we were with you, acting on your behalf.
I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won't be destroyed, but I found no one,
But Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.
When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today."
When the high priests and the officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate told them, "You take him and crucify him. I find no basis for a charge against him."
He granted us deliverance from our enemies' grip so that we could serve him without fear
A sharp sword comes out of his mouth to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod and tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
"Joseph's brothers became jealous of him and sold Joseph as a slave in Egypt. However, God was with him
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.
"As you were watching, a rock was quarried but not with human hands and it struck the iron and clay feet of the statue, breaking them to pieces.
But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?
So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language:
And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continuously be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people. Otherwise, you may fall from your secure position.
Now the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and told himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who is touching him and what kind of woman she is. She's a sinner!"
If only authority over this people were given to me. Then I would remove Abimelech!" Then he challenged Abimelech: "Build up your army and then come out and fight!"
John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
Now he said this to show by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus told him, "Keep following me."
as his offering a silver dish weighing 130 shekels and a silver bowl weighing 70 shekels (calculated according to the shekel of the sanctuary), both filled with choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
they placed the fat on the breast and burned the fat on the altar.
If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show how weak I am.
"For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Once more, in a little while, I will make the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land to shake.
but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil filled with deadly poison.
If you continue to point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of the Messiah Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the healthy teaching that you have followed closely.
Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, keep blessing them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.
There is a road that seems right for a man to travel, but in the end it's the road to death.
So it is at the present time: there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
I gave my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not turn away my face from insults and spitting.
"Then they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of the people who rebelled against me. For their worm will not die, nor will their fire be extinguished, and they will remain an object of revulsion to all humanity."
But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."
Nevertheless, I've reserved 7,000 in Israel who have neither bowed their knees to Baal nor kissed him."
Explain and present a case! Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and Savior; and there is none besides me.
This is how we know that we love God's children: we love God and keep his commandments.
The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.
I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?
because I've given to the descendants of Levi the tithes that the Israelis bring to the LORD as raised offering. Therefore I told them that, unlike the Israelis, they won't receive an inheritance."
on the fourteenth day of this month. You are to observe it at this appointed time between the evenings. You are to observe it according to all its decrees and laws."
People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken.
but God told Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the youth and your slave girl. Pay attention to Sarah in everything she tells you, because your offspring are to be named through Isaac.
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
They answered him, "Jesus from Nazareth." Jesus told them, "I AM." Judas, the man who betrayed him, was standing with them.
Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.
Zedekiah then rebelled against the king of Babylon, so on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army approached Jerusalem, attacked it, encamped against it, and built a siege wall that surrounded the city.
He'll recognize neither the gods of his ancestors nor those desired by women he won't recognize any god, because he'll exalt himself above everything.
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.
On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year of the exile to Babylon, while I was among the captives on the bank of the Chebar River, heaven opened up and I saw visions from God.
So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to have the Lord find you at peace and without spot or fault.
As long as I'm in the world, I'm the light of the world."
A message came from the LORD for me, and it had this to say:
I fast twice a week, and I give a tenth of my entire income.'
You will certainly never enter the land about which I made an oath with my uplifted hand to settle you in it, except for Jephunneh's son Caleb and Nun's son Joshua.
Stop drinking only water, but use a little wine for your stomach because of your frequent illnesses.
Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.
Back in those days, Israel didn't yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.
Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep.
It uses all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and those living on it worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.
I'll ascend above the tops of the clouds; I'll make myself like the Most High.'
Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, and make his deeds known among the people.
"There are to be no cultic prostitutes among the daughters or the sons of Israel.
Eighteen years after King Josiah had begun to reign, the king sent Azaliah's son Shaphan, grandson of Meshullam the scribe, to the LORD's Temple. He told him,
You are to kill every male child and every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.
Whoever is not against us is for us.
Another angel came with a gold censer and stood at the altar. He was given a large quantity of incense to offer on the gold altar before the throne, along with the prayers of all the saints.
The priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the time for him to judge has arrived. Worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."
"If your relative becomes so poor that he is indebted to you, then you are to support him. You are to let him live with you just like the resident alien and the traveler.
Or do you think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that God caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?
Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord, "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.
Now if you are without any discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate and not God's sons.
Then the Devil took him to the Holy City and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple.
I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea,
"Stop being afraid, land! Rejoice and be glad, because the LORD will do great things.
She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.
Instead, one brother goes to court against another brother, and before unbelieving judges, at that!
You are to execute old men, young men, young women, little children, and women. But don't touch anyone who has been marked. Begin at my Holy Place!" And so they started with the elders who were in standing in front of the Temple.
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"
with the boundary including Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh. The boundary terminated at the Jordan River, for a total of sixteen towns and villages.
and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.
Later, King Rezin of Aram and Remaliah's son Pekah, king of Israel, approached Jerusalem to attack it. They besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.
The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
This is what the LORD says: "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified of them.
Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because "I saw God face to face, but my life was spared."
Then Moses came and reported all the words of the LORD and all the statutes to the people, and they all answered with one voice, "We will do everything that the LORD has decreed."
Pass it on to your children, and from your children to their children, and from their children to the following generation.
because every tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush.
So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!
"So now, you dishonored and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come in this time of final punishment,
and the one who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, for the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to God's will.
However, on that very day Joshua made them become wood cutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the LORD's altar in the place that he should choose, and this tradition continues to this day.
and the pig (because it has divided hooves and is therefore cloven-footed, but it doesn't ruminate its cud, it is to be unclean for you).
Red sky in the morning, cloudy and storming.'
Your corpses will fall in this wilderness every single one of you who has been counted among you, according to your number from 20 years and above, who complained against me.
They tried to find out what era or specific time the Spirit of the Messiah in them kept referring to when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.
Jeroboam's son Nadab became king over Israel during the second year of the reign of King Asa over Judah. He reigned over Israel for two years,
Then the LORD told Moses, "Go up to me on the mountain and stay there. I'll give you stone tablets with the instruction and law that I've written to teach the people."
Indeed, I'll bring you healing, and I'll heal you of your wounds,' declares the LORD, "because they have called you an outcast and have said, "It is Zion, no one cares for her!"'"
But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.
The tribe of Issachar supplied 200 leaders, along with all of their relatives under their command. They kept up-to-date in their understanding of the times and knew what Israel should do.
"You are to make the tent with ten curtains of fine woven linen and with blue, purple, and scarlet material. You are to make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, they all became terrified, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.
since Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
Hiram also made a sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in shape and five cubits and 30 cubits in its inner circumference.
All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats.
He came to us, took Paul's belt, and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, "The Holy Spirit says, "This is how the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the gentiles.'"
Then the glory that is Israel's God arose from the cherubim on which he had been seated and settled on the threshold of the Temple. He called out to the man dressed in linen who wore the writing case at his side.
"I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, that I can defend myself today against all the accusations of the Jewish leaders,
Great peace belongs to those who love your instruction, and nothing makes them stumble.
"You are not to steal or lie or deal falsely with your neighbor.
At this, they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the Temple.
They kept saying, "This is Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn't it, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, "I have come down from heaven'?"
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation!
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the flock in his care. If only you would listen to his voice today,
"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
so that in the coming ages he might display the limitless riches of his grace that comes to us through his kindness in the Messiah Jesus.
They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."
It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,
Then his wife told him, "Do you remain firm in your integrity? Curse God and die!"
Anah's descendant was Dishon. Dishon's descendants were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
Now as to my servant Caleb, because a different spirit is within him and he has remained true to me, I'm going to bring him into the land that he explored, and his descendants are to inherit it.
"Trust in the LORD forever, for in the LORD GOD you have an everlasting rock.
"Next is to be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of Zebulun is to be Helon's son Eliab.
"Count for yourselves seven years of Sabbaths seven times seven years. This set of seven weeks of years total 49 years for you.
Enduring, we with him will reign. Who him denies, he will disclaim.
Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and will write them on their minds,
Abraham had taken another wife whose name was Keturah.
After this, Cain left the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
But he told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was four cubits and a span tall,
At that time, Israel will be in a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria; they will be a blessing in the midst of the earth.
The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
The two of them were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and came to the tomb first.
Jesus told them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Then Elisha prayed, asking the LORD, "Please make him able to really see!" And so when the LORD enabled the young man to see, he looked, and there was the mountain, filled with horses and fiery chariots surrounding Elisha!
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch went on his way rejoicing and did not see Philip again.
turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
and inquired, "What are you willing to give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They offered him 30 pieces of silver,
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not a waste of time.
When they arrived at the shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish lying on it, and some bread.
Keep away from every kind of evil.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!"
because surprise! you're going to conceive and give birth to a son! Don't put a razor to his head, because the young man will be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from inside the womb. He will begin to deliver Israel from domination by the Philistines."
Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
If you don't have the ability to pay, why should your very bed be taken from under you?
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.
How terrible it will be for the world due to its temptations to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!
The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."
"When destruction comes, they'll seek peace, but there will be none to be found.
Finally, brothers, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly, and that it may be honored the way it is among you.
This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.
Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back.
Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."
While Moses was there with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights, he did not eat or drink. He wrote the Ten Commandments, the words of the covenant, on the tablets.
The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."
A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.
No one who remains in union with him keeps on sinning. The one who keeps on sinning hasn't seen him or known him.
But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead.
And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in parched places, and they will strengthen your bones; and you'll be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.
I'll hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land where you were not born, and there you will die.
Therefore, separate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
After she had said this, she turned around and noticed Jesus standing there, without realizing that it was Jesus.
Then they said, "Come on! Let's build ourselves a city and a tower, with its summit in the heavens, and let's make a name for ourselves so we won't be scattered over the surface of the whole earth."
Now many of the Samaritans of that town believed in Jesus because the woman had testified, "He told me everything I've ever done."
His judgments are true and just. He has condemned the notorious prostitute who corrupted the world with her immorality. He has taken revenge on her for the blood of his servants."
But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its normal depth at daybreak. The Egyptians tried to retreat in front of the advancing water, but the LORD destroyed the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
I've set my rainbow in the sky to symbolize the covenant between me and the earth.
At Horeb you continually rebelled against the LORD, so that he was angry enough to destroy you.
The young man asked him, "Which ones?"
Draw near to me, and listen to this: "From the beginning I haven't spoken in secret; at the time it happened, I was there.' And now the LORD God, and his Spirit, has sent me.
The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him!
When he arrived, he rejoiced to see what the grace of God had done, and with hearty determination he kept encouraging all of them to remain faithful to the Lord,
Look! They have gone away because of the destruction Egypt will gather them up, and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will overgrow their inheritance, and thorns will grow in their tents.
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.
By faith Sarah, even though she was old and barren, received the strength to conceive, because she was convinced that the one who had made the promise was faithful.
Jesus answered him, "You don't realize now what I'm doing, but later on you'll understand."
The last enemy to be done away with is death,
"Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it?
I want you to be free from concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord.
What good is frankincense that comes from Sheba to me, or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings aren't acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me."
because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
Jezebel sent a messenger to tell Elijah, "May the gods do the same to me and even more if tomorrow about this time I haven't made you like one of those prophets you had killed."
Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law, too! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you don't even lift a finger to ease those burdens.
In this passage he says, "You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings," which are offered according to the Law.
I will boast about this man, but as for myself I will boast only about my weaknesses.
Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men like brothers,
If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"
Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"
"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "These people keep saying, "No, the right time for rebuilding the LORD's Temple has not yet come."'"
"Sing aloud, daughter of Zion! Shout out, Israel! Rejoice with all of your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his gracious love is everlasting.
For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."
"You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
"Again, the kingdom from heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"
Therefore he is precious to you who believe, but to those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,
As the men were going out, a man who couldn't talk because he was demon-possessed was brought to him.
Moses then told Aaron, "Approach the altar and bring your sin and whole burnt offerings. Make atonement for yourself and the people. Then bring the people's offering and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded."
By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after he was born, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and were not afraid of the king's order.
I'm telling you what I'm telling everyone: Be alert!"
but he did not look favorably upon Cain and his offering.
When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!
"If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman, then both of them must die the man who had sex with the woman and the woman herself so that this evil will be removed from Israel.
Then the angel of the LORD went along a little further and stood in a much narrower space, where it was impossible to turn either right or left.
who testified about this message from God and the testimony about Jesus the Messiah.
You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
If we have set our hopes on the Messiah in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.
"You are to sow your land and gather its crops for six years,
So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.
Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),
Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the camp of Israel, moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front of them and stood behind them,
So he said, "That's why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father."
Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones; for the praise of the upright is beautiful.
You prepare a table before me, even in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Our ancestors brought it here with Joshua when they replaced the nations that God drove out in front of our ancestors, and it was here until the time of David.
I have given all green plants as food for every wild animal of the earth, every bird that flies, and to every living thing that crawls on the earth." And that is what happened.
Then the LORD told Moses,
It was the fourteenth night, and we were drifting through the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors suspected that land was near.
In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.
But Hilkiah's son Eliakim, who managed the household, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph's son Joah the recorder came back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him what Rab-shakeh had said.
But if it's not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house next to which is a wall is to belong in perpetuity to the one who bought it throughout his generations. It is not to be returned in the jubilee.
"Ask the wild animals, and they'll teach you; the birds of the sky will tell you.
"The afterlife below is all astir to meet you when you arrive; it rouses up the spirits of the dead to greet you everyone who used to be world leaders. It has raised up from their thrones all who used to be kings of the nations.
"Who told you that you are naked?" Godasked. "Did you eat fruit from the tree that I commanded you not to eat?"
though these three men lived there, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they couldn't deliver their own sons and daughters. They would only save themselves.
When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
"When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her, he must pay her bride price, and she is to become his wife.
Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"
You see that the LORD has given you the Sabbath, and so on the sixth day he gives you food for two days. Let each person stay where he is; let no one leave his place on the seventh day."
The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing.
For it is only right for me to think this way about all of you, because you're constantly on my mind. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, all of you are partners with me in this privilege.
"The encampment of Judah is to settle east toward the sunrise under their standard. The leader of Judah is to be Amminadab's son Nahshon.
You, too, are being built in him, along with the others, into a place for God's Spirit to dwell.
""Then I'll install one shepherd for them my servant David and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd.
Hear, heavens, and I will speak! Listen, earth, to the words of my mouth!
"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and with whom I am pleased! I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to unbelievers.
Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Attend to that yourselves."
The man answered, "The woman whom you provided for me gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate some of it."
Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.
Plans fail without advice, but with many counselors they are confirmed.
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.
"So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, accompanied with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.
He continues to forgive all your sins, he continues to heal all your diseases,
When a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.
Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. We should submit even more to the Father of our spirits and live, shouldn't we?
Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.
Dear friend, I pray that you are doing well in every way and that you are healthy, just as your soul is healthy.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him.
because it is the unbelievers who are eager for all those things. Surely your heavenly Father knows that you need all of them!
"You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. "The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.
Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning back their hearts again."
Your throne, God, exists forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.
"Look!" Pharaoh confirmed to Joseph, "I've put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt!"
They observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelis did everything that the LORD had commanded through Moses.
If we say that we have never sinned, we make him a liar and his word has no place in us.
That statement is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith
LORD, the earth overflows with your gracious love! Teach me your statutes. Teth
In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.
Then the LORD will go out to battle against those nations, waging war as in a day of battle.
Now you are having pain. But I'll see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Offer them in addition to the regular burnt offering, accompanied by its grain offering and its corresponding drink offerings."
After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
John had clothing made of camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of grasshoppers and wild honey.
All at once something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again.
Some days later, Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him talk about faith in Jesus the Messiah.
"You are not to present any of your children to Molech as a sacrifice. That way, you won't defile the name of your God."
"Do not come any closer," God said. "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground."
Take these commands to heart and keep them in mind, tying them as reminders on your arm and as bands on your forehead.
They don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.
He did not tell them anything without using a parable, though he explained everything to his disciples in private.
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.
"When all these things happen to you both the blessings and the curses that I've presented to you and you take them seriously in all the nations where the LORD your God will deport you,
"Tell the Israelis that starting the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the week-long Festival of Tents to the LORD.
They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
The righteous person looks out for the welfare of his livestock, but even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
But the Israelis responded to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live in our midst. If this is so, how can we make a treaty with you?"
But the olive tree asked them, "Should I stop producing my rich oils by which both God and men are honored and go take dominion over trees?'
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is God's power and God's wisdom.
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, made some wine, and threw a party. Then they went into the temple of their god, ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
This calls for a mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is sitting. They are also seven kings.
and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.
So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth. A horrible, painful sore appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the image.
I, John, heard and saw these things. When I had heard and seen them, I bowed down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing me these things.
"If you carefully observe the commands that I'm giving you today, to love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and soul,
He will again show us compassion; he will subdue our iniquities. You will hurl all their sins into the deepest sea.
Judas (not Iscariot) asked him, "Lord, how is it that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"
"You are to prophesy all these things against them, and you are to say to them, "The LORD roars from his high place, from his holy dwelling he lifts his voice. He roars loudly against his flock, and against all who live on the earth; he shouts like those treading grapes.
"My servant Moses is dead. Now get ready to cross the Jordan River you and all the people to the land that I'm giving the Israelis.
but when they went in, they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Joash executed 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley and captured Sela in battle, renaming it Joktheel, which remains its name to this day.
Abraham answered, "God will provide himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son."
but with righteousness he will judge the needy, and decide with equity for earth's poor. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and the wicked will be killed with the breath of his lips.
He took them from them and, using a tool, fashioned them into a molten calf. The people said, "This, Israel, is your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt."
Later, Aaron's son Eleazar also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which belonged to his son Phinehas, and which had been given to him in the mountainous region of Ephraim.
and she loudly exclaimed, "How blessed are you among women, and how blessed is the infant in your womb!
Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight
He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"
Then they approached Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and addressed him and the Israelis, "We've arrived from a distant country, so please make a treaty with us right now."
His mouth is sweetness, and all of him is desirable. This is my beloved, this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem!
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which overlooks the open wilderness.
Later, they left Elim, and the whole congregation of the Israelis came to the desert of Sin, which lay between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
so that the gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "That is why I will praise you among the gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."
For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.
After this Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages.
united together as one to fight against both Joshua and Israel.
Some time later, Berodach-baladan, the son of King Baladan of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.
He will go out to deceive Gog and Magog, the nations at the four corners of the earth, and gather them for war. They are as numerous as the sands of the seashore.
Then the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the gentiles, too,
When the priest examines him and finds that the skin rash has indeed turned white, then the priest is to declare the one with the skin rash clean, and he will be clean."
"Tell the Israelis that on the first day of the seventh month you are to have a Sabbath of rest for you a memorial announced by a loud blast of trumpets. It is to be a sacred assembly.
and asked him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?"
A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees.
Meanwhile, Rachel had taken the idols, placed them inside the saddle of her camel, and sat on them. Laban searched through the whole tent, but found nothing.
They had set out from Rephidim and arrived at the desert of Sinai where they camped in the desert. Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
"But after they had gained relief, they returned to doing evil before you. Therefore you abandoned them to the control of their enemies, who continued to oppress them. But when they came back and cried out to you, you listened from heaven and delivered them in your compassion on many occasions.
Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his Temple. There were flashes of lightning, noises, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."
So have I now become your enemy for telling you the truth?
But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.'
Irritated, some who were there asked one another, "Why was the perfume wasted like this?
When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.
It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Bedouin will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
These are the things you should teach. Encourage and refute with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you.
"My God, I am too ashamed and hurt to turn to you, because we're in our iniquities over our heads. Furthermore, my God, our sins have grown as high as the heavens. We have lived in great sin from the days of our ancestors even until today, and because of those iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered over to foreign kings, for execution, for captivity, for plunder, and for humiliation, as is the case today.
A river of fire flowed out from before him. Thousands upon thousands were serving him, with millions upon millions waiting before him. The court sat in judgment, and record books were unsealed.
Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.
and every day you are to offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Offer the sin offering on the altar when you make atonement for it and anoint the altar to consecrate it.
he has now reconciled by the death of his physical body, so that he may present you holy, blameless, and without fault before him.
In his time Judah will be delivered and Israel will dwell in safety. This is the name by which he will be known: "The LORD Our Righteousness.'
Moses built an altar and named it "The LORD is My Banner."
He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,
"A people whom you don't know will devour what your land and labor produces. You'll be only oppressed and discouraged continuously
God told Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are not to call her Sarai any longer, because her name is to be Sarah.
Of course not! How can we who died as far as sin is concerned go on living in it?
"Don't harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads."
With this in mind, we always pray for you, asking that our God might make you worthy of his calling and that through his power he might help you accomplish every good desire and faithful action.
Do not suppose that I will be the one to accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope,
I know and have been persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in and of itself, but it is unclean to a person who thinks it is unclean.
Abraham fell to the ground, laughed, and told himself, "Can a child be born to a 100-year-old man? Can a 90-year-old Sarah give birth?"
"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"
He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age, but also in the one to come.
When you have completed this, you are to sleep on your right side, symbolically bearing the iniquity of Judah for 40 days. Each day that I've assigned to you represents one year.
So the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
The people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all through the next day, gathering quails. The one who gathered least gathered enough to fill ten omers, as they spread out all around the camp.
To you, LORD, belongs the greatness, and the valor, and the splendor, and the endurance, and the majesty because all that is in heaven and on earth is yours. To you belongs the kingdom, LORD, and you are exalted as head over all.
Therefore, tell the Israelis, "I am the LORD. I'll bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I'll deliver you from their bondage. I'll redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
if his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to bring a male without any defect. He is to present it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. At the appointed time, it is to be presented in the presence of the LORD so that he may be accepted.
We are witnesses of everything Jesus did in the land of the Jews, including Jerusalem.
The person who is clean is to wash his clothes, shave all his hair, and bathe in water, after which he is to be declared clean. Then he can be brought back to the camp, but he is to remain outside his tent for seven days.
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
"The LORD was also furious with me because of you. He said: "You will not enter the land.
He will discuss with you how you and your entire household will be saved.'
Serve willingly, as if you were serving the Lord and not merely people,
As surely as the truth of the Messiah is in me, my boasting will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
Furthermore, we decree that with respect to any of the priests, descendants of Levi, singers, gatekeepers, Temple Servants, or other servants of this Temple of God, it is not to be lawful to impose any tribute, tax, or toll on them.
Sometime later, the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, accompanied with a large army.
Moses told the LORD, "Look, you have told me, "Bring up this people,' but you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, "I know you by name,' and also, "You have found favor in my sight.'
""Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me,' declares the Lord, "or what place is there in which I can rest?
Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?
When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and told them as they were walking along,
I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.
Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings.
For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name, and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.
"You are not to be unjust in deciding a case. You are not to show partiality to the poor or honor the great. Instead, decide the case of your neighbor with righteousness."
Moses told them, "It's the food that the LORD has given you to eat. This is what the LORD has commanded: "You are to gather from it what each person is to eat, about one omer per person according to the number of your people, and one person is to gather for everyone in his tent.'"
The Israelis were mustered, equipped with provisions, and sent out to fight. The Israeli encampment looked like two little flocks of goats compared to how the Aramean encampments filled the countryside!
On the seventh day of the fifth month, which was during the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar's reign as king of Babylon, captain of the guard Nebuzaradan, a servant of the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem
"I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Redeemer And I've given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and the people of Seba in exchange for you.
You yourself live in the midst of deception, and because they are deceived they do not know me," declares the LORD.
so that they might escape from the Devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.
One day the Guild of Prophets told Elisha, "Notice how the place where we are living is too small for us.
Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you.
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
I'll give to you and to your descendants the land to which you have traveled all the land of Canaan as an eternal possession. I will be their God."
Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed 30 men, took their belongings, and gave the garments to those who had told him the solution to the riddle. He remained furious, left for his father's house,
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don't work or spin yarn,
has scoliosis, is a dwarf, or has an eye defect, an itching disease, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people with what he teaches all over Judea, from where he started in Galilee to this place."
He said: "The LORD came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, he shone forth from Mount Paran, accompanied by a myriad of his holy ones, with flaming fire from his right hand for them.
We always thank God for all of you when we mention you in our prayers.
The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.
The Jewish people assembled in their towns throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who intended to harm them, and no one could oppose them because all the people had come to fear the Jews.
For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being,
Chenaniah, music leader for the descendants of Levi, served as music director, because he was expert at it.
For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.
They are not to live in your land. Otherwise they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will become a snare for you."
Then he left that place and went to the home of a man named Titius Justus, who worshipped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
You may ask me, "Then why does God still find fault with anybody? For who can resist his will?"
So he sent messengers on ahead of him. On their way they went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.
Then replace the army that you lost, horse-for-horse and chariot-for-chariot. We'll fight them on the plains, and we're certain to be the stronger army." Ben-hadad listened to what they had to say and carried out their advice.
With great power, the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was on them all,
But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness isn't meant to end in death. It's for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
Therefore, remember how far you have fallen. Repent and go back to what you were doing at first. If you don't, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place unless you repent.
As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.
I will set a garrison around my Temple, to hinder those who might come and go, and to guard against oppressors who intend to invade; for I have taken note of this with my eyes."
But they all shouted out together, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas for us!"
Then one of them said, "I will certainly return to you in about a year's time. By then, your wife Sarah will have borne a son."
I will shake all nations, and the One desired by all nations will come. Then I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.
"The scribes and the Pharisees administer the authority of Moses,
Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,
"The house of Israel and Judah is guilty and theirs is a stubborn guilt, at that!" he replied to me. "The land is filled with blood, and the city overflows with injustice, because they keep saying, "The LORD has abandoned the land,' and "The LORD isn't watching.'
"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.
But the Israelis walked through the middle of the sea on dry land, and the water stood like a wall for them on their right and on their left.
"You took note of the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and listened to their cry at the Red Sea.
This was David's last composition: The oracle of David, son of Jesse, an oracle by the valiant one who was exalted anointed by the God of Jacob, the contented psalm writer of Israel.
Then he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he remained there.
It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.
He also told the Israelis, "Bring a male goat for a sin offering, a calf, a year old lamb without defect for a whole burnt offering,
Then Moses led Israel from the Reed Sea and they went to the desert of Shur. They traveled into the desert for three days and did not find water.
Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his Holy Place?
"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?
Jesus answered them, "Aren't you mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power?
envy, murder, drunkenness, wild partying, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
"You are to make an altar for burning incense. You are to make it of acacia wood.
It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praise to your name, Most High;
Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"
When Esau realized what his father Isaac was saying, he began to wail out loud bitterly. "Bless me," he cried, "even me, too, my father!"
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab asked him, "Is it really you, you destroyer of Israel?"
You established the earth long ago; the heavens are the work of your hands.
But Israel, who pursued righteousness based on the Law, did not achieve the Law.
I tell all of you with certainty, all these things will happen to those living today."
With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, protect the good treasure that has been entrusted to you.
Furthermore, you are not to erect for yourselves a sacred stone pillar, because the LORD your God detests these things.
Why don't you understand what I've said? It's because you can't listen to my words.
I will remove the blood from its mouth, along with its abominations from between its teeth. Its survivors will be dedicated to our God; It will be like a clan of Judah, and Ekron will be as a Jebusite.
As the Sabbath approached and it began to get dark at the gates of Jerusalem, I gave word to shut the gates, charging that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my men at the gates to ensure that no loads would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelis looked up, and there were the Egyptians bearing down on them! Extremely frightened, the Israelis cried out to the LORD.
because to anyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who doesn't have anything, even what he has will be taken away from him.
The words of Hilkiah's son Jeremiah, who was one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
"You are to bring the best of the first fruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "You are not to boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
You are to look for capable men among the people, men who fear God, men of integrity who hate dishonest gain. You are to set these men over them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until God redeems his own possession for his praise and glory.
After this, all of the tribes of Israel assembled with David at Hebron and declared, "Look, we're your own flesh and blood!
David mustered his forces and appointed officers in charge of regiments and companies.
Indeed, then I will return my people to a pure language so that they all may call upon the name of the LORD, serving him with a united will.
"A somewhat insignificant horn emerged from one of them. It moved rapidly against the south, against the east, and against the Glory.
then the man who raped her must give 50 shekels of silver to the girl's father. Furthermore, he must marry her. Because he had violated her, he is to not divorce her as long as he lives.
But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven."
Jesus allowed no one to go further with him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
"No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may participate in the assembly of the LORD.
Then, turning to the woman, he told Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD earlier.
But when you are invited, go and sit down at the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, "Friend, move up higher,' and you will be honored in the presence of everyone who eats with you.
Someone told David, "Look, the Philistines are fighting at Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."
Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,
They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"
because the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."
God also said, "Here's the symbol that represents the covenant that I'm making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations:
Later on, after Adam had sexual relations with his wife, she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because "God granted me another offspring to replace Abel, since Cain murdered him."
Then Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man told him, "Rabbouni, I want to see again."
Abraham traveled from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was living in Gerar as an outsider,
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
They have abandoned the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place, and so they destroy the faith of others.
While Ephraim stands watch with my God, the prophet has snares set that will trap his ways, and hostility lodges in the Temple of his God.
She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne.
Wounds from someone who loves are trustworthy, but kisses from an enemy speak volumes.
when our God is in the heavens and he does whatever he desires?
He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you,' and, "With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"
You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace.
Then I looked, and there was a white cloud! On the cloud sat someone who was like the Son of Man, with a gold victor's crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.
"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,
However, if it's from God, you won't be able to stop them, and you may even discover that you are fighting against God!"
Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name be given glory on account of your gracious love and faithfulness.
Then she conceived yet again, bore a son, and said, "This time I'll praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing children.
Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then you who are trained to do evil will also be able to do good.
At this Paul replied, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!"
for "God has put everything under his feet." Now when he says, "Everything has been put under him," this clearly excludes the one who put everything under him.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.
so those living today will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that was shed since the foundation of the world,
So this is what Joshua did for them: he saved them from the Israelis, and they did not kill them.
The person who speaks in a foreign language builds himself up, but the person who prophesies builds up the church.
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
I have seen this and have testified that this is the Son of God."
Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us and we belong to him; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, received promises, shut the mouths of lions,
Later, the LORD instructed Moses,
I tell you, two will be seated on the same couch that night. The one will be taken, and the other will be left behind.
So they went and preached that people should repent.
"Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.
Since he found her in the country, the engaged girl may have cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.
The LORD told Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and tell them that no priest is to defile himself on account of the dead among his people,
Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."
""The end is coming! ""The end is here! ""And it's looking in your direction! ""Look out! It's arrived!
"For when they're humbled, you may respond; "It's their pride!' but he delivers the humble.
And since you have been freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.
"When a woman has a discharge, and the blood is her monthly menstrual discharge from her body, then for seven days she is to remain in her menstrual uncleanness. Whoever touches her will remain unclean until evening.
When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.
Since, according to David's final instructions, the list above contains the total number of descendants of Levi from the age of 20 years and upward,
Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
I will shatter the gate bars of Damascus, and I will cut off the residents of the Aven Valley, along with the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir," says the LORD.
I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth."
"Anyone who sacrifices to a god, except the LORD alone, is to be utterly destroyed.
and do not give the Devil an opportunity to work.
So he replied, "You know that the kingdom should have come to me, and that everyone in Israel intended to place me as the next king. However, the kingdom has turned around and now belongs to my brother, because it went to him from the LORD.
prepared some delicious food, brought it to his father, and told him, "Can you get up now, father, so you may eat some of your son's game and then bless me?"
how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, "You're blaspheming,' because I said, "I'm the Son of God'?
At this, the anger of the LORD flared up against Balaam, because he was leaving. So the angel of the LORD stood in the way to oppose him. As Balaam was riding his donkey, accompanied by two of his servants,
Right then the LORD's fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, the dust, and even the water that was in the trench!
Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you do the actions of the Law or because you believe what you heard?
So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the heavenly bodies. As it is written in the book of the Prophets: "O house of Israel, you didn't offer me slaughtered animals and sacrifices those 40 years in the wilderness, did you?
"You are to make a lamp stand of pure gold: the lamp stand and its base and stem shall be of hammered work, and its cups, calyxes, and flowers are to be of one piece with it.
Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.
Halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began teaching.
Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.
We are writing these things so that our joy may be full.
The LORD made everything answerable to him, including the wicked at the time of trouble.
Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, "We see,' your sin still exists."
When Jesus told them, "I AM," they backed away and fell to the ground.
Neither threshing floor nor winepress will sustain them, and the new wine will disappoint her.
Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the Temple, where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.
"I'm headed down the road that everyone who lives on earth travels, so be strong and demonstrate that you're a grown man
Hallelujah! Praise God in his Holy Place. Praise him in his great expanse.
Adoram supervised conscripted labor, Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was the recorder,
"Whoever strikes a man so that he dies is certainly to be put to death.
They got up right away, went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven disciples and their companions all together.
The Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah, so he swept through Gilead and the territory of Manasseh, then swept through Mizpah in Gilead, and from Mizpah in Gilead he proceeded toward where the Ammonites were encamped.
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those living on earth became drunk with the wine of her immorality."
Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"
By faith Rahab the prostitute did not die with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies with a greeting of peace.
So Isaac named the well Shebah, which is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.
and sent Eliakim the household supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests all of them covered in sackcloth to Amoz's son, the prophet Isaiah.
"If the contagion returns and spreads throughout the house after the stones have been removed, after the house has been scraped out, and after it has been re-coated,
"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit down at the place of honor in case someone more important than you was invited by the host.
When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
while God added his testimony through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Did he not make them one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don't be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.
They were utterly amazed at what he taught, because his message was spoken with authority.
"When a fellow Hebrew male or female slave is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you are to set them free.
Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy the wife of your youth.
If we live, we live to honor the Lord; and if we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
because he has looked favorably on his humble servant. From now on, all generations will call me blessed,
For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.
Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings; ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire nothing on this earth.
and see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
So the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah both attacked Ramoth-gilead.
He trusts in God. Let God rescue him, if he wants to do so now. After all, he said, "I am the Son of God.'"
But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle.
Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven,
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"
worn-out, patched sandals for their feet, and worn-out clothes. All of their food was dried out and covered in mold.
"Wait while I hear what the LORD has to say about you," Moses replied.
She lusted after her paramours, whose genitals are like those of donkeys, and whose emissions are like those of horses.
By myself I have sworn from my mouth has gone out integrity, a promise that won't be revoked: "To me every knee will bow, and every tongue will swear.'
"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion?
and asked, "Why can't we bring an offering to the LORD at the appointed time among the Israelis, even though we are unclean because we came in contact with a corpse?"
Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so we could humble ourselves before our God and seek from him an appropriate way for us and our little ones to live, and how we should guard our personal wealth,
The king defiled the high places which faced Jerusalem on the south side of Corruption Mountain, which King Solomon of Israel had constructed for Ashtoreth, the Sidonian abomination, for Chemosh, the Moabite abomination, and for Milcom, the Ammonite abomination.
"The Lord answered, "I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and stand on your feet, because I've appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you to be my servant and witness of what you've seen and of what I'll show you.
He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.
While they were out carrying out the executions, I was left alone. So I fell on my face and cried out, "O Lord GOD, are you going to destroy all of the survivors of Israel when you pour out your anger on Jerusalem?"
"Didn't you hear? I determined it years ago! I planned this from ancient times, and now I've brought it to pass, to turn fortified cities into piles of ruins
"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'
Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Whoever loves money will never have enough money. Whoever loves luxury will not be content with abundance. This also is pointless.
Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house.
That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness.
Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord.
"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."
Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have established strength on account of your adversaries, in order to silence the enemy and vengeful foe.
Lining each side of the river banks, all sorts of species of fruit trees will be growing. Their leaves will never wither and their fruit will never fail. They will bear fruit every month, because the water that nourishes them will be flowing from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves will contain substances that promote healing."
Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?
A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband.
He told Aaron, "Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram without defect for a whole burnt offering and bring them into the LORD's presence."
He will raise a banner for the nations and will assemble the dispersed of Israel; he will gather the scattered people of Judah from the corners of the earth.
He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me."
I'll be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock and water will come out of it, so the people can drink." Moses did this in front of the elders of Israel.
And so at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees, and they camped there by the water.
while Abel brought the best parts of some of the firstborn from his flock. The LORD looked favorably upon Abel and his offering,
They won't present wine offerings to the LORD, nor will they please him. Their sacrifices will seem like food for mourners everyone who eats them will become unclean; none of them will enter the Temple of the LORD.
Are they the Messiah's servants? I am insane to talk like this, but I am a far better one! I have been involved in far greater efforts, far more imprisonments, countless beatings, and have faced death more than once.
Consider, then, the kindness and severity of God: his severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness toward you if you continue receiving his kindness. Otherwise, you too will be cut off.
"If a man meets a young virgin lady in the city who is engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her,
The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.
You returned and cried out in the LORD's presence, but the LORD didn't hear your voice or listen to you.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
"Two nations are in your womb," the LORD responded, "and two separate people will emerge. One people will be the stronger, and the older one will serve the younger."
"Have you noticed that Ahab has humbled himself in my presence? Because he has humbled himself in my presence, I will not bring his evil to harvest during his lifetime, but I will bring evil to his household during his son's lifetime."
But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."
Then the angel of the LORD asked him, "Why did you beat your donkey in the space of only three footsteps? I've come to oppose you, because I say that what you're doing is perverted.
"And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.
When all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they beat their chests and left.
The twelve gates were twelve pearls, and each gate was made of a single pearl. The street of the city was made of pure gold, as clear as glass.
"Look out at the nations and pay attention! Be astounded! Be really astounded! Because something is happening in your lifetime that you won't believe, even if it were described down to the smallest detail.
So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'
All of the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the LORD God of Heaven, and he specifically charged me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Therefore, who among the LORD's people trusts in his God? Whoever among this group wishes to do so may travel to Jerusalem of Judah to rebuild the Temple of the LORD God of Israel, the God of Jerusalem.
Nevertheless, believers were being added to the Lord in increasing numbers both men and women.
In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar). The message was trustworthy and concerned a great conflict. He understood it and had insight concerning the vision.
As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
But as he was traveling along, a Samaritan came across the man. When the Samaritan saw him, he was moved with compassion.
When Jesus' parents saw him, they were shocked. His mother asked him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been worried sick looking for you!"
So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.
so that with one mind and one voice you might glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were seated. He also distributed as much fish as they wanted.
"He told me, "I'm Jesus from Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.' The men who were with me saw the light but didn't understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
May God show us favor and bless us; may he truly show us his favor. Interlude
"You are not to curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block before the blind. "You are to fear God. I am the LORD.
Jesus answered, "If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, "He is our God.'
Elijah instructed Elisha, "Remain here on this side, please, because the LORD is sending me as far as Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives, I'm not going to leave you while you're still alive!" So they both went on to Bethel.
God blessed them by saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!"
"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,
"Go and gather all the Jewish people who are in Susa and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. Both I and my young women will also fast in the same way, and then I'll go in to the king, even though it's against the law. And if I perish, I perish."
Then Remaliah's son Pekah, Pekahiah's officer, conspired against him with Argob and Arieh. Accompanied by 50 Gileadite men, Pekah attacked Pekahiah inside the palace of the king's compound in Samaria, executed him, and reigned as king in his place.
The LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
"Honor your father and mother"" (This is a very important commandment with a promise.)
The rod and rebuke bestow wisdom, but an undisciplined child brings shame to his mother.
When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching,
But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Now about the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire."
There was a great deal of shouting until some of the scribes who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and argued forcefully, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"
"Then he told me, "Go, because I'll send you far away to the gentiles.'"
Do not let gracious love and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,
The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."
A person must examine himself and then eat the bread and drink from the cup,
The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tent.
because we have had the good news told to us as well as to them. But the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it.
It will come about in all of the land," declares the LORD, "that two thirds of the people living there will die, but a third will survive who live there.
What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!
"but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, "You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.'"
Later, the LORD told Moses,
The next day the firstborn told the younger one, "Look! I had sex with my father last night. Let's make him drink wine tonight again as well. Then you have sex with him, too. That way we'll preserve our father's lineage."
May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!
Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it.
Just then she came forward and began to thank God and to speak about Jesus to everyone who was waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.
Really, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!
"This will be the plague with which the LORD inflicts all of the people who have attacked Jerusalem: he will cause their flesh to rot away, even while they're standing on their feet. He will cause their eyes to rot away in their sockets, and their tongues to rot away in their mouths.
I believe that I will see the LORD's goodness in the land of the living.
Therefore, you don't lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus the Messiah to be revealed.
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Mister, your sins are forgiven."
But to which of the angels did he ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."
"Each of you is to fear his mother and father. "Observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD commanded you to do so that the glory of the LORD may be revealed to you."
Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army.
While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."
and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.
because these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "None of his bones will be broken."
"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.
I'll continue to rescue you from your people and from the gentiles to whom I'm sending you.
For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong."
Here's a list of cities allotted for the tribe of the descendants of Judah according to their families:
Later, the Israelis broke their promise regarding the things that had been turned over to destruction. Carmi's son Achan, grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah from the tribe of Judah, appropriated some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. As a result, the LORD became angry with the Israelis.
Then they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Should I crucify your king?"
I am coming soon! Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your victor's crown.
Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?"
Since the harbor was not a good place to spend the winter, most of the men favored putting out to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. It is a Cretian harbor that faces southwest and northwest.
Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.
The gentiles are heirs-in-common, members-in-common of the body, and common participants in what was promised by the Messiah Jesus through the gospel.
This is how the priest is to present the sin offering to make atonement for the person being cleansed of his impurity. After this, he is to slaughter the whole burnt offering.
"Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength, you arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of long ago. Was it not you who split apart Rehob, who pierced that sea monster through?
Then he went on to say to them, "Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had come down in fire on it. Smoke went up from it like smoke from a kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.
"Son of Man, turn your attention toward Gog, from the land of Magog, leader of the head of Meshech, and of Tubal. Prophesy this against him:
Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus told him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." Then he broke down and cried.
It is a sign forever between me and the Israelis, because the LORD made the heavens and the earth in six days, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"
and she is never rude; she never thinks just of herself or ever gets annoyed. She never is resentful;
Then the LORD told Moses, "Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua: "I'll certainly wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven.'"
A generous person will prosper, and anyone who gives water will receive a flood in return.
Aaron waved the breast and the right thigh as a raised offering in the LORD's presence, just as Moses had commanded.
"Yes, Lord," she told him. "I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world."
Every third year, bring all the tithes of your produce of that year and store it in your cities
The queen of the south will stand up and condemn the people living today, because she came from so far away to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look! Something greater than Solomon is here!"
It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice:
You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
So all the generations from Abraham to David totaled fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon totaled fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah there were fourteen generations.
No prophet ever rose again in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew with such great intimacy.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of the Messiah Jesus, sends you his greetings. He is always wrestling in his prayers for you, so that you may stand mature, completely convinced of the entire will of God.
Look! The Lord will evict her, striking at her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
Look! I'm about to grant you a blessing and a curse
When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
"If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you are to certainly return it to him.
Jesus responded to him, "It is also written, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"
He made his son into a burnt offering, practiced witchcraft, used divination, and consorted with mediums and spirit-channelers. He practiced many things that the LORD considered to be evil and provoked him.
But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."
The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:
You know the commandments: "Never murder.' "Never commit adultery.' "Never steal.' "Never give false testimony.' "Never cheat.' "Honor your father and mother.'"
So they quickly left the tomb, terrified but also ecstatic, and ran to tell Jesus' disciples.
Then tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch me take the Israelis out of the nations where they've gone and return them from every direction. I'm going to bring them back into their own land.
When pride appears, disgrace accompanies it, but humility is present with wisdom.
Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his advisor?
Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.
Our faith may fail, his never wanes That's who he is, he cannot change!
After the earthquake there came fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire, there was the sound of a gentle whisper.
and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past.
"Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits?"
Later on, when Jehoshaphat and his army arrived to collect the spoils of war, they discovered there were far more goods, garments, and other valuable items to collect than they could carry off in a single day. There was so much material that it took three days to finish their collection efforts.
Anyone who guards his words protects his life; anyone who talks too much is ruined.
After Ehud died, while the LORD was watching, the Israelis made the evil they had been practicing even worse,
"Tell the descendants of Levi that when they receive tithes from the Israelis (the tithes that I've given you from them as an inheritance), you are to offer a tenth of it as a raised offering for the LORD.
for the Law produces wrath. Now where there is no Law, neither can there be any violation of it.
and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
You have made the ways of life known to me, and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.'
The seventh angel threw the contents of his bowl across the sky. A loud voice came from the throne in the Temple and said, "It has happened!"
The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.
So if you haven't been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
"See, I am coming like a thief. How blessed is the person who remains alert and keeps his clothes on! He won't have to go naked and let others see his shame."
In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.
But he turned and rebuked them,
So Abram left there, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot accompanied him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
I tell all of you I will never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it with you once again in my Father's kingdom."
In the same way, since you're so desirous of spiritual gifts, you must keep on desiring them for building up the church.
Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.
"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,
"They are to make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
You see that his faith worked together with what he did, and by his actions his faith was made complete.
When Jesus saw how wisely the man answered, he told him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that, no one dared to ask him another question.
Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,
Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons.
When Jephthah arrived at his home in Mizpah surprise! it was his daughter who came out to meet him, playing tambourines and dancing. She was his one and only child. Except for her, he had no other son or daughter.
that he would save us from our enemies and from the grip of all who hate us.
"This is what the LORD says: "Watch me! I'm going to search for my flock. I'll watch over them myself.
The LORD told Moses, "Remind your brother Aaron that at no time is he to enter the sacred place from the room that contains the curtain into the presence of the Mercy Seat on top of the ark. Otherwise, he'll die, because I will appear in a cloud at the Mercy Seat.
So they went away in a boat to a deserted place by themselves.
While they were enjoying themselves, all of a sudden certain ungodly men who lived in the city surrounded the house, pounded on the door, and ordered the old man who owned the home, "Bring out the man who came to visit your home so we can have sex with him."
When Israel saw the great force by which the LORD had acted against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed the LORD and Moses his servant.
Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.
"What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep and one of them strays, he leaves the 99 in the hills and goes to look for the one that has strayed, doesn't he?
Just as many were astonished at you so was he marred in his appearance, more than any human, and his form beyond that of human semblance
Then the LORD enabled Balaam to see, so he observed the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with an unsheathed sword in his hand. So he bowed down and prostrated himself on his face.
"O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, because from you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"
Let the one who does what is evil continue to do what is evil. Let the filthy person continue to be filthy. Let the righteous person continue to do what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy."
Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
There are all kinds of advantages! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the utterances of God.
When Joshua had grown old, having lived many years, the LORD told him, "You are old and have lived many years, but much of the land still remains to be possessed.
"Listen carefully to these words. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands."
That's how I'll put an end to your obscene conduct and sexual immorality that you kept on practicing since the day you left the land of Egypt so that you won't look in Egypt's direction or even remember it anymore.'
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."
had taken 100 prophets and had hidden them by fifties in a cave, providing them with food and water when Jezebel was trying to destroy the LORD's prophets.
Then I heard a sound from heaven like that of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The sound I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.
The LORD told Moses and Aaron,
You deceived me, LORD, and I've been deceived. You overpowered me, and you prevailed. I've become a laughing stock all day long, and everyone mocks me.
but I see in my body a different principle waging war with the Law in my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin that exists in my body.
The LORD told Moses,
Who has ascended to heaven, and then descended? Who has collected the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped up waters in a garment? Who has established all the farthest points of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!
So Sarai told Abram, "You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her."
because my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light."
When the time approaches for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, God's secret plan will be fulfilled, as he had announced to his servants, the prophets."
You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.
He told them, "Just after you go into the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters
The LORD told Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance.
"Tell the Israelis that when an Israeli or a resident alien who lives in Israel offers his child to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death. The people who live in the land are to stone him with stones.
Indeed, everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?"
So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly."
For God is compassionate. The LORD your God won't fail you. He won't destroy you or forget the covenant that he confirmed with your ancestors."
So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
They answered, "Your servants have arrived from a very distant land, because of the reputation of the LORD your God, because we've heard a report about all that he did in Egypt,
because the LORD is great, and he is praised greatly! He is feared above every god.
At that hour of the night, he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately.
Then the LORD instructed Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent out of brass and fasten it to a pole. Anyone who has been bitten and who looks at it will live."
While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.
As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.
The person who eats any kind of food must not ridicule the person who does not eat them, and the person who does not eat certain foods must not criticize the person who eats them, for God has accepted him.
Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the time set for it, I will return to you about a year from now and Sarah will have a son."
She bears up under everything; believes the best in all; there is no limit to her hope, and never will she fall.
They were singing a new song in front of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
So give what is inside to the poor, and then everything will be clean for you.
"While I was still speaking in prayer, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and placing my request in the presence of the LORD my God on behalf of the holy mountain of God
This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.
Some time later, Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry.
The LORD said, "Look! They are one people with the same language for all of them, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Nothing that they have a mind to do will be impossible for them!
As if on cue, Chenaanah's son Zedekiah approached Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. Then he asked him, "How did the Spirit of the LORD move from me to speak to you?"
For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.
That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.
They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
But about Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."
"The great Day of the LORD approaches How it comes, hurrying faster and faster! The sound of the Day of the LORD there includes the bitter cry of the mighty soldier.
No wisdom, insight, or counsel can prevail against the LORD.
The next day Moses sat down to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.
They called out to Lot and asked, "Where are the men who came to visit you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"
For who makes you superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?
However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.
For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness.
"So never be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not be made known.
"For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, "Don't be afraid. I'll help you.
For the Scripture says about Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, to demonstrate my power through you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.
Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."
The LORD told Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I'll write on the tablets the words which were on the first tablets that you broke.
He asked them, "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith yet?"
"How terrible for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.
The fugitives of his troops will die by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the four winds. Then you'll know that I, the LORD, have spoken."
As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.
For God has locked all people in the prison of their own disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
but when our time there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them accompanied us with their wives and children out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed,
In your cities both the unclean and the clean together are to eat together, as the gazelle and the deer.
"Now if the daughter of any priest defiles herself by being a prostitute, she defiles her father. She is to be incinerated.
You are to do the same with your oxen and your sheep. They shall be with their mother for seven days and then on the eighth day you are to give them to me.
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things. Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right: the righteous follow his example, but the rebellious stumble in them.
We also saw the Nephilim, the descendants of Anak. Compared to the Nephilim, as we see things, we're like grasshoppers, and that's their opinion of us!"
That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
Then the Jewish leaders asked one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we won't be able to find him? Surely he's not going to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.
At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.
At this, the king sent for and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
for we know that the Messiah, who was raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
The brothers there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and felt encouraged.
But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,
The entire earth is at rest and peace; its inhabitants break into song.
"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, disaster is going from nation to nation, a great storm is being stirred up from the most distant parts of the earth.
because they heard them speaking in foreign languages and praising God. Then Peter said,
They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.
Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
"Whoever curses his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
because my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink.
This is what the LORD says who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,
He'll be a wild donkey of a man. He'll be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live in conflict with all of his relatives."
The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.
"This will serve as a sign for you: you'll eat this year from what grows by itself, in the second year what grows from that, and in the third year you'll sow, reap, plant vineyards, and enjoy their fruit.
On the road at noon, O King, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun. It flashed around me and those who were traveling with me.
Then they spit in his face and hit him. Some slapped him,
because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the nations of the earth."
In Susa the capital the Jewish people killed and destroyed 500 people.
How blessed is this woman for believing that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled!"
his body must not remain overnight on the tree. You must bury him that same day, because cursed of God is the one who has been hanged on a tree. Don't defile your land that the LORD is about to give you as your inheritance."
Women received their dead raised back to life. Other people were brutally tortured, but refused to be ransomed, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
For he knew who was going to betray him. That's why he said, "Not all of you are clean."
the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with unfaithful people.
When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet, and he continued:
He answered, "The person who sowed good seed is the Son of Man,
She saw two angels in white clothes who were sitting down, one at the head and the other at the foot of the place where Jesus' body had been lying.
"From detention and judgment he was taken away and who can even think about his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living, he was stricken for the transgression of my people.
because we are the Messiah's partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end.
So King Solomon sent for him, and he was brought down from the altar. When he had arrived, he fell on his face in front of King Solomon, so Solomon told him, "Go home!"
The army got up early the next morning and headed out into the wilderness of Tekoa. Jehoshaphat stood up and addressed them. "Listen to me, you inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem," he said. "Have faith in the LORD your God and you'll be established! Have faith in his prophets and you'll succeed!"
When David returned from defeating the Philistine, as they were entering the city, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul, singing and dancing as they joyously played tambourines and lyres.
Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!
And this will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a feeding trough."
Your majesty, if it be his will, our God whom we serve can deliver us from the blazing fire furnace, and he will deliver us from you.
So Moses instructed the Israelis to observe the Passover.
Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, I'm about to refine and test them. Because they're my people, what else can I do?
He said, "My presence will go with you, and I'll give you rest."
After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood among his shipmates and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete. You would have avoided this hardship and damage.
Later on, a man arrived from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God some bread as a first fruit offering. He had 20 loaves of barley and ripe ears of corn in his sack. So Elisha said, "Give them to the people so they can eat."
When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was helping his brothers tend their flocks. He was a young man at that time, as were the children of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. But Joseph would come back and tell his father that his brothers were doing bad things. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his brothers, since he was born to him in his old age, so he had made a richly-embroidered tunic for him.
"For the person who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
"But he is One who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do.
The LORD told Moses,
So Isaac held a festival for them, and they ate and drank.
which is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD reads, "Waheb and Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.
That's why I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the hope of Israel that I'm wearing this chain."
A person's discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is to his credit that he ignores an offence.
So we located some disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem,
Then the LORD God asked the woman, "What did you do?" "The Shining One misled me," the woman answered, "so I ate."
You know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, don't you? Should I take what belongs to the Messiah and unite them with a prostitute? Certainly not!
Pilate told them, "You take him and try him according to your Law."
Don't be envious of wicked men or wish you were with them,
That's why Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I'm so old and my husband is old, too, am I going to have sex?"
Anyone who touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! He was forming locust swarms as the latter plantings were just beginning to sprout. Indeed, the king had just taken his first fruit tax.
Baanah's son Heleb from Netophah, Ribai's son Ittai from Gibeah of the descendants of Benjamin,
Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered the word from the Lord, and how he had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."
an ox, a ram for a peace offering to sacrifice in the LORD's presence, and a grain offering with olive oil, because on that day the LORD will appear to you."
A good name exceeds the value of fine perfume, and the day of someone's death exceeds the value of the day of his birth.
because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.