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One might even say that Levi, the priest who takes the tenth from the people, gave his tenth through Abraham.
It is the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known through the congregation and the rules and authorities in the heavenly places.
If you have a hundred sheep and lose one of them, what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go looking for the one you lost until you find it.
When Paul saw that part of them were Sadducees and the other part Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin: Men! Brothers! I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee! I am being judged because of the hope and resurrection of the dead.
If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus. You handed him over to Pilate. When he was determined to let him go you denied him.
John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. They came to him and asked: Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast but your disciples do not?
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
A famine and great suffering came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan. Our fathers found no food.
What is your desire? he asked. She said to him: Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
Some Sadducees came to him. They believe there is no resurrection.
It is a fact! If you believed Moses you would believe me. He wrote about me!
The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
That way you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation. You are seen as lights in the world.
Let us swallow them alive and whole just as the grave does, and just as the dead go into the pit.
Do not be like your fathers! The former prophets declared: 'Jehovah of Hosts said, I implore you, return from your evil ways, and from your wicked activities! But they did not listen, they paid no attention to me,' said Jehovah.
Again Jehovah asked: What do you see? I answered: I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north.
Oh come, let us sing to Jehovah. Let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.
He replied: I am Hebrew and I respect Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.
The words of Amos concerning Israel. He was among the herdsmen of Tekoa in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel. It was two years before the earthquake.
When Jesus finished speaking, he departed from Galilee. He went to the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
The land will have enough food for you, and you will have everything you need. The land has rocks with iron ore. You will be able to mine copper ore in the mountains.
David finished talking to Saul. Jonathan became David's closest friend. He loved David as much as he loved himself.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you prosper.
Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge for the Israelites at that time.
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are.
He who overcomes will be clothed in white garments. I will not blot out his name from the book of life. In fact I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.
To me, the very least of all the holy ones, was given grace (loving divine influence) to preach to the people of the nations the untraceable riches of Christ.
I said: You are god-like ones. You are all sons of the Most High. (John 1:1)
The Rabshakeh said to them: Say to Hezekiah: These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?
By faith Enoch was moved (transferred) (removed) so that he would not see death. He was not found, because God had moved him away. Before he was moved away he saw that he had pleased God well. (Genesis 5:24)
Otherwise he would have to suffer often from the founding of the world. He has presented himself once at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving God.
You who seek to be righteous by Law are separated from Christ. You have fallen away from grace.
It will glorify me and will take of what I have and declare it to you.
Elishama, son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Ephraim; Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Manasseh; Ephraim and Manasseh are Joseph's descendants.
You must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Keep the commandment without spot and without reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For David has not ascended into heaven and yet he said: 'Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
Believe me that I am with the Father and the Father is with me, or else believe me because of the works.
If we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
There was a woman who had an issue of blood twelve years.
I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view. And he that troubles you will bear his judgment, who ever he is.
When the crowd gathered to him, he said: This generation is evil. It seeks a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
He cared for them and endured their bad conduct in the wilderness for forty years.
Immediately the man was made whole. He picked up his bed and walked. It happened on the Sabbath day.
Evening came and the disciples approached Jesus and said: This place is desolate. Send the people away so they may go to the villages and buy themselves food.
Jesus knew that they were about to take him by force and make him king. So he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
He said to them: You feed them. They replied: We have no more than five loaves and two fishes unless we should go and buy food for all these people.
After this I saw more visions in the night. I saw a FOURTH BEAST terrible and powerful, and exceedingly strong! It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from the beasts that came before it. It had ten horns!
You will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation. These are the words you must speak to the children of Israel.'
I said to them, If it is good in your sight give me my wages, if not forget it. So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
Those who are at ease in Zion and are secure in the mountain of Samaria will have trouble. You are the notable men of the foremost nations to whom the house of Israel comes!
Also the men left the natural use of the woman and burned in their lust, one toward another; men with men working that which is obscene. They receive full recompense due for their error.
When he arrived at the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarenes two men possessed by demons came to him from out of the tombs. They were extremely violent, so no man could pass by that way.
Awake, you drunkards, and weep! Wail you drinkers of wine. The sweet wine is removed from your mouth.
They were disobedient while the ark was being built. Yet God waited patiently in the days of Noah. But few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah!
Behold! A Day of Jehovah comes, when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you.
It is better to have a little with respect for Jehovah than great treasure and trouble.
No sooner had he finished speaking, then another servant came and said: Your children were having a feast at the home of your oldest son,
No one has seen God at any time! If we love one another, God lives with us, and his love is perfected (accomplished) (matured) through us.
Therefore the wicked will not stand (be upright) in the judgment. The sinners will not stand (endure) in the assembly of the righteous.
There is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all and in all.
The vision and prophetic message Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
That which has been is that which will be. That which has been done is that which will be done. There is nothing new under the sun!
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
She said to Elijah: What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
When the boy Samuel was serving Jehovah under the direction of Eli, there were very few messages from Jehovah. Visions from him were rare.
Jezebel will not be buried. Dogs in the territory of Jezreel will eat her body.' After saying this, the young prophet opened the door and fled.
Tell the king Jehovah says: 'You will not recover from your injuries. You will in fact die!' Elijah did as Jehovah commanded.
Moses came down from Mount Sinai. The two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he came down from the mountain. Moses did not know that the skin of his face glowed because he spoke with God.
You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Strive to go in through the narrow door. Many people will try to go in and will not be able.
May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience (steadfastness) of Christ.
The scripture says: No one believing on him shall be disappointed. (Isaiah 28:16)
Jesus called them to himself and said: You know that the rulers of the nations exercise absolute dominion over them. They lord it over them and behave like tyrants.
We have this ministry to do, even as we obtained mercy, we do not lose heart.
Our hope for you is steadfast; knowing that, as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you also partake of the comfort.
Prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch at that time.
You are bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.
Jehovah is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you. Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Why do the nations conspire together and rage? Why do the peoples plot in vain?
God is able to make all grace abound toward you. You have plenty of everything you need and should abound in every good work.
Jesus went to Jerusalem. The disciples followed him. They were amazed at what Jesus did. Others followed and were afraid. He met with the twelve to tell them the things that were to happen to him.
After much discussion Peter got up and said: Men and brothers you know that God made a choice among us, that I would preach the good news to the nations that they may hear and believe.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood.
A good name is better than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.
According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man take heed how he builds.
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, and unmerciful.
We must outsmart them or they will increase in number. If war breaks out they will leave the country and join our enemies to fight against us.
The pay is counted to the man who works. It is not as grace but as a debt.
Obey my laws. Never crossbreed different kinds of animals. Do not plant two kinds of crops in your field. Never wear clothes made from two kinds of material.
Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news: not with wisdom of words, lest the stake of Christ be emptied of its effect.
He does great things beyond our understanding, yes, marvelous wonders without number.
Justice should roll down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream.
For a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honor that was his.
I will not do it in your lifetime, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.
The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. The key of the bottomless pit was given to him.
Jesus asked him: Why do you call me good? None is good except God.
This I confess to you that according to The Way, which they call a sect, I serve the God of our fathers. I believe all the things written in the law and the prophets.
I wrote in a letter to you not to keep company with fornicators.
What more shall I say? For the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined together, let no man pull apart (separate)!
In the spring, at the time of the year when kings usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers and the Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged the city of Rabbah. David stayed in Jerusalem.
Remain in that house eating and drinking what they give you. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not stay in different houses.
He will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations far away. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks! Nation will not lift up sword against nation and they will not learn war any more!
With all my heart I praise Jehovah! Do not forget how kind he has been.
I am going to do something new. It is already happening. Do you recognize it? I will clear a way in the desert. I will make rivers on dry land.
You thought: 'I will go up to heaven (Mount Zion) and set up my throne above God's stars (messengers). I will sit on the mountain of meeting far away in the north where the gods assemble.
We both have access to the Father by one Spirit through him.
Those who do not carry their own stake and come after me may not be my disciples.
He says: It is a small thing that you are my servant. You will raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations that my salvation will reach to the end of the earth.
I write to you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.
To Titus, my true child sharing a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Those who respected Jehovah spoke to one another, and Jehovah listened to what they had to say. In his presence a memorial record was written down in a book listing those who reverence Jehovah and respect (esteem) (regard) his name.
Now no discipline for the present seems to be joyous. In fact it seems grievous! Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained.
He answered: I was on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The chariots and cavalry of the enemy closed in on him.
It will not be like the promise that I made to their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of Egypt. They rejected that promise, although I was a husband to them, says Jehovah.
The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
He sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.
These are the commands, decrees and laws Jehovah your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them after you enter the land and take possession of it.
Like the noise of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains. It is like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble. They are a strong people set in battle array.
There was no needy person among them for as many as possessed land or houses sold them, and brought the money from the things that were sold.
Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that you heard was coming and now it is already in the world.
Always give thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.
Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha (Governor), and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people: This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Let there be no sorrow or weeping. For all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.
let him know, that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a person from death, and cover a multitude of sins.
Stand firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brothers in the world.
You were chosen because Jehovah loved you and kept the oath he swore to your fathers. So he used his mighty hand to bring you out. He freed you from slavery under Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Ezra devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of Jehovah. He taught its decrees and laws in Israel.
There will arise false Christs and false prophets. They show signs and wonders that will mislead many, even the anointed.
We know that no one who is born of God practices sin. He who was born from God watches over himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
We have many things to say about him and it is hard to explain it to you, for you are dull of hearing (slow to learn).
Jesus said: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people.
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. He brought them out of Egypt with his great strength.
The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort. It works through patience and longsuffering and is the same sufferings that we also suffer.
Righteousness exalts a nation! But sin is a reproach to any people.
Whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of [sinning against] (falsely representing) the body and blood of the Lord.
Suppose a woman with ten silver coins loses one of them. What does she do? She lights a lamp and sweeps her house. She looks carefully everywhere until she finds it.
Now the illustration is this: The seed is the word of God.
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble! He knows (protects) (takes care of) those who take refuge in him.
Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I tell you, it is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart. Those who harass Judah will be destroyed. Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim.
They were all very angry and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and it quickly goes back to the place where it began.
Let your gentleness (mildness) (moderation) be known to all men for the Lord is near.
Nothing impure will ever enter it. The shameful and deceitful will not enter. Only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life will enter.
My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
I went to Jehovah for help. He answered me and rescued me from all my fears.
According to the same word, the heavens that now are, and the earth, are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of Judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
He looked around at everyone and said to the man: Stretch out your hand. And he did so and his hand was restored.
The letter stated: This letter will introduce my officer Naaman. I want you to cure him of his leprosy.
A third of the living creatures in the sea died. And a third of the ships were destroyed.
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ.
They could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd. So they removed the roof over the place where Jesus was. Then they lowered the cot on which the paralyzed man was lying.
Their tails were like scorpions' tails, for there were stings in their tails. They had power to hurt men five months.
I decided not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and his death on the torture stake.
If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid!
It was the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
I will make boys their leaders. Childish tyrants will govern them.
It was one of those days when there was a great crowd of people. They had nothing to eat so he called his disciples.
And I heard as it were the voice of a large number of people, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunder, saying: Praise Jehovah! For Jehovah our God, the Almighty, reigns. (Psalm 106:48)
It took twenty years for Solomon to build two houses, the Temple of Jehovah and the king's house.
These men speak abusively about things they do not know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they corrupt themselves.
who is at least twenty years old. You and Aaron must register everyone in Israel who is eligible for military duty. List them by divisions.
We speak these things, not in the words that man's wisdom teaches. But we speak them with the words the Holy Spirit teaches comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
Pass through the middle of the camp and command the people, say: Prepare your provisions. In three days you will pass over this Jordan. You will go in to possess the land that Jehovah your God gave you to possess.
But He knows the way I walk. He has tried me. I shall come forth as gold.
He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Nothing in his appearance will make us desire him.
However, Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Terror and dread fall upon them. By the greatness of your arm they are motionless as stone. Until your people pass over, O Jehovah, until the people pass over whom you have purchased.
They asked: Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and came to offer him praise.
Abraham said: If they would not listen to Moses and the prophets, they would not listen to someone from the dead.
I speak to you people of the nations. For I am the apostle to the nations and I glorify (honor) (praise) (celebrate) my ministry.
Lightnings and thunders and voices came from the throne. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne. These are the seven Spirits of God.
He said to his people: There are too many Israelites! They are stronger than we are.
Peter said to him: Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.
It is written: I have made you a father of many nations. [This was] in the presence of God, the one in whom he believed. He gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which does not exist.
My son, pay attention to my words. Incline your ear (extend your hearing) to my sayings.
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these, saying: Behold, Jehovah came with many thousands of his holy ones.
Let that day turn to darkness. May God above not care about it. Let no light shine upon it.
The congregation gathered and reported all God had done with them how he had opened the door of faith to the nations.
He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
I will show you the one to fear. Fear the one who, after he has killed, has power to destroy you (throw into the ever-burning trash fires of the valley of Hinnom) (Greek: Gehenna). This is one you should fear.
Come, and let us return to Jehovah. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us. He has wounded us but he will bandage us.
A great crowd came to him from every city. He spoke to them with an illustration:
No, I am not drunk, she answered. I have not been drinking! I am desperate. I have prayed and poured out my troubles to Jehovah.
to the holy ones and faithful brothers in Christ that live in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
The master told the servant, 'Go to the country roads and lanes and make people come so my house will be full.'
Any prophet who dares to say something in my name that I did not command him to say or who speaks in the name of other gods must die.
However the more the Israelites were oppressed, the more they increased in number and spread out. The Egyptians could not stand them any longer.
But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioned him: Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?
Learn from the illustration of the fig tree. When the branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.
Paul laid his hands on them and Holy Spirit came upon them. They spoke with tongues and prophesied.
Then Jacob was by himself. A man was fighting with him till dawn.
Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.
It said: Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven congregations in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power! He will by no means reprieve the guilty (leave them unpunished). Jehovah has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm. The clouds are the dust of his feet.
Only one is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you that you judge your neighbor?
He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying: Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?
God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:
You have given him authority over all flesh that he may give everlasting life to the ones whom you have given him.
You sow much and reap little. You eat but you do not have enough! You drink and yet you are not filled. You clothe yourselves but you are not warm. You earns wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.
Jehovah commanded Moses to tell the Israelites: You have seen how I have spoken to you from heaven.
She sits alone. She was a town full of people! Once great among the nations she has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced labor!
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life! I will raise him up at the last day.
After his suffering he will see the light and be satisfied. By his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many. He will bear their iniquities.
Then he said: Do not fear Daniel! From the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your prayer.
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no trap for him? Will a trap spring up from the ground when nothing at all sprung it?
Jesus answered: You are mistaken! You do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
Jesus was known before the foundation of the world. He was made known at the end times for your sake.
They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome (conquer) them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. Those who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Also take up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
If a man does not remain with me, he is removed as a branch, and withers. They gather them and throw them into the fire where they are burned (destroyed) (consumed).
He was buried like a criminal in a rich mans grave. He had done no wrong, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God will not be (defamed) dishonored.
Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.
Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority.
If Joshua had given them rest, he [God] would not have spoken afterwards about another day.
I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Judah said to Simeon his brother: Come up with me to my allotted territory that we may fight against the Canaanites. I likewise will go with you to your territory. So Simeon went with him.
People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.
For this cause, when I could no longer bear it, I inquired about your faith. I feared that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know; or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.
Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come from the heart!
My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn back, I will not be pleased with them.
I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus. For they have supplied what was lacking on your part.
Jesus heard that they threw him out. He found him and said: Do you believe in the Son of God?
The third time Jesus said to him: Simon, son of John, do you have affection for me? Peter was grieved. Because he said to him the third time, do you have affection for me? Peter replied: Lord, you know all things; you know I have affection for you! Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep.
I know that you can do all things and no plan of yours can be thwarted.
There was much whispering among the people concerning him. Some said: He is a good man. Others said: No, he deceives the people.
Jesus said to his host: When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors. They will invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did.
I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.'
In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants. The captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him.
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many places.
Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction.
However I have this against you: you do not love me now as you did at first.
We have access to grace (God's favor) by faith through him. This is where we stand. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
They took two women of Moab as their wives. One was Orpah and the other Ruth. They made their home there for about ten years.
If we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be in the likeness of his resurrection.
An angel came to him and gave him strength.
We know that we live with him and he with us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
Do not be called Rabbi (master) (teacher) (leader), for only one is your teacher. You are all brothers.
Jehovah was very angry with Israel. He removed them from his sight. Only the tribe of Judah kept its place.
Live as children of obedience. Do not fashion yourself according to your former lusts, for you were ignorant at that time.
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. He that hates reproof is stupid.
Be quiet, Samuel told Saul, Let me tell you what Jehovah told me last night. Speak, Saul replied.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts.
They gathered twelve baskets of leftovers after everyone had eaten.
I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a violent aggressor. I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.
Each one of you should love his own wife even as himself. The wife should respect her husband.
But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her for her hair is given her for a covering.
You carefully follow my teaching in conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, and patience,
The desert will rejoice, and flowers will bloom in the wastelands.
The fourth son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life. Aggression comes from the mouth of the wicked.
We see and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
When he took the book the four living creatures and twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Every one of them had harps, and golden bowls full of incense. These are the prayers of the holy ones.
Another sign appeared in heaven. It was a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
The Scripture revealed ahead of time, that God justified the people of the nations by faith. He preached the good news beforehand to Abraham. He said: In you will all the nations be blessed.
For all who have sinned without law will perish without law. All who have sinned under law will be judged under law.
and what the exceeding greatness of his power is toward us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty strength.
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he does not differ from a bondservant, though he is owner of the estate.
But the word of our God abides forever. This is the word of good tidings that was preached to you.
Jesus said: I am and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai, from the tribe of Simeon;
I have given you an example. You should also do as I have done to you.
She prayed silently. Her lips were moving, but she made no sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk.
Speaking to the Pharisees and scribes He said: You abandon the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.
A name was written on her forehead, a mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.
If it is by grace then it is no longer on the basis of works. Otherwise grace is not grace (undeserved kindness). But if it is of works then it is not by grace. Otherwise works are no longer works.
They clothed him with purple. After weaving a crown of thorns they put it on him.
He said: Elijah does come first and restores all things. It is written that the Son of man should suffer and be treated with contempt?
I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will not go out from it anymore. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the New Jerusalem. This city comes down out of heaven from my God. I will write my new name on him.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul impaled for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
The same applies to you. When you have done all you have been told to do, you say, we are unworthy servants. We have done what we ought to have done.
Jehovah your God will bring you into the land you are to possess. He will clear away many nations ahead of you. The nations he will clear: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. These seven nations are larger and mightier than you.
They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.
The stones with which the Temple was built were prepared at the quarry. That way there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was built.
After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first.
People will say to you: Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter. Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?
O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Turn away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from opposition and from false knowledge.
And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take and eat. This represents (is) my body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron:
He came to the one who sat on the throne and received the book from his right hand.
To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord commands do not let the wife depart from her husband.
The king assigned a daily amount of the king's special rich food for them and also the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years. At the end of that time they would serve the king.
Do we nullify the law through faith? No we do not! In fact, we establish (continue) (stand by) (uphold) the law.
In that day you will know that I am with my Father, and you with me, and I with you.
Abraham said to God: If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. The rod of discipline (instruction) will drive it far from him.
Everyone who has this hope in him is purified. He is pure.
The wind blows toward the south, and it turns around to the north. It whirls around continually and the wind returns on its circuits.
Say to them: 'As I am alive! Declares the Lord Jehovah. I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Only that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?'
I know your troubles. I know that you are poor, but you are rich! I know the evil things said against you by those who claim to be Jews but are not. Their synagogue belongs to Satan!
I must brag, although it does not do any good. I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name, Jehovah, I did not make myself known to them.
The Father who sent me testifies about me. You have not heard his voice nor seen him at any time.
You are made full (complete) (perfect) (mature) in him. He is the head over all government and authority.
The Israelites said to Samuel: Do not stop crying to Jehovah our God for us! Ask him to deliver us from the Philistines!
They were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
If you are a Jew in name and are resting on the law and taking glory in God,
These people honor me with their lips, but their heart (innermost thoughts) is far from me.
Fight the good fight of the faith! Lay hold on everlasting life! You were called and confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
If any man hears my sayings and does not obey them I will not judge him. I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Which of you convicted me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe me?
Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Great fear came upon the entire congregation who heard these things.
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, there stood a man in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said: Are you on our side or our adversaries?
Concerning that I say, that each one of you said, I follow Paul; and I follow Apollos; and I follow Cephas; and I follow Christ.
You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be his own special people out of all the nations of the earth.
She was told: The older will serve the younger.
Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your holy ones at Jerusalem.
He replied: Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you. I know that it is my fault the great storm came upon you.
And King Cyrus turned them over to Mithredath, chief of the royal treasury, who made an inventory of them for Sheshbazzar, the governor of Judah,
My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your food from their path!
King Cyrus gave back the bowls and cups that King Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple in Jerusalem and put in the temple of his god.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death.
Let them be. They are blind guides. If a blind man guides another blind man, they will fall in a hole together.
In the resurrection they will not marry nor be given in marriage. They will be like the angels in heaven.
So they cried to Jehovah, and said: We earnestly request that you, O Jehovah, do not let us perish because of this man. Do not allow the loss of innocent blood! For you, O Jehovah, have done as you pleased.
Elisha then left his bulls and ran after Elijah. He said: Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye and then I will go with you. Elijah answered, All right, go back. I am not stopping you!
Can a woman forget her nursing child? Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb? Although mothers forget, I will not forget you.
What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you are here.
This is the second letter I write to you, beloved. I stimulate your memory in each letter.
Let your maidservant find favor in your sight, she replied. Then she went away, ate some food, and was no longer sad (self-concerned).
Brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.
Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:
He looked for the city having real foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Do not worship any other god but Jehovah for his reputation is filled with zeal, and he is a God who demands exclusive devotion.
Should we pay or should we not pay? Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them: Why do you test me? Show me a denarius.
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people indulged in sexual immorality with the Moabite women.
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.
The serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
Holy Spirit warns me that in every city, prison and hardships are facing me there.
He turned to Peter and said: Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me. You think the things of men, not of God.
I did not go to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before I was. I went away to Arabia and again I returned to Damascus.
Where ever the sun rises and sets my name will be great among the people of the nations. Incense will be offered to my name everywhere. It will be a pure offering! For my name will be great among the nations, said Jehovah of Hosts.
I ask: Did they stumble and fall? Certainly not! But rather through their fall into sin salvation has come to the nations. This will provoke them to jealousy.
If anyone is contentious about this we have no other practice, neither do the congregations of God.
If I had thought about doing anything sinful, Jehovah would not have listened to me.
For, behold, Jehovah comes out of his place! He comes down and treads upon the high places of the earth.
Jesus was aware of this and withdrew from the place. Many followed him and were healed by him.
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said:
So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel. She explained: I asked Jehovah for him.
I always keep Jehovah in front of me. When he is at my right hand (assisting me), I cannot be moved.
Wickedness and lawlessness will increase. The love of many will grow cold.
The soldiers led him away to the court in the Praetorium building (governor's palace). They assembled together all of the troops.
Many of them said: He has a demon and is mad. Why listen to him?
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever.
Joshua commanded the officers of the people. He said:
They grieved and mourned and fasted until evening for Saul and Jonathan and for Israel, the people of Jehovah, because so many had been killed in battle.
Then they said to him, Please tell us who is the cause of this evil? What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? What people are they?
That is why lions from the forest will kill them. Wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.
He must have a good reputation with those outside the congregation, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil.
All things are wearisome; man is not able to tell. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Look at the birds of the sky, they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you worth more than they?
I have made all these things. That is why all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry for their sins and who tremble at my word.
Jehovah spoke concerning the prophets: They make my people stray. They bite with their teeth and cry, Peace, but receive nothing in their mouths. They declare holy war on him.
The officer in charge gave names to them: To Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar. Hananiah was called Shadrach. Mishael was called Meshach and Azariah was named Abednego.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Then Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Booths. A very large crowd came from the territory between the border of Hamath and the River of Egypt.
For Zion's sake I will not remain silent. For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until its righteousness shines like the sunrise and its salvation burns brightly like a torch.
Then she fell down at his feet and died. The young men came in, and found her dead. They carried her out to be buried by her husband.
I, Jehovah, have called you and have given you power to see that justice is done on earth. I will make a covenant with all peoples and bring light (truth) (light of instruction) (Psalm 27:1) to the nations through you.
I went up to him and killed him. I knew that he would die anyway as soon as he fell. Then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm. Here, I have brought them to you.
And Jehovah asked me, Amos, what do you see? I said: A plumb line. Then Jehovah said: Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not spare them any more.
If in spite of this you do not listen to me and still resist me,
The path of the righteous is like the shining light of dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the more perfect day.
But now, Jehovah, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. We are the work of your hands.
However I will have mercy (compassion) (love) on the house of Judah. I will not save them by bow, or by sword. I will not save them by battle, not by horses, nor by horsemen. However, I will save them by Jehovah their God.
The world and its desires (lusts) are passing away; but he who does the will of God lives forever.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The children should not provide for the parents, but the parents for the children.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but in the end it will not be blessed.
Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he was married to a Cushite woman from Sudan.
Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be mature, complete, and lacking in nothing.
Jehovah will be King over all the earth. Jehovah will be the only one and his name will be the only one in that day.
My father David had his heart set on building a Temple for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
Adonijah, son of Haggith, was very handsome. His mother gave birth to him after Maacah had Absalom. Adonijah boasted about himself, saying, I will be king. He got a chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
Soon King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's entire army.
O Jehovah, I know that humans are not able to govern their own lives. Humans cannot administer their own steps.
If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his wife.
The king left on foot. His whole household followed him. The king left ten concubines behind to take care of the palace.
On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.
He said: When you help the Hebrew women give birth on the birth stool, if it is a son you shall put him to death. If it is a daughter, then she shall live.
Here are the names of the men who will help you: Elizur, son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben,
His brightness is like the sun. He has rays of power coming from his hand! There was protection in his power.
You who turn justice to wormwood (a curse), and cast righteousness down to the earth
If we are on trial for a good deed done to a sick man, concerning how this man was made well;
A light is not placed under a cover. To the contrary, it is placed on a table so all may see.
After he killed Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who lived at Astaroth in Edrei:
When the messengers returned to the house they found the servant in good health.
They were to take no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse and no extra sandals or coat.
He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry. He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel become dry and the flower of Lebanon withers.
The Chaldeans spoke in the Syrian language: O king, may you live for a very long time. Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.
They made their lives bitter with backbreaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard work.
For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, and will leave the land of Jezreel. It will be a great day for Jezreel.
You parted the sea before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.
Whoever refuses to listen to the words that the prophet speaks in my name will answer to me.
I wrote something to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, did not receive us.
You also helped with your prayer on our behalf. Many may give thanks for the gift granted to us.
They celebrated the Festival of Booths according to what is written. Each day they offered the sacrifices required for that day.
Crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the highest God? In God's name do not torment me!
Some of them said: Beelzebub the prince of the demons casts out demons.
If the whole body were an eye, where is the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where is the smelling?
Also take these ten slices of cheese to the commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are getting along. Bring back something to show that you saw them and that they are well.
Jehovah dealt harshly with the people of Ashdod. He destroyed them by striking the people in the vicinity of Ashdod with tumors.
Now get a new cart ready for two dairy cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart. Take their calves away and leave them in their stall.
At once Jehovah God became angry with Uzzah. He killed him because of his irreverence. Uzzah died there beside the Ark of the Covenant.
Do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gold to be worshiped in addition to me.
In that same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand men were slain in the earthquake, and the survivors were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
The men rowed hard to get back to the land; but they could not! The sea grew more and more stormy against them.
These men are hidden rocks in your love feasts when they feast (entertain) with you. They are shepherds that without fear feed themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds. They are autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.
I said: O Jehovah (YHWH), the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be respected, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:
Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, Gomer conceived, and gave birth to another son.
Yes and if I judge my judgment is true. I am not alone for I am with the Father who sent me.
The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.
His father never confronted him by asking: Why have you done this?
Every creature in the water without fins or scales is offensive to you.
In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.
For you threw me into the deep, in the heart of the seas. The current was all around me. All your waves, your huge breakers passed over me!
He told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow. It is written in the book of Jashar:
I brought drought on the land and its hills, grain fields, vineyards, and olive orchards. Yes drought on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow.
He confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who ruled us. He brought a great evil on us. Nothing under heaven has been done like what was done to Jerusalem.
Throw in with us. Let us all have one purse.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. The righteous will depart from trouble.
Teacher, Moses said if a man dies having no children, his brother should marry his wife, and bring up seed for his brother.
It is written, he shall give his angels charge concerning you to guard you.
when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.
The commandment, which was to life, this I found to be to death.
Am I their mother? Did I give birth to them? Are you really asking me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries a baby, all the way to the land you promised their ancestors with an oath?
The sons of the priest Aaron will start a fire on the altar and lay the wood on the fire.
You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
Send your men to Lebanon to cut down cedars for me. My men will work with them. I will pay your men whatever you decide. You may already know, my men do not know how to cut down trees as well as yours do.
A nation has invaded my land. It is strong and very large. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
He said to her: Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up!
The next morning Elkanah and his family got up early. After worshiping Jehovah, they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had intercourse with his wife Hannah and Jehovah answered her prayer.
Even though we speak this way, beloved, we are convinced that you will have better things, things that belong to salvation.
Listen to them. But be sure to warn them and tell them about the behavior and rights of a king who rules over them.
Eli answered: Go in peace. May the God of Israel give you what you have asked of him.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah's son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.'
Do not consider your maidservant a worthless woman. I pray like this because I am miserable and filled with grief.
Jehovah said to me: Disaster will be poured out from the north on all those who live in the land.
All the governors of the kingdom, the deputies and the governors, the counselors consulted together to establish a royal statute. They made a strong decree, that whoever prays to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions.
In the center of the cloud I saw what looked like four living creatures. They were shaped like humans.
Your proud heart has deceived you. You reside in the refuge of the rock. Your habitation is high above others and you say in your heart: 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king's rule.
Like Adam, they have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.
And they brought it. He said to them: Whose is this image and superscription? They said: Caesar's.
But Adonijah had discussed his actions with Joab (son of Zeruiah) and with the priest Abiathar, so they supported him.
Then Jehoiada led Joash out and placed the crown on his head. He gave him a copy of the laws governing kingship. Then Jehoash was anointed and proclaimed king. The people clapped their hands and shouted: Long live the king!
The sun went down and it was dark. A smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience. And we wish to live honorably in all things.
I am Jehovah of Hosts (All Powerful)! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.
Then Nathan asked Solomon's mother Bathsheba: Have you heard that Adonijah, Haggith's son, has become king, and our master David does not even know about it?
Then he said: 'Come here and kill me! I am badly wounded and about to die.'
I commanded my servants the prophets to obey my words and my statutes. They disregarded them and suffered greatly. Then they repented and admitted that I, Jehovah of Hosts, corrected them as they deserved according to their deeds.'
This time Hannah did not go. She told her husband: As soon as the child is weaned, I will take him to the Temple of Jehovah, where he will stay all his life.
On this side (east) of Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses declared the Law. He said:
Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened. Proclaim freewill-offerings and make them known. This pleases you, O you children of Israel, said the Lord Jehovah.
David said to him: Your blood is on your head. Your mouth has testified against you. For you admit that you killed Jehovah's anointed.
Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened calves at Zoheleth Rock near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king's other sons, all the men of Judah, and the king's officials.
They say that we would be fools to fold our hands and let ourselves starve to death.
But I say to you that Elijah has come. They have done to him what ever they wished just as it is written about him.
Do you remember that I repeatedly told you about these things when I was still with you?
Report this message in Judah. Make it heard in Jerusalem. Say: Blow the ram's horn throughout the land. Shout loudly and say: 'Assemble together! Let us go into the fortified cities.'
They do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unaware.
Governor Zerubbabel and Joshua the High Priest and all the people who returned from the exile in Babylon did what Jehovah God told them to do. They were afraid and obeyed Jehovah's messenger, Haggai the prophet.
Then David chanted with a lament (dirge) (requiem) over Saul and Jonathan his son.
This was on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was king.
Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment from Gaza for they transgressed many times. They captured all the people and delivered them to Edom.
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
He has laid my vine waste and stripped off the bark of my fig tree. He stripped its branches white and clean and threw it away.
They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him. They killed the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
There were also 30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls and 1,000 other articles.
They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.'
Then Jehovah sent a man, a prophet, to the Israelites. He said to them: Jehovah, the God of Israel says, 'It was I who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
So I am dedicating (giving) (granting) him to Jehovah. As long as he lives, he will belong to Jehovah. Then they worshiped Jehovah there.
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: Every son who is born must be thrown into the Nile River. However, keep every daughter alive.
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
They secretly induced me to say: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,
All the rivers run into the sea yet the sea is not full. The rivers return to the place where they began.
Pharaoh's officials saw her. They praised her to Pharaoh. She was taken into his palace.
He said to me: O Daniel, you are greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you. Stand upright for I have been sent to you. When he spoke these words I stood trembling.
Truly, I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and could not see them. They also desired to hear the things that you hear, and could not hear them.
You will call and I will answer you! You will long for the creature your hands have made.
On the way she said to them: Go back home and stay with your mothers. Jehovah should be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died.
Slaughter the bull in Jehovah's presence. Aaron's sons, the priests, will offer the blood. They will throw it against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.
The dove, however, could find no place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth. It returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and held the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.
Refuse and rebel and swords will devour you. Jehovah has spoken.
For we are not overstretching ourselves though we did not reach to you. We reached out to you with the good news of Christ.
Jehovah spoke to Moses again: Put your hand inside your robe. Moses obeyed. When he took his hand out, it was diseased, covered with white spots, like snow.
May Jehovah make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home. Then Naomi kissed them good-bye and they cried.
Like dew from Jehovah the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples. It will be like showers upon the grass that do not wait for man or for sons of men.
There is futility and emptiness in many dreams and in many words. Reverence God.
They started crying again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home. Ruth held on to her.
David asked: Why were you not afraid to take it upon yourself to destroy Jehovah's (YHWH) anointed king?
An empty headed man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
It is because of you that the sky above you withholds the dew, and the earth below withholds its produce.
Meraioth the father of Amariah, Amariah the father of Ahitub,
Jehovah inspired everyone to work on the Temple. That included: Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah; Joshua, the High Priest, and all the people who had returned from the exile. They worked on the house of Jehovah of Hosts, their God.
He should lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering. It may then be accepted for him to make atonement with Jehovah on his behalf.
Your fathers, where are they?' The prophets, do they live forever?
Return home, my daughters. I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought there was still hope, and got married and had sons,
But he did not invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, the special guard or his brother Solomon.
Now here is the king you have chosen. You asked for him. Now Jehovah gives him to you.
God delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver us!
Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'You prayed to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria. I have heard you.
Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely through to Governor Felix.
Hiram's fleet that brought gold from Ophir also brought a large quantity of sandalwood and precious stones from Ophir.
The Pharisees went away and immediately conspired with the Herodians. They tried to decide how they might destroy him.
He released the man who was in prison for insurrection and murder and he delivered Jesus to their will.
This is how you despise me. You offer worthless food on my altar. Then you ask: 'How have we failed to respect you?' I tell you it is by showing contempt for my altar.
You must go back, my daughters, Naomi replied. Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry?
While Peter doubted in himself what this vision ment, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius inquired for Simon's house, and stood at the gate.
He called together all the chief priests and teachers of the Law and asked where will the Messiah be born?
Is physical Israel the ones who eat the sacrifices, the partakers of the altar?
For sin, finding occasion, through the commandment deceived me, and through it killed me.
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These are the eight children Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Then Solomon and the entire assembly went to the place of worship in Gibeon because God's Tent of Meeting was there. Jehovah's servant Moses pitched the tent in the desert.
Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work. She dwells among the nations. There is no rest for her. Her attackers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
The midwives replied to Pharaoh: Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women. They are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them.
The people asked Samuel: Who said: 'Saul should not rule us?' Let us have them, and we will kill them.'
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of God had commanded him to do. He took Mary to be his wife.
But you say: 'If a man says to his father or his mother that which would benefit you is a gift to God,
The mountains melt under him. The valleys split like wax before the fire! Like waters poured down a steep place.
Be ashamed you farmers. Cry you vinedressers. The wheat, the barley and the harvest of the field have perished.
All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought all of them along with the exiles who traveled from Babylon to Jerusalem.
I searched in my mind how to stimulate my flesh with wine. My mind guided my heart with wisdom. I possessed foolishness until I could see what was good for the sons of men. I saw what they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.
They answered: A man told us to come back and tell you that Jehovah says: 'Why are you sending messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no god in Israel? You will not recover from your injuries. You will die!'
The men greatly reverenced Jehovah. They offered a sacrifice to Jehovah, and made vows.
David called one of the young men and said: Execute him! So he struck him and he died.
I will cry and weep for the mountains. I will sing a funeral song for the pastures in the wilderness. They are destroyed so that no one can travel through them. No one can hear the sound of cattle. Birds and cattle have fled. They are gone.
Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.
O Jehovah, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant. Of the prayers of all your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Jehovah, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. Now I was the king's wine-servant.
The midwives respected God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them. They let the boys live.
The family of the house of Levi will mourn by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by themselves, and their wives by themselves;
Therefore you will have night. You will have no vision! It will be dark to you. You will not perform divination. The sun will go down on the prophets and they will be in the dark.
David asked the young man who brought him the news: Where are you from? He answered: I am an Amalekite, son of a foreign resident.
Then he sent an officer with fifty men to get Elijah. The officer found him sitting on a hill and said to him: Man of God, the king orders you to come down.
I also said: 'I will not drive them out from before you. They will be thorns in your sides. Their gods will snare (trap) you.'
The Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away. His hand (power) is still stretched out (extended).
For we being many are one-bread and one-body. We are all partakers of that one bread.
And because of your knowledge the weak brother will perish. Christ died for him!
A young man saw Jonathan and Ahimaaz and told Absalom. So both of them left quickly. They went to the home of a man in Bahurim who had a cistern in his courtyard. They climbed down into it.
The children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah. Jehovah swore that he would not show them the land, which he swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
I say again, let no man think me foolish. If you do, yet receive me as foolish that I also may boast a little.
So they picked up Jonah, and threw him into the sea. Immediately the sea ceased from its raging.
You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?
Jehovah the God of your fathers will make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he promised you!
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presences of King Ahasuerus.
They lie in wait for their own blood (murder). They set an ambush for their own lives.
This people's heart has become calloused. They hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.(Septuagint)
The mountains quake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth trembles (shakes) (heaves) at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwells in it.
If I am a man of God, Elijah answered: Let fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men! At once fire came down and killed the officer and his men.
They got some ashes and stood before the king. Moses threw them into the air. They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals.
The field is laid waste, the land mourns. The grain is destroyed, the new wine dried up, the oil fails.
In the second year that Darius was king, on the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), Jehovah gave me a message in a vision at night.
Is there anything of which it may be said: See, this is new? It has already existed in days of old, which were before us.
I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon that they might explain the dream to me.
Never have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is unclean during her monthly period.
The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
This expression went among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. Yet Jesus did not say that he should not die. He only said: If I will that he stay until I come, what is that to you?
For the wife sanctifies the unbelieving husband, and the husband sanctifies the unbelieving wife. Otherwise your children would be unclean. But now they are holy.
The king gave them a harsh answer. He paid no attention to the suggestion of the elders.
He took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. Immediately his feet and anklebones received strength.
Why did you say: 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!
Blessed is the man to whom, Jehovah will not impute sin. (Psalm 32:2)
backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
This fulfilled what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet.
by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
You bring blind, sick and lame animals to sacrifice to me. Do you think there is nothing wrong with that? Try giving an animal like that to the governor! Would he be pleased with you or grant you any favors?
Is this how loyal you are to your friend? Absalom asked Hushai. Why did you not go with him?
Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open. Please give ear to the prayer of your servant. At this time, day and night I pray for the children of Israel, your servants. I put before you the sins of the children of Israel that we have done against you: truly, my father's people and I are sinners.
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.
Even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit (mental disposition). I am glad when I see the resolute firmness with which you stand together in your faith in Christ.
I devoted myself to study and explored wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens. It is a grievous task God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end:
My bones cling to my skin. I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth (with almost nothing).
Yet you say: Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity? When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all my statutes and done them, he shall surely live.
Let us preach the good news to the parts beyond you. Let us not boast in someone else's territory in concerning things ready for our hand.
Your beauty, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
He said: I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there.
Why do you ask me? Ask them that heard me what I spoke to them. They know the things I said.
The time came again for Elkanah and his family to go to Shiloh and offer to Jehovah the yearly sacrifice and the special sacrifice he promised.
Let no rain or dew fall on the mountains of Gilboa. Let its fields be barren! For the shields of the mighty lie there in disgrace. The shield of Saul is no longer polished with oil.
He knew their thoughts. So he told them: Every kingdom that is divided is destroyed. A house divided against itself falls.
I am going to call every family and kingdom from the north, says Jehovah. They will come, and they will set up their thrones at the entrance of Jerusalem's gates. They will attack all the walls around the city and all the cities of Judah.
What did the man look like? The king asked.
Elkanah answered: All right, do what seems best to you. Stay at home until you have weaned him. May Jehovah make your promise come true. So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her child.
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known?
After she weaned him she took him to Shiloh. She also took a three-year-old bull, a bushel of flour, and a leather bag full of wine. She took Samuel, young as he was, to the Temple of Jehovah at Shiloh.
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them.
As a well pours out its water, so Jerusalem pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her. Sickness and wounds are ever before me.
For this I obtained mercy, which in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might show his long-suffering. This is for an example to those who should later believe in him for eternal life.
You have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my precious treasures into your temples.
Keep in mind, O Jehovah, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying: 'If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:
He divided his forces against them by night. He and his servants routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?'
They approached the village where they were going and he appeared to be going further.
Wash the internal organs and legs. The priest will then burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah.
Elisha answered: Jehovah has revealed to me that he will die. However go to him and tell him that he will recover.
This will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the beasts that will be in those camps, as that plague.
Now this was their inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes and 29 duplicates.
Saul told his servant: That is a good idea! Come on let us go. They went to the city where the man of God was.
All who reverence Jehovah, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel.
To God belong wisdom and power. Counsel and understanding are his.
He who loves his brother lives in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling (offence) in him.
If I live in the flesh this will bring fruit from my labor. I do not know what to choose.
The Pharisees spoke among themselves: You see that you are not accomplishing anything. Look the world has gone after him.
You should keep a space of a thousand yards between you and the ark. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way before.
would you wait for them to grow up? Would this keep you from marrying someone else? No, my daughters, you know that is not possible. Jehovah has turned against me. I feel sorry for you.
We did not yield to them for a moment or an hour! That way the truth of the good news (the whole body of Christian teachings) might continue with you.
Jehovah inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai.
They will do all these things to you for my name's sake. It is because they do not know the one that sent me.
He died for us, that, whether we are awake in this life or sleep in death, we should live together with him.
But now complete the doing. There was the eager will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
Then Elisha went to his team of bulls, killed them, and cooked the meat. He used the yoke as fuel for the fire. He gave the meat to the people, and they ate it. Then he followed Elijah as his helper.
Remember the word Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you: 'Jehovah your God has given you rest, and has given you this land.'
They heard it said: He that once persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.
The evil spirit shook the man hard, gave a loud scream, and came out of him.
Others fell on good ground and yielded fruit. It grew up, increased and produced thirty fold, and sixty fold, and a hundred fold.
It is not he that commends himself that is approved. It is the one whom Jehovah commends. (Proverbs 29:26)
Even though you place yourself as high as the eagle, and though you nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there, said Jehovah!
Jonathan's bow was deadly. The sword of Saul was without mercy. He struck down the mighty and killed the enemy.
They will fight you but they will not defeat you. I am with you, and I will rescue you, declares Jehovah.
If others are partakers of the right over you, should we also partake? Nevertheless we have not used this power! We suffer all things, lest we should hinder the good news of Christ.
I have given you this land. Go in and possess the land Jehovah pledged to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and to their descendants (offspring) after them.'
Just as we listened to Moses in all things, we will listen to you in all things. May Jehovah your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
There were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.
Then again, I do write a new commandment to you. This is true in him and in you. The darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
So then those who have faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
In that day, said Jehovah, I will assemble the lame, and I will gather the outcasts, and those I have afflicted.
Jehovah of Hosts continues: Is there one among you who will shut the Temple doors to prevent lighting a useless fire on my altar. I am not pleased with you! I will not accept the offerings you bring me.
As they fled from Israel, and were going down to Beth-horon, Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them all the way to Azekah and they died. In fact hailstones killed more than the children of Israel killed using their swords.
He would not allow any man to carry merchandise through the temple.
I will make you my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians.
We have done great wrong against you. We have not obeyed the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.
Ephraim surrounds me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit. Yet Judah is unruly against God, even against the Holy One who is faithful.
Do not tell the news in Gath. Do not announce the victory in the streets of Ashkelon. The daughters of the Philistines will be glad. The daughters of godless men will celebrate.
The Lord grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains.
You know very well that we did not come to you with flattering talk (praise for selfish gain). We did not use words to cover up greed (insatiable desire for wealth). God is our witness!
Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it nothing in your eyes?'
Judah went up and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.
He therefore that rejects this, rejects not man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to us.
I spoke to you then and said: 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.
They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. All four of them had faces and wings.
Jehovah of hosts said: Let your hands be strong you who hear these words from the mouth of the prophets. These are words from the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of Hosts was laid. It was for the purpose of building the Temple.
The axe is now at the root of the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown in to the fire.
Do not worship or serve their gods or follow their practices. You must destroy their gods and crush their sacred stones.
They were to be a test for Israel. This would find out whether or not the Israelites would obey the commandments that Jehovah gave their ancestors through Moses.
Bathsheba, let me give you some advice about how to save your life and your son's life.
In the future when your children ask you, 'What does this mean?' tell them: 'Jehovah used his mighty hand to bring us out of slavery in Egypt.''
He who marries his brother's wife violates his brother's marriage and does an unclean thing. That man and woman will have no children.
The cheater who sacrifices a worthless animal to me will be cursed. For he has in his flock a good animal that he promised to give me! I am a great King, Jehovah of Hosts declares. People of all nations will respect my name!
Your brothers will possess the land Jehovah gave them until Jehovah gives your brothers rest. Then you will return to the land you possess and enjoy it. This is the land Jehovah's servant Moses gave you on this side of Jordan toward the sunrise (to the east).
Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said: 'You have lived long enough on this mountain.
It was easy to love Saul and Jonathan. Together in life, together in death, they were faster than eagles and stronger than lions.
I will use my power against Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will destroy followers of Baal in this place. I will remove the names of the pagan (idolatrous) priests along with my priests.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
However no man spoke openly about him out of fear of the Jews.
None of the money was used to pay for making silver cups, bowls, trumpets, or tools for tending the lamps, or any other article of silver or of gold.
He was still in the loins of his ancestor (not yet born) when Melchizedek met him.
Then Samuel told the people who had asked him for a king everything Jehovah said.
So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab. Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, came with her. They came to Bethlehem in the first days of the barley harvest.
If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Then Boaz said: On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.
Go now to King David and ask him: 'Your Majesty, did you solemnly promise me that my son Solomon would succeed you as king? How is it that Adonijah has become king?'
When you bless with the spirit, how will the audience of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he does not understand what you said?
You took your beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given you and made male idols for yourself. Then you committed adultery with them.
Peter motioned for them to be quiet. Then he told them how God brought him out of the prison. He said: Tell James and the brothers. Then he went away to another place.
All those who knew him before saw how he prophesied with the prophets. They asked one another: What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul one of the prophets?
But the priest Zadok, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the prophet Nathan, Shimei, Rei, and David's thirty special guards did not join Adonijah.
May the Lord grant him to find the mercy of God in that day, and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, you know very well.
He took her by the hand and helped her sit up. The fever suddenly left. So she got up and prepared a meal for them.
Again Jehovah spoke to Ahaz:
a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Do not let their wrongdoing be covered or their sin be washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
He treated Abram well for her sake. Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
He was a hairy man wearing a cloak made of animal skins, tied with a leather belt, they answered. It is Elijah! The king exclaimed.
He leaped up, stood and walked. He entered the temple with them walking, and leaping, and praising God.
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said: Why were we not able to send it out?
Let the work of this house of God continue. Let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men construct this house of God in its place.
Try asking God to show you favor. He will not answer your prayer! It will be your fault, Jehovah the Almighty declares.
No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron enters the holy place to do this until he comes out. Aaron will pay compensation for wrongdoing and peace with Jehovah for his own sins, his family's sins, and the sins of the entire assembly of Israel.
I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides that I do not know whether I baptized any others.
They stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and pursued him. They caught him and brought him to the council.
Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham. They said: God is with you in all that you do.
They answered Joshua: All that you command us we will do. Wherever you send us we will go.
and also persecutions and sufferings. The things that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. Out of them the Lord delivered me.
Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. At once they told Jesus about her.
The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker.
Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.
Do you not know that they who minister about holy things live off the things of the temple? And they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
The officer in charge said to Daniel: I fear my lord the king. He has appointed your food and your drink. Why should he see your faces worse looking than other young people your age? Would you endanger my head with the king?
There was panic among the army in the field. All the troops in the military post trembled with fear. The raiding party also trembled in fear. The earth shook, and there was a panic sent from God.
Therefore you will be captured with the first that go captive. Your feasting and lounging will pass away.
How long, you simple (stupid) (foolish) ones, will you love simplicity (foolishness) (stupidity)? The scoffers delight in scoffing. Fools hate knowledge!
I will pronounce judgment against my people because of all their wickedness. They abandoned me. They burned incense to other gods. They worshiped what their hands have made.
Unless Jehovah shortened the days no flesh would be saved. For the sake of his chosen anointed he will shorten the days.
and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealous one,
His answer shamed his enemies. The people rejoiced over the wonderful things he did.
that even in bright sunshine you will have to feel your way around like a blind person. You will tell day from night! For the rest of your life, people will beat and rob you. No one will be able to stop them.
They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will possess Edom and Moab, and the sons of Ammon will be subject to them.
He must bring a ram for his guilt offering to Jehovah at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Since I am a man of God, Elijah answered: let fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men! At once the fire of God came down and killed the officer and his men.
Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul. He clothed you in scarlet with luxury.
Jesus told them: They have no need to go away: you feed them.
Righteous Father, the world has not known you. I know you and those you sent me know you.
When he came near the gate of the city he saw people carrying a dead person. It was the only son of a widow. Many people were with her.
There were hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best (cotton) linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone. The seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.
waiting until his enemies are placed as a stool for his feet.
The king sent another officer with fifty men, who went up and said to Elijah: Man of God, the king orders you to come down at once!
Do not abandon wisdom, and she will protect you. Love her, and she will keep you safe.
Whoever rebels against your commandment, and does not listen to your words in all that you command him must be put to death. Be strong and of a good courage.
He said to the people: Pass on, and circle the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the Ark of Jehovah.
Now when they repeatedly said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they told Haman about it. To see if Mordecai's behavior would be overlooked: for he said to them that he was a Jew.
If the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Therefore Moses cried out to Jehovah: O God, heal her!
The brave soldiers have fallen. They were killed in battle. Jonathan lies dead in the hills.
When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up.
Who can stand before his indignation (displeasure)? Who can resist (withstand) (endure) the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken to pieces by him.
Sanctify a fast! Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the House of Jehovah your God. Call out to Jehovah.
This service not only takes care of the needs of the holy ones, but also abounds with many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
Jehovah continued: For the many transgressions of Tyre I will not withdraw punishment! They captured all the people and delivered them to Edom. They did not remember the brotherly covenant.
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it once more. May a cloud settle over it and may blackness overwhelm its light.
After all we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are a mere shadow.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Their arguments are like the bars of a castle.
Jehovah will punish Israel, and she will shake like a reed shaking in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have aroused his anger by making idols of the goddess Asherah.
Strengthen yourself, Jeremiah! Stand up, and say to them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be terrified in their presence, or I will make you even more terrified in their presence.
You should say, If God wills, we should both live, and do this or that.
Each man will take his incense burner and put incense in it. They will offer all two hundred and fifty incense burners to Jehovah. Then you and Aaron offer your incense burners.
He spoke to those who stood before him: Take the filthy garments from him. Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will clothe you with rich apparel.
In much wisdom there is much grief for he who increases knowledge increases pain.
Jehovah said to me: 'Arise and proceed on your journey ahead of the people. That way they may go in and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.'
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
In charge of the palace servants: Ahishar In charge of the forced labor: Adoniram son of Abda.
The meal offering and the drink offering are removed from the house of Jehovah. The priests and Jehovah's ministers mourn.
I will turn my power against you (turn the back of my hand upon you). I will remove your impurities with bleach. I will get rid of all your worthless qualities.
Nethanel, son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar;
Those who see you stare at you. They look at you closely and say: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms,
Your silver is not pure. Your beer is watered down.
Will you hold a grudge forever? Will you always be angry? You have said and done all the evil things that you could.
The vine and the fig tree fail. The pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field have dried up. Joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Your Majesty, I came here to tell you about my problem. I was afraid of what someone might do to me. I decided to come to you, because I thought you could help.
And they were all amazed and were in doubt. They asked each other: What does this mean?
Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!
Then Jehovah gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by God's finger (Holy Spirit). On them were written all the words Jehovah spoke to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
There is plenty of straw and fodder at our house. There is also a place for you to stay.
They cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.
Receive my instruction and not silver. Take knowledge rather than choice gold.
He said: You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations, tongues and kings.
The high places of Isaac will be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste. I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
Micaiah concluded: This is what has happened. Jehovah made these prophets of yours lie to you. He has decreed that you will meet with disaster!
You have shown total contempt for Jehovah by this affair. Therefore the son that is born to you must die.
But the earth rescued the woman, and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed up the flood that the dragon spewed out of his mouth.
Leave this place and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and all the places near there in the plain, in the hills, and in the valley and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice and he who gives birth to a wise child will receive joy from him.
These are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.
You must instruct them in the laws and the teachings. Show them how to live and tell them what to do.
This is because of the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not [the idol worship of] Samaria? What is Judah's high place? Is it not Jerusalem?
She was greatly troubled by this and wondered about the meaning of this salutation.
But you should not be this way. He who is the greater among you let him become as the younger. He that is chief among you is he who serves.
Once more the king sent an officer with fifty men. He went up the hill, fell on his knees in front of Elijah, and pleaded: Man of God, be merciful to my men and me. Spare our lives!
What great nation is there, who has God so near to them? For we call on Jehovah our God for all things!
But when he heard these things he became very sad for he was very rich.
He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores.
Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
Should you are offer one of your sheep or goats; it must be a male without any defects.
Daniel answered the officer appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
David already brought God's Ark from Kiriath Jearim to a place he had prepared for it. He pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
Joshua made a covenant for the people that day at Shechem. He gave them laws and rules to follow.
I was with you wherever you went. I destroyed all your enemies in front of you. I will make your name famous like the names of the greatest people on earth.
You, your sons, and your servants will farm the land for your master Saul's family and bring in the harvest. This will provide food for them. Mephibosheth will always be a guest at my table. Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
He spoke about the tree that no man would ever eat fruit from it from that day forward.
When the jars were full she asked if there were any more. That was the last one, one of her sons told her. So the olive oil stopped flowing.
He was called by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
He sighed deeply in his spirit and said: Why does this generation seek a sign? I tell you truly no sign will be given to this generation.
Jehovah is righteous within her. He will do no wrong. He brings justice to the dawn of the morning. He does not fail! Yet the unjust know no shame.
Listen when I reprove you. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you.
It shall be like the time when Jehovah your God brought you into the land he promised to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. He would give you large and beautiful cities that you did not build.
Naomi said to her: Ruth, your sister-in-law went back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her.
A man without understanding shakes hands and becomes surety for his friend.
Even if their own father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves unclean by going near them. Nazarites show their vow to God with their long hair.
I paid attention because of the sound of the great (boastful) words the horn spoke. I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed. It was burned with fire.
Cush's descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama's descendants were Sheba and Dedan.
Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt. He will wave his hand, his mighty Spirit, over the (Euphrates) River. He will strike it into seven streams and make men walk over on dry land.
Aaron's sons, the priests, will also lay the pieces, the head, and the fat on top of the wood burning on the altar.
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
Until the law sin was in the world. Sin is not imputed (put on account) when there is no law.
There is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead. Do you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.
He spoke to the men of Penuel: When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
The two of them traveled to Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem the whole town was excited because of them. The women said: Is this Naomi?
He took them to his house and fed them. They rejoiced along with his entire house, having believed in God.
The spirit seizes him and slams him down. He foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth. I asked your disciples to cast it out but they could not do it.
You say you have counsel and [military] strength for war. These are only words. To whom are you looking for support that you rebel against me?
He touched her hand and the fever left her. She arose, and ministered to him.
His disciples did not understand these things at first. However when Jesus was glorified they remembered the things that were written about him. They also remembered the things that had been done to him.
Test your servants, please, for ten days. Give them vegetables to eat and water to drink.
The rest of the acts of Jehoash, and his power, and how he went to war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are recorded in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
The winepress was trampled outside the city. Blood came out of the winepress as high up as the horse bridles for a distance of one hundred and eighty miles.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have.
All her images will be broken to pieces! All that she has earned will be burned with fire. I will destroy all her idols. She gathered them for the price of a prostitute and for the price of a prostitute they will return.
They hired men to work against them and kept them from accomplishing their plans during the reign of Cyrus, king of Persia, till Darius became king.
You know that all that are in Asia turned away from me. This includes Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
The voice of Jehovah calls to the city. The man of wisdom will see (respect) your name! Hear the rod and who appointed it.
He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.
Japheth's descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
There will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people who will be left. This will be as it was for Israel when they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth you ministers of my God! The meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the House of your God.
Abraham reasoned that God is able to raise him from the dead. So he figured he would receive him back.
Let a widow be put on the list if she is under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
They took them to the magistrates and said: These men, being Jews, cause great trouble in our city.
Some seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked it so it could yield no fruit.
Nathan added: While you are still talking with King David, I will come in and confirm your story.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph. He worshipped while leaning upon the top of his staff.
And the woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce him.
Ahimaaz son of Zadok said: Joab let me run and tell King David that Jehovah rescued him from his enemies.
Everything else that King Ahaziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
When you sin against your brothers and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
While they sat and ate Jesus said: Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, even he that eats with me.
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
Adoni-bezek fled and they chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
At the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king's town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king's house.
I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.
If you come back to me and obey my orders, even if you have been forced out and are living in the farthest horizons, I will gather you from there, and bring you to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.'
The king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his officers and chose a place to set up camp.
Her enemies are at ease and her foes have become her masters. Jehovah (YHWH) sends her sorrow because of the great number of her sins. Young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.
She calls in the streets, in the opening of the gates: in the city she utters her words. She says:
For he that serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of by men.
That is why Jehovah, Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, says: How horrible it will be when I take revenge on my opponents! I will avenge myself against my enemies.
while King Solomon and the whole assembly from Israel were offering countless sheep and cattle sacrifices in front of the Ark.
Slaughter it on the north side of the altar. The priests should throw its blood on all four sides of the altar.
The roads to Zion are sad. No one comes to the holy meeting. All her doorways are desolate. Her priests are sighing out of sorrow. Her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.
You destroy those who speak falsehood. Jehovah abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Jehovah your God cares about this land. Jehovah watches over it day after day and year by year.
Their wings touched each other. The creatures went straight ahead and they did not turn as they moved.
As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly requested the favor of Jehovah our God. We should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.
Their legs were straight. Their feet were like those of calves and they glittered like polished copper.
The king of Israel read the letter and tore his clothes and said: How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It is plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!
I will destroy the inhabitant of Ashdod. I will kill the king of Ashkelon (who holds the scepter). I will direct my power against Ekron. The remnant of the Philistines will perish, said the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.
Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed. Give orders, but they will not be carried out, because God is with us!
And Adoni-bezek said: Seventy kings with their big toes cut off have gathered food scrapes under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done. So they brought him to Jerusalem where he died.
He said to him: Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.
I work hard to get this done. I use the mighty strength Christ supplies. It is at work in me.
Behold, I bring the Chaldeans to power, that bitter and impetuous nation. They march through the expanse of the earth to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
It is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
He sent two of his helpers Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia. He stayed in Asia for a while.
Let us go through your country. We will not go through any of your fields or vineyards or drink any of the water from your wells. We will stay on the king's highway until we have passed through your territory.
Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
He said: When someone invites you to enter into a house, stay there until you leave.
His own private quarters were in a different location than the hall containing the throne. They were similar in design. Solomon also built private quarters like this for his wife, Pharaoh's daughter.
God caused the officer in charge to show special favor and kindness to Daniel.
Samuel said to Saul: You are little in your own eyes. Even though you are a leader of all of the tribes of Israel that Jehovah anointed king over Israel.
Judah went against the Canaanites that lived in Hebron (previously called Kirjath-arba) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust dishonest gain. Greed takes away the life of its owner.
Do not presume that Abraham is your father. I tell you that God can make descendants for Abraham from these stones!
That is what their faces looked like. Their wings were spread out and pointed upward. Each creature had two wings with which they touched each other. The other two wings covered their bodies.
Their faces looked like this: From the front, each creature had the face of a human. From the right side, each one had the face of a lion. From the left, each one had the face of a bull. And from the back, each one had the face of an eagle.
Take wise men with understanding, who are known among your tribes. I will make them rulers over you.'
But all things become visible when the light exposes them, for everything that becomes visible is light.
You should have put my money in the bank. I should have received my money back plus interest.
They spoke to the Messenger (Angel) of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle-trees: We have patrolled the earth and the entire world is at rest.
Then Menahem sent destruction on the people of Tappuah and the nearby territory. He attacked it because they would not let him come in. He had all the pregnant women cut open.
See, Jehovah your God give you this land. Possess it, for Jehovah the God of your fathers said to you: Do not fear. Do not be discouraged.'
Seek Jehovah all you meek ones of the earth, you who have obeyed his Law! Seek righteousness! Seek meekness that you may be hidden in the Day of Jehovah's anger. (Hebrew: ulay-ulay, may-be; Septuagint: you may be hid.) (Hebrew: sathar: concealed, hidden, protected) (Zephaniah 1:2) (Amos 5:15)
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon. He said: What do you have against us that you want to fight us? Why have you invaded our country?
Behold, the nation of Israel! It is like a mighty lion: It will rise and not lie down again until it has torn and devoured it's pray. It will drink the blood of those it has killed.