So if she marries another man while her husband is living, she is called an adulteress, but if he dies, she is free from that marriage bond, so that she will not be an adulteress though later married to another man.

For the power of the horses lay in their mouths and their tails; their tails were like snakes, and they had heads with which they injured people.

So after they had given their testimony and spoken the Lord's message, they started back to Jerusalem, and on the way continued to tell the good news in many Samaritan villages.

But He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up in the crowd."

"And his fellow-slave fell down before him and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

These were but the shadow of what was coming; the reality belongs to Christ.

They are astonished that you are not still rushing hand in hand with them into the same excesses of profligate living, and they abuse you for it;

It was not for his sake alone that it was written, "It was credited to him";

Symeon also took Him in his arms and blessed God, and said:

Really, I am trusting that by the help of the Lord I soon shall come myself.

So he left the country of the Chaldeans and for a time made his home in Haran. Then after the death of his father, God had him move to this country in which you now live.

And as He was getting into the boat, the once insane man kept begging Him to let him go with Him.

he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

For who was it that heard and yet provoked Him? Was it not all who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

because I know that He who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise me too in fellowship with you.

since there is but one God, who will consider the Jews in right standing with Himself, only on condition of their faith, and the heathen peoples on the same condition.

But as soon as they saw that he was a Jew, a shout went up from them all as the shout of one man, lasting for two hours: "Great Artemis of Ephesus!"

So they kept on shouting, some one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority of them did not know why they had met.

Then Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and all at once a man in dazzling clothing stood before me,

But he answered his father, 'See! I have served you all these years and have never disobeyed a command of yours, but you have never given me even a kid, so that I could celebrate with my friends.

Then all the people in the synagogue, on hearing these things, were filled with fury,

So Simon answered, "Both of you beg the Lord for me that none of the things you have said may befall me!"

He supposed that his brothers would understand that God through his instrumentality was going to deliver them, but they did not.

He gave him no property in it, not even a foot of land, and yet He promised to give it to him and his descendants after him, as a permanent possession, although he had no child at that time.

Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and their high priests have turned you over to me. What have you done?"

So great crowds followed Him, from Galilee and Decapolis, from Jerusalem and Judea, and from the other side of Jordan.

For whoever has will have more given to him, but whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."

If anyone has ears let him listen!"

and yet the warning continues to be spoken: "If you but hear His voice, you must not harden your hearts as they did in provoking me."

He answered, "How in the world could I, unless someone teaches me?" And he begged him to get up and sit with him.

If I am not an apostle to other people, I certainly am one to you, for you yourselves, by virtue of your union with the Lord, are the proof of my apostleship.

If not, what did you go out there to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? No. People who dress gorgeously and live luxuriously are found in royal palaces.

He took him by the hand and led him outside the village, then spit in his eyes, laid His hands upon him, and asked him, "Do you see anything?"

and yet Elijah was not sent to a single one of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

Then he came to the second and said the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not.' But afterward he changed his mind and went.

for you are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

For he was so sick that he was on the point of dying, but God took pity on him, and not only on him but on me too, to keep me from having one sorrow after another.

Let us stop being ambitious for honors, so challenging one another, envying one another.

But how did God reply to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have never bent their knees to Baal."

Because he saw one of them being mistreated, he defended and avenged the man who was suffering ill-treatment by striking down the Egyptian.

And there they stayed a long time with the disciples.

Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me."

Then they passed through Pisidia and went down to Pamphylia,

"When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly troubled, and went and reported all that happened to their master.

you are to continue as witnesses to these things.

For I am taking the precaution to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the eyes of men.

The man that you forgive I too forgive. For if I have forgiven him anything, it is what I have forgiven him in the very presence of Christ for your sake,

He said to him, "I will come and cure him."

And at once they left the nets and followed Him.

So I beg you not to lose heart over the sorrows that I am suffering for your sake, for they bring you honor.

Let two or three prophets speak, and the rest consider carefully what is said;

Now just as Herod was going to bring him out, that is, the very night before, Peter was fastened with two chains and was sleeping between two soldiers, and the guards were at the door guarding the prison.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the boat and let it drift away.

Now the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling at His disciples, and were saying, "Why are you eating and drinking with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

To whom did He take oath that they should not be admitted to His rest, if it was not to those who disobeyed Him?

And when the wheat plants grew up and yielded their ripened grain, the wild wheat plants appeared too.

Remember us to all your leaders and to all the Christians. The Christians from Italy wish to be remembered to you.

This made it possible for the word of Jesus to be fulfilled which He spoke to indicate what sort of death He was to die.

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannal, the son of Joseph,

But they took him and beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

And two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing and cried out, "Do pity us, Lord, you Son of David!"

Simon answered, "We have toiled all night and caught nothing, but since you tell me to do so, I will set the nets again."

And so he went away and began to tell everybody in the Ten Cities how much Jesus had done for him; and everybody was dumbfounded.

For the Scripture bears witness: "You are a priest forever, with the rank of Melchizedek."

for they did not try to bear the order, "Even if a wild animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death,"

But to the rest of you at Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching and have not learned the 'deep things' of Satan -- as they speak of them -- to you I say, I have no extra burden to lay on you,

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your deeds of charity have been remembered by God.

Let everyone who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches."'"

Are you not the Egyptian who sometime ago raised a mob of four thousand cut-throats and led them out into the desert?"

This is what God promised: 'His descendants will be strangers living in a foreign land, and its people will enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.'

They answered Him, "John the Baptist; others say, Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."

Always care for widows who are really dependent.

After ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them; then He broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to the disciples, and they gave them to the people.

For John came to you walking in the way of uprightness, and yet you did not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, even though you saw that, would not change your minds afterward and believe him.

So, on the one hand, the copies of the original things in heaven had to be purified with such sacrifices; but on the other hand, the original things themselves in heaven with better sacrifices than these.

Remember me to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets at her house.

If a man supposes that he has already gotten some true knowledge, as yet he has not learned it as he ought to know it.

For you are aware of the instructions which we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

And at once they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

But God further promised: 'I will pass sentence on the nation that enslaves them, and after that they will leave that country and worship me on this very spot.'

But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and because he was divinely warned in a dream, he set out for the region of Galilee.

And as God by His power raised the Lord to life, so He will raise us too.

And suddenly a furious storm came up, so that the boat was being covered over by the bursting billows, but He kept on sleeping.

So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them to give him something.

For by it the men of old won God's approval.

Or is He the God of Jews alone? Is He not the God of heathen peoples too? Of course, He is the God of heathen peoples too,

This is the man of whom the Scripture says: "'Attention! I send my messenger on before you. He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

Jesus answered them, "Do you now really believe?

This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."

Brothers, stop being children in intelligence, but as to evil keep on being babies; and yet as to intelligence be men of maturity.

But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in exactly what part of the night the thief would come, he would have been on guard and would not have let his house be broken into.

For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox that is treading out your grain." Is it that God is concerned about oxen only?

As the seven days were drawing to a close, the Jews from Asia caught a glimpse of him in the temple and began to stir up all the crowd, and seized him,

The spiritual blessing of the Lord Jesus be with you!

Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their neighborhood.

As he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the colonel, "May I say something to you?" The colonel asked, "Do you know Greek?

So when we were spiritually under age, we were slaves to the world's crude notions,

Then Levi gave a great reception for Him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them.

But if I by the finger of God am driving the demons out, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

So it is death that works in me, but it is life that works in you.

He said to them, "How is it that you do not understand?"

And when the Pharisees came together, Jesus asked them,

Around the throne there were twenty-four thrones, with twenty-four elders seated on them, clothed in white and with crowns of gold on their heads.

The toiling farmer ought to be the first to share the crop.

But He Himself passed through the midst of them and went on His way.

Then they asked Him, "Where, Lord, will this be?" And He said to them, "Wherever there is carrion the vultures will flock."

And men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here He is!' Do not start in pursuit of Him,

If the structure which one builds is burned up, he will get no pay; and yet he himself will be saved, but just as one who goes through a fire.

there are varieties of service, but the Lord to be served is the same;

Herodias' daughter came in and danced for them, and fascinated Herod and his guests. So the king said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I will give it to you."

and kept earnestly begging Him, saying, "My dear little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live."

for having visited and eaten with men who were not Jews.

and His clothes were shining as white as white could be, yea, whiter than any earthly bleacher could bleach them.

There was loud weeping by them all, as they threw their arms around Paul's neck and kept on kissing him with affection,

He had as companions Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

Let us stop practicing immorality, as some of them did, and on one day twenty-three thousand fell dead.

Now as they were sailing along, He fell off to sleep. But a furious squall of wind rushed down upon the lake, and they were filling up and were in impending peril.

Make it a rule not to ordain anyone in haste, and not to be responsible for the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

For even if there are so-called gods in heaven or on earth -- as there are, indeed, a vast number of gods and lords --

But the other one reproved him and said, "Do you not fear even God when you are suffering the same penalty?

And Isaiah cries out about Israel, "Although the sons of Israel are as numberless as the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,

By faith he made his temporary home in the land that God had promised him, although a land inhabited by others, living merely in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were to share the promise with him.

All these evils come from the inside of a man and make him foul."

he will govern them with a scepter of iron and shatter them like earthen jars -- just such authority as I have received from my Father --

Then they told God's message to him and to all the members of his household.

Barnabas, however, took him up and presented him to the apostles, and he told them how on the road he had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus at Damascus.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels, to carry out these instructions without prejudice and with perfect impartiality.

Still another portion fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with them and choked them out.

But those tenants said among themselves, 'This is his heir; come on, let us kill him, and all that is coming to him will be ours.'

Brothers, pray for us.

Now when He reached the spot, He said to them, "Continue to pray that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Whenever you go to a house for headquarters, first say, 'Peace to this household.'

But some of you have become conceited over the thought that I am not coming to see you.

But a time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

So to what can I compare the men of this age, and what are they like?

Last of all, the woman died, too.

to another, through union with the same Spirit, faith; to another, by one and the same Spirit, power to cure the sick;

because in spite of a terrible test of trouble, the mighty flood of their gladness mingling with the depths of their poverty has overflowed and resulted in the abundance of their liberality.

Let us stop trying the Lord's patience, as some of them did, and for it were destroyed by the snakes.

As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

And they all ate and had aplenty. Then they took up the pieces left over, which made twelve basketfuls.

She was about to become a mother, and she cried out in anguish in giving birth to a child.

This is the reason why I have so often been prevented from coming to see you.

After the Babylonian Exile Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

for the law had never made anything perfect -- and so a better hope is brought to us, through which we have approach to God.

in full assurance that He was able to do what He had promised.

who is appointed not on the basis of a physical qualification but on the basis of a power flowing from a life that cannot end.

Now when the owner of the estate comes back, what will he do to these tenants?"

said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they began to laugh in His face.

"Or what king, when he is going to make an attack on another king, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand soldiers to meet the other king who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

As for Titus, he is my partner and comrade in the work for you, while these brothers of ours, the representatives of the churches, will bring glory to Christ.

and if anything is revealed to another who is seated, let the speaker stop.

For He was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For on many occasions it had seized him, and repeatedly he had been fastened with chains and fetters under constant guard, and yet he would snap his bonds, and the demon would drive him into desert places.

I very eagerly send him, so that when you see him you may be glad of it, and I may be less sorrowful.

So Paul left the auditorium.

Until day was about to break Paul kept begging them all to take something to eat. He said, "For fourteen days today you have been constantly waiting and going without food, not even taking a bite.

The whole city was stirred with excitement, and all at once the people rushed together, and seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and its gates at once were shut.

But Peter kept on emphatically saying, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all kept saying the same thing.

This took place three times; then all at once the whole thing was drawn back into the sky.

"What is your opinion of the Christ? Whose son is He?" They answered Him, "He is David's son."

He granted the request, and Paul, as he was standing on the steps, made a gesture to the people, and after everybody had quieted down, he spoke to them in Hebrew as follows:

Then some Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, reprove your disciples."

but the boat was already a long way from shore, and was being tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.

there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who does all things by putting energy in us all.

for he loves our nation, and he is the man who built us our synagogue."

and all ate the same spiritual food,

These men are paying you special attention, but not sincerely. They want to shut you off from me, so that you may keep on paying them special attention.

For they say, "His letters are impressive and forceful, but his physical personality is unimpressive, and his delivery is perfectly contemptible."

still with the most of them God was not at all satisfied, for He allowed them to be laid low in the desert.

Make room for me in your hearts, I have not wronged or harmed or taken advantage of a single one of you.

I solemnly say to you, I will never again drink the product of the vine till the day when I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God."

while all the people would rise early in the mornings and come to listen to Him in the temple.

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

The first one blew his trumpet, and there was a shower of hail and fire mixed with blood as it hurled itself upon the earth, and one-third of the earth was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

I do not write this to make you blush with shame but to give you counsel as my dear children.

it was for our sakes too, for it is going to be credited to us who put our faith in God who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus,

Or is it Barnabas and I alone who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with Him.

And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' answer, 'The Lord needs it, and will soon send it back here.'"

They brought the colt to Jesus, and they threw their coats over it, and Jesus mounted it.

And as they could not find a way because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his pallet through the tiles, among the people right in front of Jesus.

Yes, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel down, have also foretold these days.

Now at the resurrection which one's wife, of the seven, will she be? For they all married her."

But if everybody prophesies, and some unbeliever or illiterate man comes in, he is convinced of his sins by all, he is closely questioned by all,

Then He said to her, "Because you have said this, go home; the demon has gone out of your daughter."

Jesus saw that they were arguing, and answered them: "Why are you arguing so in your hearts?

Jesus at once perceived that power had gone out of Him, and so He turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

and saying, "You who would tear down the temple and build another in three days, save yourself! If you are really the Son of God, come down from the cross."

I solemnly charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

Now it is a fine thing to have special attention paid you, if it is done sincerely and unceasingly, and not only when I am with you.

With fixed eyes I kept looking at it and saw all kinds of four-footed animals, wild beasts, reptiles, and wild birds.

The man who saw it has testified to it -- and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth -- in order that you too may come to believe it.

Now during the days He continued to teach in the temple, but He would go out and spend the nights on the hill called the Mount of Olives;

And the news about her spread all over that country.

She went home and found her daughter lying in bed, and the demon gone out.

Now his neighbors and those who saw that he was formerly blind, kept saying, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

and said to him, 'Leave your country and your kinsmen and come to Whatever country I may show you.'

Then Peter interrupted and said to Jesus, "Teacher, it is good for us to be here. So let us put up three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

Again they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He make your eyes to see again?"

What soldier ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its grapes? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink any of the milk the flock produces?

He had one more to send, his dearly loved son; at last he sent him to them, for he said to himself, 'They will surely respect my son.'

Then they jeered him, and said, "You are a disciple of His yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.

Jesus said to them, "Let me ask you just one question, and if you answer me, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air.

the field is the world; the good seed are the members of the kingdom; the wild wheat seed are the followers of the wicked one.

This is spoken as an allegory. For these women are two covenants, one coming from Mount Sinai, bearing children that are to be slaves;

But to show you that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth" -- turning to the paralyzed man, He said to Him -- "Get up, pick up your bed, and go home."

but anyone who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

I wish I could be with you right now and change the tone of my speech, for I do not know which way to turn in your case.

My love be with you all in union with Christ Jesus.

So he left everything behind, got up and followed Him.

And they ate and had plenty. And they took up the pieces left over, which made seven hamper-basketfuls.

Some said, "Yes, it is he." Others said, "No, but it surely does look like him." He himself said, "I am the man."

Then he awoke, tenderly took the child and His mother, and made the trip to the land of Israel.

The sound of harpists, musicians, flute-players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen of any kind will ever be found in you again, and the sound of the grinding mill will never be heard in you again;

So we send Judas and Silas to you, to bring you the same message by word of mouth.

for I know your readiness to help in it. I am boasting of you about it to the Macedonians, reminding them that Greece has been ready since last year, and your enthusiasm has stimulated the most of them.

But when they turn you over to the courts, you must not worry at all about how or what you ought to speak, for it will be given you at that hour what you ought to speak.

Some of the crowd concluded that it was Alexander, since the Jews had pushed him to the front, and since Alexander had made a gesture of the hand as though he would make a defense before the people.

So they brought it to Jesus.

And if a household is disunited, that household cannot last.

With whom was He disgusted forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the desert?

then continues sleeping by night and getting up by day, while the seed sprouts and comes up without his knowing how.

And I do it all for the sake of the good news, so as to share with others in its blessings.

So they went to Jesus and continued to urge Him earnestly, saying, "He deserves that you do this for him,

But Paul and Barnabas stayed on at Antioch, and with many others continued to teach the Lord's message and to tell the good news.

The next day they returned to the barracks, leaving the mounted men to go on with him;

And the demons kept begging Him and saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs."

The next day he showed himself to two of them engaged in a fight, and he tried to get them to make friends, saying, 'You are brothers, why should you harm each other?'

Two men will be in the field; one will be taken, one will be left.

that each man among you should learn to take his own wife out of pure and honorable motives,

Jesus answered, "You will lay down your life for me! I most solemnly say to you, before a cock crows, you will three times disown me!"

When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, to ask Him to come and bring his slave safe through the illness.

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

If anybody speaks in ecstasy, there must be only two, or three at most, and let one speak at a time, and someone explain what he says.

And tell Archippus, "See to it that you continue until you fill full your ministry which you received in the Lord's work."

And if I send them home hungry, they will give out on the road, for some of them are a long way from home."

Then they continued to beg Him not to order them to go off to the bottomless pit.

When Jesus got home and was by Himself, His disciples were asking Him, "Why could not we drive it out?"

because the great day of their anger has come, and who can stand it?"

Then the angel said to him, "Tighten your belt and put on your shoes? He did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!"

and so I sent my brother Timothy, God's minister in the preaching of the good news of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

But in the public congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind in action, in order to instruct the people too, than ten thousand words in ecstasy.

They certainly were delighted to do it, and they really are under obligation to them, for if the heathen peoples have shared in their spiritual blessings, they ought to serve them in material blessings.

And again he sent another slave to them, and they beat his head and treated him shamefully.

Which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and start walking'?

Meanwhile the disciples were asking Him, and saying, "Teacher, eat something."

that I have deep grief and constant anguish in my heart;

So He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke them in pieces and gave them to His disciples to pass, and they passed them to the people.

So they went to Him and woke Him up, and said, "Lord, save us; we are going down!"

So the whole city was thrown into confusion and with one impulse the people rushed into the theatre and dragged with them two Macedonians, Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions.

The peace-giving God be with you all! Amen.

Therefore, his faith was credited to him as right standing with God.

But the man who was harming his brother pushed him aside, saying, 'Who made you our ruler and referee?

and sitting down they kept watch of Him there.

and you see and hear that, not only in Ephesus but all over the province of Asia, this man Paul has led away a vast number of people by persuading them, telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

The ground of itself produces, first the stalk, then the head; at last there is the matured grain of wheat in the head.

My vindication of myself to those who are investigating me is this:

When Paul got to the steps, he was actually borne by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,

Then some Sadducees, who claim that there is no resurrection, came up to Him and asked Him this question,

This man had been seized by the Jews and they were on the point of killing him when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

As I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, I brought him before their council,

So the Pharisees were saying to Him, "Just look! Why are they doing on the Sabbath what it is against the law to do?"

This is why his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."

And all the crowds of people were dumbfounded, and began to say, "He is by no means the Son of David, is He?"

He said so, because they kept saying, "He is under the spell of a foul spirit."

For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

For everyone who keeps on asking, receives; and the one who keeps on seeking, finds; and to the one who keeps on knocking, the door will open.

Indeed, to this very day, whenever Moses is read, a veil hangs over their hearts,

So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they could not be admitted to it.

For though you have ten thousand teachers in the Christian life, you certainly could not have many fathers. For it was I myself who became your father through your union with Christ Jesus, which resulted from my telling you the good news.

The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and yet, One who is more than Solomon is here.

Now you have a custom to have me set one man free at your Passover time. So do you wish me to set the king of the Jews free?"

And while they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

and then have fallen by the wayside -- it is impossible, I say, to keep on restoring them to their first repentance, since they continue to crucify the Son of God to their detriment and hold Him up to contempt.

"I was praying in the town of Joppa, and while I was praying I fell in a trance and had a vision. I saw something like a great sheet coming down out of the sky, lowered by the four comers; and it came right down to me.

that is, Hagar (and Hagar means Mount Sinai, in Arabia) and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is in slavery with her children.

Remember me to Prisca and Aquila, and to the family of Onesiphorus.

And they answered as Jesus had directed them, and so they let them bring it.

of teaching about ceremonial washings and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and final judgment.

so much the more Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

I beg you not to make me too courageous in that confidence in which I think to take a daring stand against some people who try to think that I am acting from the lowest human motives.

Then Paul and his party set sail from Paphos and crossed over to Perga in Pamphylia. Here John quit them and returned to Jerusalem,

Or, how can anyone get into a giant's house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the giant? After that he can make a clean sweep of his house.

the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

The good man out of his good inner storehouse, brings out good things, the bad man, out of his bad one, bad things.

When I went to Troas to preach the good news of Christ, although I had an opportunity in the service of the Lord,

'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob!' Now God is not the God of dead but of living men."

Greet all the brothers with a sacred kiss.

Then Peter explained the whole matter to them from beginning to end. He said,

And many of the people spread their coats in the road, while others scattered layers of leaves cut from the fields.

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people, for they all consider John a prophet."

Or, are you not aware that a man who has to do with a prostitute makes his body one with hers? For God says, "The two shall be physically one."

Then Paul and Barnabas courageously spoke out, "God's message had to be spoken to you Jews first, but since you continue to thrust it from you and since you show yourselves unworthy to receive eternal life, now and here we turn to the heathen.

Then He said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were frightened and astounded, and continued to say to one another, "Who can He be? For He gives orders even to the winds and the water, and they obey Him."

So he at once got together some soldiers and captains and hurried down against them, but as soon as they saw the colonel and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

to see how faithful He was to God who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all the house of God.

But it is not in all of you that such knowledge is found. Some, because of their past habits with idols, even down to the present moment, still eat such food as was really sacrificed to an idol, and so their consciences, because they are overscrupulous, are contaminated.

So they took him and killed him, and threw his body outside the vineyard.

And out of the heavens came a voice, "You are my Son, my Beloved! In you I am delighted!"

Then Jesus started to go with them. But when He was not far from the house, the captain sent friends to say to Him, "My Lord, stop troubling yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

All night and all day he kept screaming among the tombs and on the hills, and kept gashing himself with stones.

Then an overwhelming wonder seized them all and they began to give praise to God. They were filled with awe and continued to say, "We have seen unthinkable wonders today!"

After he had finished this speech, he fell on his knees with them all and prayed.

Then it gave a shriek and violently convulsed the boy, and got out of him. And the boy looked like a corpse, so much so that the people said that he was dead.

But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,'

After spending some time there, they were sent back with a greeting to those who sent them.

So He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then He sat down and continued to teach the crowds from the boat.

and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

Then she rushed at once before the king, and made this request, "I want you this very minute to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."

But He said to them, "What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a ditch on the sabbath, will not lay hold on it and lift it out?

and I will give him the morning star.

And I feel sure that when I do come to you, I shall come with Christ's abundant blessing on me.

Then the military commander went with his attendants and brought them back, but without any violence, for they were afraid of being pelted with stones by the people.

Now stop being idolaters, as some of them were, for the Scripture says, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to dance."

Such a one is capable of dealing tenderly with the ignorant and erring ones, since he himself is subject to weakness,

Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."

All the brothers wish to be remembered to you. Greet one another with a sacred kiss.

Just at that moment three men, who had been sent from Caesarea for me, stopped at the house where we were staying.

The spiritual blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

And he promised her on oath, "I will give you anything you ask for, up to half of my kingdom."

As Isaiah again has foretold, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us some descendants, we would have fared as Sodom did and would have been like Gomorrah."

For if they do this when the wood is green, what will they do when it is dry?"

But this has all taken place so that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then the disciples all forsook Him and made their escape.

He answered them, "I have already told you and you would not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples, do you?"

(He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.)

If not, then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is far more than a prophet.

the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

For the Scripture says: "Rejoice, you childless woman, who never bore a child; break forth into shouting, you who feel no birth pangs; for the desolate woman has many children, even more than the married one."

and so at once ordered a soldier of his guard to bring his head. The soldier went off and beheaded John in the prison

Food will never bring us near to God. We are no worse if we do not eat it; we are no better if we do.

Jesus at once put out His hand and caught hold of him, and said to him, "O you of little faith! Why did you waver so?"

but whenever anybody turns to the Lord, the veil is removed,

and again, "The Lord knows that the arguings of the wise are useless."

Jesus answered, "Does not the day have twelve hours? If a man travels in the daytime, he does not stumble, for he can see the light of this world;

For three days and a half men of all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look upon their lifeless bodies, and will not let them be buried.

nor are they all children of Abraham, because they are his descendants, but the promise was "In the line of Isaac your descendants will I be counted."

and then they will flog Him and kill Him, but on the third day He will rise again."

So he went to him and dressed his wounds by pouring oil and wine upon them, and then he put him on his donkey and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, with perfect purity.

But a woman who is really a widow and lives alone has fixed her hope on God, and night and day devotes herself to prayers and entreaties,

But the spiritual man appreciates everything, and yet he himself is not really appreciated by anybody.

Then he sent a third one, and they killed him, and many others, some of whom they beat, some they killed.

But if you require anything beyond this, it must be settled in the regular assembly.

Then the second,

This man lived among the tombs, and no one could any longer subdue him even with a chain,

But I tell you, there is something greater than the temple here!

the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

And Elijah appeared to them, accompanied by Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Although the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had actually lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to run out anchors from the bow,

Such a person is not continuing in connection with the Head, from which the whole body, when supplied and united through its joints and sinews, grows with a growth that God produces.

While Gallio was governor of Greece, the Jews unanimously attacked Paul and one day brought him before the court,

for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one was strong enough to overpower him.

But as soon as the crop Will permit it, he puts in the sickle, for the reaping time has come."

Keep on thinking about what I am saying, for the Lord will grant you understanding of it in all its phases.

Whoever does accept His testimony has certified with a seal that God is true.

And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the sabbath."

so I have come, since I was sent for, without any hesitation."

and I heard what seemed to be a voice from the midst of the four living creatures say: "Wheat, fifty cents a quart, barley, fifty cents for three quarts! But you must not injure the oil and wine."

but he is under guardians and trustees until the time fixed by the father.

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is sacred to Him, and you are that temple.

The crowd answered Him, "We have learned from the law that the Christ is to remain here forever, and so how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in the treatment of their own families, and to pay the debt they owe their parents or grandparents, for this is acceptable to God.

But she answered Him, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs under the table usually eat the crumbs the children drop."

For even after I had gotten to Macedonia, my frail, human nature could find no relief; I was crushed with sorrow at every turn -- fighting without and fears within.

You are my letter of recommendation, written on my heart, read and understood by everybody,

And if anyone there loves peace, your peace will come upon him; but if not, it will come back to you.

And if Satan has made an insurrection against himself and become disunited, he cannot last but is surely coming to an end.

Wake up, and strengthen what is left, although it is on the very point of dying, for I have not found a thing that you have done complete in the sight of God.

She said, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs usually eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

heard the reports about Jesus. So she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His coat,

to whom Abraham contributed a tenth of all his spoils, who first of all, in accordance with the meaning of his name, is king of righteousness, and then king of Salem, which means king of peace;

That is, it is not Abraham's natural descendants who are God's children, but those who are made children by the promise are counted his true descendants.

And I saw a mighty angel announcing in a loud voice, "Who deserves to open the book and break its seals?"

And in the place where it was said, 'You are no people of mine,' they shall be called sons of the living God."

When they reached Salamis, they began to preach God's message in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their assistant.

We do know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

And so they set out and went from village to village, telling the good news and curing people everywhere.

And while they were going down the mountain, He cautioned them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead.

So off they went and found a colt tied outside a door at a street corner. They untied it,

When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature, say, "Come!" I looked, and a black horse appeared, and its rider was carrying a pair of scales in his hands,

He said to him, 'Your brother has come back, and your father has killed the fattening calf, because he has gotten him back safe and sound.'

and for which purpose I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am telling the truth, I am not lying, -- a teacher of the heathen in the realm of faith and truth.

So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian official, a member of the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, her chief treasurer, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,

and for three days he could not see, and he did not eat or drink anything.

The spiritual blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

and He took it and ate it before their eyes.

And when you leave that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against all the people who do not welcome you."

for she kept saying, "If I can only touch His clothes, I shall get well."

I have the greatest confidence in you; I speak most highly of you. I am fully comforted; in the face of all my sorrow my cup is running over with joy.

But if a man loves God, God is known by him.

If anyone wants to injure them, fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to injure them, he must himself be killed in that way.

I have sent you to reap a harvest which you have not labored to make. Other men have labored, but you have reaped the results of their labors."

And we are suffering it justly, for we are getting our deserts for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong."

And if he cannot, while the other is still far away, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace.