nor evil forces above or beneath, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God as shown in Christ Jesus our Lord.

then you will be perfectly empowered by His glorious might for every sort of joyous endurance and forbearance,

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but they are not intelligently so.

You blind leaders, who are straining out the gnat but gulping down the camel!

Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before a cock crows, you will disown me three times."

but the handkerchief which had been over His face was not lying with the bandages, but was folded up by itself in another place.

So they asked Him, "What wonder-work then are you going to perform for us to see and so believe in you? What work are you going to do?

Whoever owns that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in union with him and he in union with God.

But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,

promising them freedom, though they are slaves of destruction themselves; for a man is the slave of anything that conquers him.

because all the nations have fallen by drinking the raging wine of her immorality; the kings of the earth have joined her in her immorality, and the businessmen of the earth have grown rich from the wealth of her luxury."

Why do you not of yourselves decide what is right?

At that time Herod the governor heard the reports about Jesus,

And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up and touched the tassel on His coat.

Early next morning when He returned to the city, He felt hungry.

Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus wishes to be remembered to you, and so do Prudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

Then Thomas the Twin said to his fellow-disciples, "Let us go too, and die with Him."

So you, too, must continue to be ready, for at an hour you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come.

For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by my side

For wherever your treasure is, there too your heart will be.

Your eye is the very lamp of your body. When your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light. But if your eye is unsound, your body is full of darkness.

So you see, it is the men of faith who are the real descendants of Abraham.

I will get up and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your opinion;

and to have a new attitude of mind

And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but no one who speaks abusively about the Holy Spirit will be forgiven.

And whoever will not welcome you, or listen to your words, on leaving that place shake off from your feet its very dust.

But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public and that without a trial, and put us in jail although we are Roman citizens! Let them come here themselves and take us out!"

got up from the table, took off His outer clothes, and took a towel and tied it around His waist.

and we have come to believe, yes more, we know by experience, that you are the Holy One of God."

But a furious squall of wind came up, and the waves were dashing over into the boat, so that it was fast filling.

for the blood of bulls and goats is unable to take away sins.

and whoever welcomes one little child like this for my sake welcomes me.

Then Paul said to him, "You white-washed wall, God will strike you! Do you sit as a judge to try me in accordance with the law and yet in violation of the law you order them to strike me?"

However, He did not let him, but said to him, "Go home to your folks, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and has taken pity on you."

"Tell the daughter of Zion, your King is now coming to you, gentle, and riding on a donkey, yea, on the colt of a beast of burden."

Now if God so gorgeously dresses the wild grass which today is green but tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you with little faith?

Not that I am myself qualified to consider anything as coming from me myself. No, my qualification comes from God, for

As Paul continued to make his defense, Festus shouted aloud, "You are going crazy, Paul! That great learning of yours is driving you crazy!"

as the Scripture says: "See, I put on Zion a stone for causing people to stumble, a rock to trip them on, but no one who puts his faith in it will ever be put to shame."

He shouted with a mighty voice: "She has fallen! Mighty Babylon has fallen! She has become a den for demons, a dungeon for every foul spirit and every unclean and loathsome bird,

spiritual blessing and peace be to you.

"But to what can I compare the leaders of this age? They are like little children sitting in the market places and calling to their fellows in the game,

Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever keeps on eating me will live because of me.

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and graciously given us encouragement that is eternal, and a hope that is well-founded,

You have not yet, as you have struggled on against sin, resisted to the point of pouring out your blood,

John testified to Him and cried out, for this was the one who said, "The One who is coming after me has been put before me, because He existed before me."

Therefore, I will always remind you of these things, although you know them and are firmly grounded in the truth that you already have.

The next day he took out a half dollar and handed it to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him, and on my way back I will repay you.'

After considerable time had gone by, and navigation had become dangerous, and the fast was now over, Paul began to warn them

and He died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

Then I looked, and a white horse appeared, and his rider was carrying a bow. A crown was given to him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer.

Let us, therefore, go to Him outside the camp, enduring the reproach that He endured;

Then I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Go on taking your ease; continue to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you; and so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas; if he comes to see you, give him a hearty welcome.

As I have gotten help from God clear down to this very day, I stand here to testify to high and low alike, without adding a syllable to what Moses and the prophets said should take place,

I hope, with the approval of the Lord Jesus, soon to send Timothy to you, so that I too may be cheered on getting the news about you.

Now just as day was breaking, Jesus took His stand on the shore, though the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

For through the law I myself have become dead to the law, so that I may live for God.

And he would not for a time, but afterward he said to himself, Though I have no reverence for God nor respect for men,

"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our forefathers? For they do not practice washing their hands when they take their meals."

And He said to them, "What sort of things?" They answered Him, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who in the sight of God and of all the people became a prophet mighty in deed and word,

Then He said to them, "How do people say that the Christ is David's Son?

"I tell you, of all men born of women there is not one greater than John; and yet the one who is of least importance in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are God's Holy One."

For exactly as you criticize others, you will be criticized, and in accordance with the measure that you give to others, it will be measured back to you.

Permission has been granted her to dress in clean, brilliant linen, for linen signifies the upright deeds of God's people."

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the product of my work for the Lord?

for this is the reason why you pay your taxes, for the civil authorities are God's official servants faithfully devoting themselves to this very end.

After that He said to His disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."

Not many days after that, the younger son got together all he had and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered all his property by living in dissipation.

Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to ask Him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord.

I want to ask you only this one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by doing what the law commands, or by believing the message you heard?

For people will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, intrigues, dissensions, party-spirit,

So be on your guard that the very source of light in you is not darkness.

But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you?

not by all the people but by witnesses whom God had beforehand appointed, namely, by us who ate and drank with Him after His resurrection from the dead.

Because he wished to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote and urged the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival he rendered great service to those who through God's favor had believed,

After the passing of a few days, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay official respects to Festus,

and if He condemned, by burning them to ashes, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, making them an example to godless people of what was coming to them,

yes, he continued to preach to them the kingdom of God, and to teach them about the Lord Jesus Christ, and that with perfect, unfettered freedom of speech.

This message is to be trusted: "If we indeed have died with Him, we will live with Him too.

Dearly beloved, I am not writing you a new command, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. That old command is the message that you have heard.

After the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants, and a religious soldier who was one of his devoted attendants,

So the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join him in his chariot."

"Did we not positively forbid you to teach anymore on this authority, and yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and now want to bring on us the people's vengeance for this man's death!"

And in that city there was a widow who continued to come to him and say, 'Give me justice and protection from my opponent.'

Then one of them struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear.

Then they all shouted back, "No! Not Him, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

and they will make sport of Him, and spit on Him, and flog Him, and kill Him, but three days after He will rise again."

so that you may not grow careless, but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised.

So everything they tell you, do and practice, but stop doing what they do, for they preach but do not practice.

Why do you continue to look at the tiny speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the heavy girder in your own eye?

After this He showed Himself in a different form to two of them as they were walking along, on their way into the country.

Three days later, he invited the leading men of the Jews to come to see him, and when they came, he said to them, "Brothers, I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our forefathers; yet at Jerusalem I was turned over to the Romans as a prisoner.

Many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and they will mislead many.

And pray for your flight not to be in winter or on the Sabbath,

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

So He sent off two of His disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and kept beating him right in front of the court; but Gallio paid no attention to it.

For I tell you, I shall never again eat one until it finds its full fruition in the kingdom of God."

Jesus said to her, "Did I not promise you that if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?"

Jesus said to him, "Anyone who has taken a bath has no need of washing anything but his feet, but he is clean all over. And you are now clean, though not all of you are."

So the churches through faith continued to grow in strength and to increase in numbers from day to day.

really, all that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine -- and I have been glorified through them.

So the garrison and its commander and the attendants of the Jews arrested Jesus and put handcuffs on Him,

A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!'

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother,

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was let down into the sea, and gathered fish of every kind,

Whoever is not in partnership with me is against me, and whoever does not gather in partnership with me, scatters.

When Jesus had closed this charge to His disciples, He left there to teach and preach in their towns.

Then He opened His mouth and continued to teach them as follows:

and yet they officiate in a sanctuary that is a mere copy and shadow of the heavenly one, as Moses, when he was about to make the tent of worship, was warned, for, said He, "See to it that you make it all just like the pattern shown you on the mountain."

For if anybody comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one I preached, or you receive another spirit different from the one you did receive or a glad message different from the one you did accept, you listen to it all right!

Then a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, who could not be cured by anybody,

For the people themselves tell us what a welcome you gave us, and how you turned from idols to the true God, to serve the God who lives on and is real,

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak in defense of yourself." So Paul with outstretched arm began to make his defense.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of pure life, self-controlled,

But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you embarrass her? She has done a good deed to me.

But on my way, just before I reached Damascus, suddenly about noon a blaze of light from heaven flashed around me,

They crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret and anchored the boat.

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

While I was among you day after day in the temple, you never laid a hand on me! But this is your opportunity, even the power which darkness gives you!"

His kinsmen heard of it and came over to get hold of Him, for they kept saying, "He has gone crazy."

Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel which was around His waist.

Jesus answered them, "I have already told you so, but you do not believe me. The works which I am doing on my Father's authority are my credentials,

And the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

Then what is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Mere servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave each of us his task.

If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I am not begging to keep from dying, but if there is nothing in the charges which these men make against me, no one can give me up as a favor to them. I appeal to the emperor."

So He was teaching daily in the temple, and the high priests and the scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy Him,

Then, when they have finished testifying, the wild beast that is coming up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

Then Pilate called a meeting of the high priests, the leaders of the council, and the people,

And he said, 'No, never, for while you are gathering the wild wheat plants you might root up the good ones with them.

Now, brothers, for your sakes I have applied all this to Apollos and myself, that from us as illustrations you might learn the lesson, "Never go beyond what is written," so that you might stop boasting in favor of one teacher against another.

They called Barnabas Zeus and Paul, because he was the principal speaker, Hermes.

I am telling you what I have seen in my Father's presence, and you are practicing what you have learned from your father."

When Paul was called, Tertullus opened the prosecution by saying: "Your Excellency, Felix, since we are enjoying perfect peace through you and since reforms for this nation are being brought about through your foresight,

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

But He turned and glanced at His disciples and reproved Peter by saying, "Get out of my way, Satan, for this view of yours is not from God but from men!"

But when this son of yours arrives, who has eaten up your property with immoral women, you have killed for him the fattening calf.'

but if anyone suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but should keep on praising God for bearing this name.

and they went to Philip who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and kept making this request of him, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

for our preaching of the good news came to you not entirely in words but with power and with the Holy Spirit and with absolute certainty (for you know the kind of men we were among you for your own sakes).

But Jesus answered them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor.

And as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for today I must stop at your house."

When the high priests and attendants saw Him, they shouted, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

to grant us deliverance from the dreaded hand of our foes, so that we could serve Him

From His mouth shot a sharp sword, so that He could smite the nations with it. He will rule them with a scepter of iron, and will tread the wine press of the raging wrath of the Almighty God.

And the patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

but now, since you have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by Him, how can you turn back to your own crude notions, so weak and worthless, and wish to become slaves to them again?

So how is it that each of us hears them speaking in his own native tongue?

So, dearly beloved, since you have been forewarned, you must always be on your guard against being led astray by the errors of lawless men, and so against falling away from your present firmness;

So when the Pharisee who invited Him saw it, he said to himself, "If He were really a prophet, He would know who and of what character the woman is who is clinging to Him -- that she is a social outcast."

John answered, "A man cannot get anything, unless it is given to him from heaven.

He said this to point out the sort of death by which Peter was to glorify God. So after He had said this, He said to Peter, "Keep on following me!"

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness!

but the tongue no human being can tame. It is an evil incapable of being quieted, full of deadly poison.

If you continue to put these things before the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, ever feeding your own soul on the truths of the faith and of the fine teaching which you have followed.

never returning evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but blessing instead, because it was for this that you were called, to obtain the blessing of heirs.

So it is at the present time; a remnant remains, in accordance with God's unmerited favor.

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me."

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God, by continuing to love God and to obey His commands.

I ask this to make you blush with shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a grievance of one brother against another,

men fainting with fear and apprehension of the things that are to come upon the world, for the powers of the sky will be shaken.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ever living God!

They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas who betrayed Him was standing among them.

The men who had laid hands on Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose home the scribes and elders had met.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed the loaves and broke them in pieces and gave the pieces to the disciples to pass on to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

In their greed they will exploit you with messages manufactured by themselves. From of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction has not been slumbering.

Therefore, dearly beloved, since you are expecting this, be in earnest to be found by Him without a blot, without reproach, and at peace.

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

I fast two days in the week. I pay a tithe on everything I get.'

Stop drinking water only, but take a little wine to strengthen your stomach and relieve its frequent attacks.

but because of so much sexual immorality every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman a husband of her own.

and some fell upon rocky ground where they did not have much soil, and at once they sprang up, because there was no depth of soil,

He exercises the full authority of the first wild beast in his presence; he makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first wild beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

Then another angel with a censer of gold came and stood at the altar, and a great quantity of incense was given to him to mingle with the prayers of all God's people, on the altar of gold that stood before the throne.

He cried in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship Him who made heaven and earth and sea and the springs of water."

Or, do you think that the Scripture means nothing when it says, "He jealously yearns for the Spirit that He causes to dwell in your hearts"?

But that the dead are raised, even Moses at the bush has demonstrated, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Now if you are without any discipline, in which all true sons share, you are only illegitimate children and not true sons.

Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand be carried out.

Then the devil took Him into the holy city, and had Him stand on the tip-top turret of the temple,

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God, and he cried out to the four angels who had the power to injure the earth and the sea:

She kept this up for a number of days. Because Paul was so much annoyed by her, he turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her." And that very moment it came out.

but one brother has to go to law with another, and that before unbelieving judges?

men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will receive a much heavier sentence."

and their message will spread like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

For every tree is known by its fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or gather grapes from a bramble-bush.

So whether I am at home or away from home, it is my constant ambition to please Him.

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and He who searches our hearts knows what the Spirit thinks, for He pleads for His people in accordance with God's will.

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earnestly trying to find out the time, and the nature of the times, which the Spirit of the Christ within them pointed to, in foretelling the sufferings of the Christ and the glory that should follow them.

and not another single one of the apostles did I see, except James, the Lord's brother.

This at once became known to everybody living in Ephesus, Greeks as well as Jews, and awe fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

for He Himself declared that a prophet had no honor in his own country.

and all the nations will be gathered before him, and He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats,

He came to see us and took Paul's belt and with it bound his own hands and feet, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says, 'The Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt like this, and then will turn him over to the heathen.'"

"I count myself fortunate, King Agrippa," said he, "that it is before you that I can defend myself today against all the charges which the Jews have preferred against me,

At this the Jews took up stones to stone Him, but Jesus made His way out of the temple unperceived.

And they led Him to Golgotha, which means, the Place of the Skull.

And they said, "Is He not Jesus, Joseph's son, whose father and mother we know? So how can He say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against the men of this age.

to show, throughout the coming ages, the boundless generosity of His unmerited favor shown us in His goodness to us through Christ Jesus.

and they will throw you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know when God visited you."

It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all seeds,

"If we patiently endure, we will reign with Him too. If we disown Him, He will disown us too.

"'This is the covenant that I will make with them: In those last days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws into their hearts, and write them on their minds,'"

You must avoid being misled, my dearly loved brothers.

Then He answered him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but you go on and continue to spread the good news of the kingdom of God."

Whoever claims to be in the light, and yet continues to hate his brother is still in darkness.

And they both kept running, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first.

Jesus answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified,

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away; the official saw him no more, for he went on home rejoicing;

to turn such a man as this over to Satan for the destruction of his lower nature, in order that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

and said, "What will you give me to turn Him over to you?" Then they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

Then Barnabas went over to Tarsus to search out Saul,

For you know yourselves, brothers, that our visit to you was by no means a failure.

When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire all made and a fish lying on it; also some bread.

Continue to abstain from every sort of evil.

Then the upright will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears listen!

Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and expired.

A curse on the world for such influences to do wrong! For they must come, but a curse on the man from whom these influences come!

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the message of the Lord may continue to spread and prove its glorious power as it did among you,

It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor." So they kept on grumbling at her.

Our dearly loved Luke, the physician, and Demas, wish to be remembered to you.

Practice giving to everyone who asks of you, and stop demanding back your goods from him who takes them away.

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

The open secret of the seven stars that you have seen in my right hand, and of the seven golden lampstands, is this: The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

No one who continues to live in union with Him practices sin. No one who practices sin has ever seen Him or come to know Him.

Sin found its rallying point in that command and stirred within me every sort of evil desire, for without law, sin is lifeless.

But all His acquaintances, and the women who used to follow Him from Galilee in a group, were standing at a distance looking on.

On saying this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."

because His judgments are true and just. Because He has passed judgment on the notorious prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and for the blood of His slaves He has taken vengeance upon her!"

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

He asked Him, "What sort of commandments?" Jesus answered, "You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not lie,

When he reached there and saw the spiritual blessing God had given them, he was delighted, and continuously encouraged them all with hearty purpose to continue to be devoted to the Lord;

We know that God does not listen to sinful men, but He does listen to anyone who worships God and lives to do His will.

By faith Sarah received strength to become pregnant, and actually gave birth to a child, although she was past the time of life for it, because she thought that He who made her the promise was to be trusted.

Jesus answered him, "You do not now understand what I am doing, but by-and-by you will learn."

Death is the last enemy to be stopped,

And when He was twelve years old, they went up as usual to the feast

I want you to be free from worldly worries. An unmarried man is concerned about the affairs of the Lord.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my mother and sister and brother."

He said, "Yes, a curse on you experts in the law, too, because you load people down with loads too heavy to carry, and yet you do not touch the loads yourselves with one of your fingers!

Although at first He said, "You never wished or took delight in sacrifices and offerings, burnt-offerings and sin-offerings" -- all of which are repeatedly offered in accordance with the law --

On behalf of this man with such an experience I will boast, but on behalf of myself personally I will boast only about my weaknesses.

Never reprove an older man, but always appeal to him as a father. Treat younger men like brothers,

So His disciples asked Him, "Teacher, for whose sin was this man born blind, his own or that of his parents?"

And the crowds that went in front of Him and followed Him shouted: "Welcome the Son of David! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Welcome Him from on high!"

For I will be merciful to their deeds of wrong, and never, never any more will I recall their sins,'"

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a gem-dealer who was looking for beautiful pearls.

So to you who put your trust in Him the honor belongs, but to those who fail to trust Him: "That stone which then the builders threw away Has now become the cornerstone,"

But at the very time they were going out, some people brought to Him a dumb man, who was under the power of a demon,

By faith, Moses, at his birth was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's decree.

And so what I say to you, I say to everybody, keep alert."

who testifies to what he saw, the message of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Yes, you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and they will put some of you to death,

If for this life only we Christians have set our hopes on Christ, we are the most pitiable people in the world.

So I find this law: When I want to do right, the wrong is always in my way.

James the son of Zebedee, and John, James's brother (He named them Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder),

So He continued, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless it is granted to him by my Father."

This tent our forefathers brought in and passed on when under Joshua they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before them, and it remained until the time of David.

It was now the fourteenth night and we were drifting on the Adriatic sea, when at midnight the sailors suspected that land was near.

For just as in the days before the Flood people went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,

The Pharisees and the Sadducees came up, and to test Him asked Him to show them a spectacular sign from heaven.

And someone asked Him, "Lord, are only a few to be saved?" And He said to them,

By this the Holy Spirit was showing that there was as yet no access to the real sanctuary while the outer tent was still in existence,

And I have a right to think this way about you, because I always have you in my heart, whether shut up in prison or out defending and vindicating the good news, for you are sharers with me of God's favor.

and you yourselves, in union with Him, in fellowship with one another, are being built up into a dwelling for God through the Spirit.

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom my soul delights itself. I will endow Him with my Spirit, and He will announce a judgment to the heathen.

So Pilate, since he saw that he was making no headway with them, but that a riot was about to break out instead, took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, for he had been wanting to see Him for a long time on account of what he had heard about Him; also he was hoping to see some spectacular performance done by Him.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.

On the other hand, through these sacrifices there is given a real reminder of their sins,

When a woman is in labor, she is in pain, for her time has come, but when the baby is born, she forgets her pain because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we used to treat them with respect; how much more cheerfully should we submit to the Father of our spirits, and live!

Dearly beloved, I am praying for you to continue to prosper in everything, and to keep well, just as your soul is prospering.

For the heathen are greedily pursuing all such things; and surely your heavenly Father well knows that you need them all.

If we claim "We have not sinned," we are making Him a liar, and His message is not in our hearts.

Now this tendency is true. So continue correcting them severely, that they may be healthy in faith,

where the worm that feeds upon them never dies and the fire is never put out.

So you too are now in sorrow, but I am going to see you again, and then your hearts will be happy, and no one can rob you of your happiness.

Just in front of Him was a man who was suffering from dropsy.

He told them this and stayed on in Galilee.

This very John had his clothing made of camel's hair, and wore a leather belt around his waist; his food was dried locusts and wild honey.

And all at once something like scales fell from his eyes, he regained his sight, got up and was baptized,

Some days later, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him talk about faith in Christ Jesus.

They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to it.

Then all His disciples forsook Him and made their escape.

He did not tell them anything except by stories, but to His own disciples He kept on privately explaining everything.

Then the brothers at once sent Paul off to the coast, while Silas and Timothy stayed on there.

So they bound Him, led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate the governor.

but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks alike, the Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom.

Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

Here is scope for a mind that is packed with wisdom. The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman is seated.

and if Christ was not raised, the message which we preach has nothing in it; there is nothing in our faith either,

So the first angel went and emptied his bowl upon the earth, and horrible, painful sores broke out on the men who bore the mark of the wild beast and worshiped his statue.

It is I, John, who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me, to worship him.

As they were leaving Jericho, a great crowd followed Him.

Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to Him, "Why is it, Lord, that you are going to make yourself real to us and not to the world?"

and yet on going inside they did not find the body.

and with a loud shout she said: "Blessed are you among women, And blessed is your child!

This is the instruction which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, which is in accordance with the prophetic utterances formerly made about you, that you may, aided by them, continue to fight the good fight,

He came back the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? No more of that! The hour has come. See! The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

He answered, "Elijah does come and will get everything ready.

and for the heathen peoples to praise God for His mercy, as the Scripture says: "For this I will give thanks to you among the heathen, and will sing praises to your name."

For when we were living in accordance with our lower nature, the sinful passions that were aroused by the law were operating in the parts of our bodies to make us bear fruit that leads to death.

and they were continually in the temple, praising God.

He will go forth to lead astray the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, and to muster them for battle, and their number will be like the sands of the seashore.

Then the Jewish believers who had gone along with Peter were astounded because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,

and asked Him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus answered them, "Yes. Did you never read this, 'Out of the mouths of little children, yea, of infants, you have perfect praise'?"

Then the doors of God's temple in heaven were thrown open, and inside the temple was seen the chest containing God's covenant, and there followed flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and heavy hail.

So He sent Peter and John, saying to them, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

Have I then turned into an enemy to you, because I tell you the truth?

But this is so that the saying written in their law may be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a cause.'

But some of the guests were indignantly saying to themselves, "Why was such a waste of the perfume made?

But although they had heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

You must continue teaching this, and continue exhorting and reproving people, with full authority. Let no one belittle you.

Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons.

by His death in His human body, so as to present you consecrated, faultless, and blameless in His presence,

And because He saw that they were struggling at the oars, for the wind was against them, a while before daybreak He started toward them walking on the sea, and He meant to go right up beside them.

Not at all! Since we have ended our relation to sin, how can we live in it any longer?

"Do not injure the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the slaves of our God with His seal on their foreheads."

With this in view we are always praying for you too, that our God may make you worthy of His call, and by His power fully satisfy your every desire for goodness, and complete every activity of your faith,

Do not be thinking that I am going to accuse you to the Father. You have your accuser; it is Moses on whom you have set your hopes!

I know, and through my union with the Lord Jesus I have a clear conviction, that nothing is unclean in itself; that a thing is unclean only to the person who thinks it unclean.

"We ourselves have heard Him say, 'I will tear down this temple built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.'"

far above every other government, authority, power, and dominion, yea, far above every other title that can be conferred, not only in this world but in the world to come.

So the women, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, followed closely after Joseph and saw the tomb and how His body was laid there.

We are witnesses of everything that He did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they murdered Him by hanging Him upon a tree.

he will tell you truths through which you and your whole household will be saved.'

Heartily and cheerfully keep on working as slaves, as though it were for the Lord and not for men,

But the truth of Christ in me, this boasting of mine shall never be stopped in the boundaries of Greece.

'"Heaven is my throne, and earth a footstool for my feet. What house can you build for me?" says the Lord; "Or what place is there in which I can rest?

Do you suppose that I am unable to appeal to my Father and have Him furnish me on the spot one hundred thousand angels?

And as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside, and said to them while on the road,

I am speaking in familiar human terms because of the frailty of your nature. For just as you formerly offered the parts of your bodies in slavery to impurity and to ever increasing lawlessness, so now you must once for all offer them in slavery to right-doing, which leads to consecration.

And without any reserve He was telling them this fact. So Peter took Him aside and began to reprove Him for it.

and they might recover their senses and escape from the devil's trap in which they have been caught by him to do his will.