The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him;

But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *permitted Him.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is slain the sin offering shall be slain before the Lord; it is most holy.

But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’”

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,

Make supplication to the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?

Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;

Honor your father and mother; and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching.

And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

Now it came about after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

And when they had come to him, he said to them,“You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,

They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.

The angel replied to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,

Therefore those who use proverbs say,
“Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!
So let the city of Sihon be established.

While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.”These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.

the sons of Bezai, 324;

It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

By Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.

‘You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths.

For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.”

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

“Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!

“The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting at a distance.

And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son became king in his place.

And I saw among the naive,
And discerned among the youths
A young man lacking sense,

He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him.

Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.

After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

They hate him who reproves in the gate,
And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.

And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”

So Moses went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the Lord.

You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick.

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;

Speak, “Thus says the Lord,
‘The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field,
And like the sheaf after the reaper,
But no one will gather them.’”

If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher).

This I command you, that you love one another.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?

Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’

Many nations will come and say,
“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action,

The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

In the place where they slay the burnt offering they are to slay the guilt offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him.

Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You,
And over them return on high.

For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”

saying,
‘Go to this people and say,
“You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;
And you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.

So there was hail, and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.

Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.

Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”

but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

“You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you.

Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.)

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

“For just as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I make will endure before Me,” declares the Lord,
“So your offspring and your name will endure.

‘Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king.”

But when they heard this, they were cut to the quick and intended to kill them.

“Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

The Lord changed His mind about this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.

But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses.”

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him.

The crown has fallen from our head;
Woe to us, for we have sinned!

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.

When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

In the morning they arose early and exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace.

For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same;

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.

and I will give you over into the hand of those who are seeking your life, yes, into the hand of those whom you dread, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.”

Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.

They took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.

“When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, and you possess it and live in it, and you say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me,’

Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

And he would answer and say to them, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.”

After the two days He went forth from there into Galilee.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the valuables in front of them.

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?

Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.

Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?

Now it came about after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel:

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

The burden of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,

Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor.

“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.

As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel.

yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

“You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.

Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water.

For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“In repentance and rest you will be saved,
In quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,

“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.

For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;

“In the latter period of their rule,
When the transgressors have run their course,
A king will arise,
Insolent and skilled in intrigue.

Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;

The Lord helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them.

“For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;

“But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.”

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look.

Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.

The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,

And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations.”

Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?

So when they were sent away, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

Esther said, “A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it.”

All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
None of them calls on Me.

But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,

I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.

But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;

When the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.

You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.

Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.

[But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”]

But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.”

The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter.

For the choir director; set to El Shoshannim; Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would presume to do thus?”

Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

“The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.

So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

Say to the king and the queen mother,
“Take a lowly seat,
For your beautiful crown
Has come down from your head.”

Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

And if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.

And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,

And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,

And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

“Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel,
And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them;
They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.

They were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

Then I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”

The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”

He acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the sons of Israel.

Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will;

You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.

to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ashes.

Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.

The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

“Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty,

and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Indeed, He will speak to this people
Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

“For everyone will be salted with fire.

And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.

being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.

He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,

And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.

We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.

Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

And they do not consider in their hearts
That I remember all their wickedness.
Now their deeds are all around them;
They are before My face.

Now it came about after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David remained two days in Ziklag.

Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and 300 males with him;

You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.

Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God;

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following we came to Miletus.

“Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it.

Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

And He said to them, “Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.

But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

To show mercy toward our fathers,
And to remember His holy covenant,

Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot strong dappled horses.

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;

And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen.”

since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.

Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.

Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him.”

In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

He said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.

With this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written,

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

“But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king.”

“Know, then, it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.

But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.

“So their sons entered and possessed the land.
And You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land,
To do with them as they desired.

And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him.

But if the Lord brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the Lord.”

It was the third hour when they crucified Him.

Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

Tell of His glory among the nations,
His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation.

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
Our houses to aliens.

“Am I a God who is near,” declares the Lord,
“And not a God far off?

When they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle.

But Abraham *said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

Also there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.

Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;

The leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.

And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.

But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you

Know therefore today that it is the Lord your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the Lord has spoken to you.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.”

If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

Just as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.

At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word.

for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set by the sons of Israel;

Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.

The Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
‘Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight.

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,

Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.

But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with horror, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. According to their conduct I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the Lord; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.

While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement.

“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’”

And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.

and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.

When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day I knew you.

“Forsake your folly and live,
And proceed in the way of understanding.”

“A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

“Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.

I will make the land desolate so that your enemies who settle in it will be appalled over it.