Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

“I kept looking
Until thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days took His seat;
His vesture was like white snow
And the hair of His head like pure wool.
His throne was ablaze with flames,
Its wheels were a burning fire.

Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little boy will lead them.

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.”

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained,
But happy is he who keeps the law.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

‘Every ravine will be filled,
And every mountain and hill will be brought low;
The crooked will become straight,
And the rough roads smooth;

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.

For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

Then they *came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.

and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “This man is what is called the Great Power of God.”

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;

for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief;

A Psalm of David.
The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

But the crowds were aware of this and followed Him; and welcoming them, He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God and curing those who had need of healing.

For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.

They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;

Soon afterwards, He began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him,

But of the Son He says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?

But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Let me sing now for my well-beloved
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who leads you in the way you should go.

“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.

And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”

When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness.

For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.

Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.

And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.

knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.”

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;

When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;

“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!” And he got up and came forward.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;

But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel,
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name; you are Mine!

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.’

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen

Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah.

What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.

Then He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.

When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.”

what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
‘I am the first and I am the last,
And there is no God besides Me.

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

At this time Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty persons was there together), and said,

Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.

For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.

for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.

To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion.

For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?”

He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

Now it will come about that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying,

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.

The king said to them, “I had a dream and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream.”

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.

And David brought up his men who were with him, each with his household; and they lived in the cities of Hebron.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware.

But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.”

More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah,

So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming?

and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;

Therefore the soldiers did these things.But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

After He had said these things, He was going on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

“If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do.

And He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.

But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

“Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.

Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

Your word I have treasured in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.

But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;

For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.”

Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

Rejoice always;

and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,

(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,

About four thousand were there; and He sent them away.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;

But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.

and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air.

Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable.

‘Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.

Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is nothing sound in it,
Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,
Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil.

When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

They will perish, but You remain;
And they all will become old like a garment,

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience,

For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come,
And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.

For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums.

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering at his delay in the temple.

“Do not be afraid of them,
For I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,

For the body is not one member, but many.

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes,
And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.

All you beasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.

just as He says also in another passage,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

And He will judge between the nations,
And will render decisions for many peoples;
And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.