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Now he who supplies seed to the farmer and bread to eat will also supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest that results from your righteousness.
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces a lot of grain.
One day, Jesus was traveling along the border between Samaria and Galilee on the way to Jerusalem.
Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.
That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
Nothing to this world we bring; from it take we nothing.
Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."
Then God said, "Let there be lights across the sky to distinguish day from night, to act as signs for seasons, days, and years,
"I kept on watching until the Ancient of Days was seated. His clothes were white, like snow, and the hair on his head was like pure wool. His throne burned with flaming fire, and its wheels burned with fire.
Therefore, you have no excuse every one of you who judges. For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, practice the very same things.
I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not recorded in this book.
So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,
how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!
We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.
About this time, John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Judean wilderness,
Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."
"The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them.
Nothing is impossible with respect to any of God's promises."
Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.
He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life.
You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."
This is the builder, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?" And they were offended by him.
Devote yourselves to prayer. Be alert and thankful when you pray.
Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is appropriate for those who belong to the Lord.
While they were all talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and told them, "Peace be with you."
So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,
When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The world's kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever."
I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father.
Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit." After he said this, he breathed his last.
But from the beginning of creation, "God made them male and female.'
"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done."
Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,
"Pay attention! I'm sending Elijah the prophet to you before the great and dreadful Day of the LORD comes,
Without prophetic vision, people abandon restraint, but those who obey the Law are happy.
For God is my witness how much I long for all of you with the compassion that the Messiah Jesus provides.
I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked ways will be made straight, and the rough roads will be made smooth.
And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then the one who raised the Messiah from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive by his Spirit who lives in you.
"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
having been filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus the Messiah so that God will be glorified and praised.
Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.
Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (that is, the son of Timaeus) was sitting by the road.
Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, "This is what we call the great power of God!"
When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.
Today your Savior, the Lord Messiah, was born in the City of David.
"Then the other servant came and said, "Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping
A declaration from the LORD to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool."
And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,
But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.
for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you.
Because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia, Paul and Timothy went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
After this, Jesus traveled from one city and village to another, preaching and spreading the good news about God's kingdom. The Twelve were with him,
But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.
Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me. I will pay them back, declares the Lord."
You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?
But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."
Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: "The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
He told them, "This is how it is written: the Messiah was to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,
"This is what the LORD says, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who directs you in the path by which you should go.
"Comfort! Yes, comfort my people," says your God.
Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. Get everything ready for us there."
When they came into the city, these men went to the upstairs room where they had been staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
Then an official asked Jesus, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.
In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate partner. Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.
Let a woman learn with a quiet spirit, and submissively.
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am merely human, sold as a slave to sin.
Take notice! I'm about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things won't be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not with elaborate hairstyles or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me has eternal life.
I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns, seven heads, and ten royal crowns on its horns. On its heads were blasphemous names.
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.
Look! I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to destroy all the enemy's power, and nothing will ever hurt you.
Later, the LORD God said, "Look! The man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, so he won't reach out, also take from the tree of life, eat, and then live forever "
who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.
"Stop judging, and you'll never be judged. Stop condemning, and you'll never be condemned. Forgive, and you'll be forgiven.
because I know that the removal of my bodily tent will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, has shown me.
Then he asked them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on Sabbath days, to save a life or to destroy it?" But they remained silent.
He touched my mouth and said, "Look! Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sins atoned for."
because you know that everyone will receive a reward from the Lord for whatever good he has done, whether he is a slave or free.
Soon afterwards, Jesus went to a city called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were going along with him.
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
So be informed and discern that seven weeks and 62 weeks will elapse from the issuance of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed Commander. The plaza and moat will be rebuilt, though in troubled times.
At three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")
Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.
You were running the race beautifully. Who cut in on you and stopped you from obeying the truth?
This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into the lowest hell and imprisoned them in chains of deepest darkness, holding them for judgment;
After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.
Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven,
But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Get up, and stand in the middle of the synagogue." So he got up and stood there.
I call heaven and earth to testify against you today! I've set life and death before you today: both blessings and curses. Choose life, that it may be well with you you and your children.
Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain to be alone with him. His appearance was changed in front of them,
But now this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: "Do not be afraid, because I've redeemed you. I've called you by name; you are mine.
For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away,
because the life of the flesh is in the blood itself, and I myself have given it to you all so that atonement may be made for your souls on the altar, since the blood itself makes atonement through the life that is in it.
Instead, each person is tempted by his own desire, being lured and trapped by it.
For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,
because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.
From: Peter, an apostle of Jesus, the Messiah.
Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah.
What, then, does this mean? Are we Jews any better off? Not at all! For we have already accused everyone, both Jews and Greeks, of being under the power of sin.
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his noble conduct that his actions are done humbly and wisely.
to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the gentiles which is the Messiah in you, our glorious hope.
Many Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." He held it out and it became normal, as healthy as his other hand.
When the gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all who had been destined to eternal life believed,
Then Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this, since I am an old man, and my wife is getting older?"
What we have seen and heard we declare to you so that you, too, can have fellowship with us. Now this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus, the Messiah.
"See, the LORD's hand is not too short to save, nor are his ears too dull to hear.
But what does it say? "The message is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart." This is the message about faith that we are proclaiming:
This is what the LORD says, the King of Israel and its Redeemer the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name "I am the first and I am the last, and apart from me there is no God.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.
All of this comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through the Messiah and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.
All the prophets testify to this: everyone who believes in Jesus receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.
Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
After careful consideration, Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of bandits. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
At that time, Peter got up among the brothers (there were about 120 people present) and said,
"""I'm going to give you a new heart, and I'm going to give you a new spirit within all of your deepest parts. I'll remove that rock-hard heart of yours and replace it with one that's sensitive to me.
While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
Be devoted to each other with mutual affection. Excel at showing respect for each other.
"Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.
because I, too, am a man under authority and I have soldiers under me. I say to one of them "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."
In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.
because 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 welcomed me.
This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim.
because this is my blood of the new covenant that is being poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins.
He'll speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One. He'll attempt to alter times and laws, and they'll be given into his control for a time, times, and half a time.
for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living;
"So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.
An elder must be blameless. He must be the husband of one wife and have children who are believers and who are not accused of having wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.
For the creation is eagerly awaiting the revelation of God's children,
"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"
Then the angel told them, "Stop being afraid! Listen! I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
I know that when I'm gone, savage wolves will come among you and not spare the flock.
"It will come about in the last days that the mountain that is the LORD's Temple will be established as the highest of mountains, and will be raised above the hills; all the nations will stream to it.
Now this message from the LORD came to Amittai's son Jonah:
Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.
the king told them, "I have dreamed a dream and I will remain troubled until I can understand it."
But Ruth answered, "Stop urging me to abandon you and to turn back from following you. Because wherever you go, I'll go. Wherever you live, I'll live. Your people will be my people, and your God, my God.
Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.
Jesus told her, "Believe me, dear lady, the hour is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
David brought his army with him, each soldier accompanied by his household, and they settled in the cities of Hebron.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant.
But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you.
While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying, "Take some. This is my body."
What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah
Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man would have to suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but after three days he would rise again.
After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples and they remained there for a few days.
So the Lord Jesus, after talking with his disciples, was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
This is what the LORD says: "Stand beside the roads and watch. Ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is. Walk in it and find rest for yourselves. But they said, "We won't walk in it!'
The fear of the LORD is where wisdom begins, and knowing holiness demonstrates understanding.
Look! Every living soul belongs to me the father's as well as the son's. So pay attention! The person who keeps on sinning is going to die."
God's righteousness through the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah for all who believe. For there is no distinction among people,
Then they took him, brought him before the Areopagus, and asked, "May we know what this new teaching of yours is?
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the unbelievers until the times of the unbelievers are fulfilled."
Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."
The one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, who rests in the shadow of the Almighty,
God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me.
Now Hanukkah was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
Meanwhile, standing near Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord's Spirit is, there is freedom.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply disturbed to see the city full of idols.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all "the tribes of the land will mourn' when they see "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear, trembling, and sincerity, as when you obey the Messiah.
"When a man sells his daughter as a servant, she won't go out as the male servants do.
So he told them, "Whenever you pray you are to say, "Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.
It is because of God that you are in union with the Messiah Jesus, who for us has become wisdom from God, as well as our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
"Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his own blood is to be shed; because God made human beings in his own image.
Others fell on stony ground, where they didn't have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once, because the soil wasn't deep.
I have stored what you have said in my heart, so I won't sin against you.
Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good.
For the person who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten the cleansing that he has received from his past sins.
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, as was all of Jerusalem.
From: Paul, a servant of God, and also an apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to bring the faith to those chosen by God, along with full knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong.
Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses.
Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful.
Who is the one to condemn? It is the Messiah Jesus who is interceding on our behalf. He died, and more importantly, has been raised and is seated at the right hand of God.
When they heard this, they calmed down, and praised God by saying, "So God has given repentance that leads to life even to gentiles."
After an interval of about three hours, Ananias' wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.
Now as for you, Daniel, roll up your scroll and seal your words until the time of the end. Many will rush around, while knowledge increases.'"
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without actions is also dead.
"How blessed are those who are humble, because it is they who will inherit the earth!
because the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them in six days. Then he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."
Always be joyful.
to differentiate between day and night, and to distinguish light from darkness. And God saw how good it was.
I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.
and during the reign of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and continued until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month, at the end of the eleventh year of the reign of Josiah's son Zedekiah, the king of Judah.
and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."
Even now, little children, abide in him. Then, when he appears, we will have confidence and will not turn away from him in shame when he comes.
While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the Temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.
But because you did not believe my announcement, which will be fulfilled at its proper time, you will become silent and unable to speak until the day this happens."
The second beast forces all people important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,
For the Lord's sake submit yourselves to every human authority: whether to the king as supreme,
Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."
Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess in the church at Cenchrea.
and the Holy Spirit descended on him, appearing in the form of a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"
In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.
Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The LORD is the eternal God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary; and his understanding cannot be fathomed.
May your kingdom come. May your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven?"
For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did. By sending his own Son in the form of humanity, he condemned sin by being incarnate,
From: Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. To: Those who have received faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there's no soundness evident only bruises, sores, and festering wounds that haven't been cleaned out, bandaged, or treated with oil."
When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and
The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,
Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.
There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in fire, practices divination, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
I saw the dead, both unimportant and important, standing in front of the throne, and books were open. Another book was opened the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to their actions, as recorded in the books.
He has been exalted to the right hand of God, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and has caused you to experience what you are seeing and hearing.
In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was known for her good actions and acts of charity that she was always doing.
because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,
But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.
Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, not wanting anyone to know he was there. However, it couldn't be kept a secret.
In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."
Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.
"You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.
They will come to an end, but you will remain forever. They will all wear out like clothes.
I thank my God every time I remember you,
Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,
The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.
"Arise, shine! For your light has come; the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.
The one who did not spare his own Son, but offered him as a sacrifice for all of us, surely will give us all things, along with his Son, won't he?
But the servant who did things that deserved a beating without knowing it will receive a light beating. Much will be required from everyone to whom much has been given. But even more will be demanded from the one to whom much has been entrusted."
This was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and descendants of Levi to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
When Jesus saw this, he became furious and told them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.
Grass withers and flowers fade away, when the LORD's breath blows on them, but the word of our God will stand forever."
I was overjoyed to find some of your children living truthfully, just as the Father has commanded us.
because I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."
"Whenever you stand up to pray, forgive whatever you have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
As Jesus sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it. Many rich people were dropping in large amounts.
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you're so informed!
Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.
Meanwhile, the people kept waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed in the sanctuary so long.
Don't be afraid of them, because I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! He has taken care of his people and has set them free.
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor a ruler's staff from between his feet, until the one comes, who owns them both, and to him will belong the allegiance of nations.
Whenthey heard the voice of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, the man and his wife concealed themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Someone like this should take note of the following: What we say by letter when we are absent is what we will do when present!
To: God's church in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified by the Messiah Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah their Lord and ours.
The one who rejects me and doesn't receive my words has something to judge him: The word that I've spoken will judge him on the last day,
As he also says in another place, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."
I am telling the truth because I belong to the Messiah I am not lying, and my conscience confirms it by means of the Holy Spirit.
Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
He will judge between the nations, and will render verdicts for the benefit of many. "They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations will not raise swords against nations, and they will not learn warfare anymore.
and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes with the holy angels in his Father's glory."
Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.
Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.
Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, the most glorious Father, would give you a wise spirit, along with revelation that comes through knowing the Messiah fully.
For this demonstrates our love for God: We keep his commandments, and his commandments are not difficult,
And all Israel flouted your Law, turning aside from it and not obeying your voice. Because we've sinned against him, the curse has been poured upon us, along with the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God.
Then the people of Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region along the Jordan began flocking to him,
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."
"Who are you?" they asked him. "We must give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
But at this moment the Messiah stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.
The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitating. These six brothers went with me, too, and we entered the house of the man from Caesarea.
I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man."
"Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fishers of people!"
After this, when Jesus realized that everything was now completed, he said (in order to fulfill the Scripture), "I'm thirsty."
For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the actions prescribed by the Law.
Then I heard the voice of the LORD as he was asking, "Whom will I send? Who will go for us?" "Here I am!" I replied. "Send me."
Then God's peace, which goes far beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your hearts and minds in union with the Messiah Jesus.
"Will a couple walk in unity without having met?
Then after the 62 weeks, the anointed one will be cut down (but not for himself). Then the people of the Coming Commander will destroy both the city and the Sanctuary. Its ending will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war, with desolations having been decreed.
Before the mountains were formed or the earth and the world were brought forth, you are God from eternity to eternity.
It will be easier for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you!
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.
Jesus told his disciples, "Have faith in God!
because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
You who were once alienated with a hostile attitude, doing evil,
The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and filled with gracious love and truth.
he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
"Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to people who enjoy his favor!"
By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done.
Now about what you asked: "Is it advisable for a man not to marry?"
See! I taught you the statutes and the ordinances, just as the LORD God commanded. Therefore, observe them when you enter the land you are about to possess.
About that time, Herod arrested some people who belonged to the church and mistreated them.
When the Guild of Prophets who lived in Bethel came out to greet Elisha, they asked him, "You are aware, aren't you, that later today the LORD is going to remove your master from being your mentor?" "Of course I'm aware of it," he said. "Calm down."
until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in the Messiah.
Now when the Jewish leaders saw the boldness of Peter and John and found out that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and realized that they had been with Jesus.
For one believes with his heart and is justified, and declares with his mouth and is saved.
You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents on children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went to a deserted place and prayed there.
"The kingdom from heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," he said, "don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
And everyone who calls upon the name of the LORD will be delivered. For as the LORD has said, "In Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, the survivors whom the LORD is calling.'"
And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more with full knowledge and insight,
Later, the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks belonging to Mamre. As Abraham was sitting near the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day,
2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.
When they came near Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead
The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.
"The LORD your God will raise up a prophet like me for you from among your relatives. You must listen to him,
He will bring many of Israel's descendants back to the Lord their God.
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.
For the Law, being only a reflection of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year.
"The daughter of Zion is left abandoned, like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, or like a city under siege.
No one would give him anything, even though he would gladly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating.
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the fact that all of our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud. They all went through the sea,
He must become more important, but I must become less important."
Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.
He must remain in heaven until the time of universal restitution, which God announced long ago through the voice of his holy prophets.
When we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
They asked him, "Why, then, are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"
and was declared by the resurrection from the dead to be the powerful Son of God according to the spirit of holiness Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.
"You certainly will not die!" the Shining One told the woman.
Then they went to Capernaum. As soon as it was the Sabbaths, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
"You are not to misuse the name of the LORD your God, because the LORD will not leave unpunished the one who misuses his name.
I saw no temple in it, because the Lord God Almighty and the lamb are its temple.
The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died.
Then a leper came to Jesus and began pleading with him. He fell on his knees and told him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."
Finally, all of you must live in harmony, be sympathetic, love as brothers, and be compassionate and humble.
He was sentenced to death because of our sins and raised to life to justify us.
Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.
then you will have made false distinctions among yourselves and will have judged from evil motives, will you not?
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You have received without payment, so give without payment.
Why, then, do you criticize your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For all of us will stand before the judgment seat of God.
"So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you,
Isn't this the fast that I have been choosing: to loose the bonds of injustice, and to untie the cords of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
"Look! My servant will prosper, and he will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.
Now I want to remind you, even though you are fully aware of these things, that the Lord who once saved his people from the land of Egypt later destroyed those who did not believe.
For when the ground soaks up rain that often falls on it and continues producing vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated, it receives a blessing from God.
John was baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
So then, whenever we have the opportunity, let's practice doing good to everyone, especially to the family of faith.
But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!
for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.
Let the peace of the Messiah also rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body, and be thankful.
Now we ask you, brothers, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and our gathering together to him,
Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.
and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey the Messiah.
For it is God's will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality.
Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.
Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. (This is the second death the lake of fire.)
Such influence does not come from the one who calls you.
That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I'm convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until the day that he comes.
Because of the LORD's gracious love we are not consumed, since his compassions never end.
Now there came a time of famine while judges were ruling in the land of Israel. A man from Bethlehem of Judah, his wife, and his two sons left to live in the country of Moab.
Let me announce the decree of the LORD that he told me: "You are my son, today I have become your father.
How blessed is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy and obey what is written in it, for the time is near!
Jesus answered them, "See to it that no one deceives you,
Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
But the LORD has raised adversaries from Rezin against him, and he stirs up his enemies
recalling your tears and longing to see you so that I can be filled with joy.
For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life!
To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.
Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
I'm the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the gentiles who are called by my name,' declares the Lord. "He is the one who has been doing these things
What should we say, then? Is the Law sinful? Of course not! In fact, I wouldn't have become aware of sin if it had not been for the Law. I wouldn't have known what it means to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."
It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age
"At that time I will restore David's fallen tent, restoring its torn places. I will restore its ruins, rebuilding it as it was long ago,
Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."
by keeping the charge that the LORD your God entrusted to you. Live life his way, keep his statutes, his commands, his ordinances, and his testimonies, just as they're written down in the Law of Moses, so that you may succeed in everything you do and wherever you go,
"You are not to desire your neighbor's house, nor your neighbor's wife, his male or female servant, his ox, his donkey, nor anything else that pertains to your neighbor."
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you don't participate in her sins and also suffer from her diseases.
I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish that there is to be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked.
Brothers whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you,
In that way the word of the Lord kept spreading and triumphing.
After Jesus had said all of this, he went with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
But whatever things were assets to me, these I now consider a loss for the sake of the Messiah.
He told them, "I watched Satan falling from heaven like lightning.
When a message from the LORD came to Hosea, the LORD told him, "Go marry a prostitute and have children with her, because the land is prostituting itself by departing from the LORD."
So call your brothers "Ammi,' and your sisters "Ruhamah.'"
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"
If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.
I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it.
You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.
Even when I walk through a valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid because you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
For it is he who is our peace. Through his mortality he made both groups one by tearing down the wall of hostility that divided them.
Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."
God blessed Noah and his sons and ordered them, "Be productive, multiply, and fill the earth.
"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll raise up a righteous branch for David. He will be a king who rules wisely, and he will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one.
for through the Messiah, God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their sins against them. He has committed his message of reconciliation to us.
In this case wisdom is needed: Let the person who has understanding calculate the total of the beast, since it is a human multitude, and the sum of the multitude is 600, 60 and six.
Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength.
one God and Father of all, who is above all, through all, and in all.
You cause me to know the path of life; in your presence is joyful abundance, at your right hand there are pleasures forever. A Davidic Prayer.
John replied to all of them, "I'm baptizing you with water, but one is coming who is more powerful than I, and I'm not worthy to untie his sandal straps. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.
"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!
Indeed, this is why the gospel was proclaimed even to those who have died, so that they could be judged in their mortal flesh like all humans and live in the spiritual realm like God.
King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine, since he was serving as the priest of God Most High.
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor uselessly. Unless the LORD guards the city, its security forces keep watch uselessly.
But I will go on doing what I'm doing in order to deny an opportunity to those people who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in the work they are boasting about.
Let us rejoice, be glad, and give him glory, because the marriage of the lamb has come and his bride has made herself ready.
Then he went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.
But when the Messiah came as a high priest of the good things that have come, he went through the greater and more perfect tent that was not made by human hands and that is not a part of this creation.
Then he told his disciples, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few.
"But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, "O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!'
I will give you the keys to the kingdom from heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven."
for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.
There the LORD presented to them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them. He said, "If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what he sees to be right, listen to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then I won't inflict on you all the diseases that I inflicted on the Egyptians, because I am the LORD your healer."
As a result, we rejoice about you among God's churches about your endurance and faith through all the persecutions and afflictions you are experiencing.
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The person who does what is good is from God. The person who does what is evil has never seen God.
"How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!"
After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."
I pray that he would give you, according to his glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through his Spirit,
The LORD appeared to Israel from far away and said, "I've loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I've drawn you with gracious love.
Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.
not that another one really exists. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about the Messiah.
If you keep my commandments, you'll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. Their leaving made it clear that none of them was really part of us.
so that you may be able to choose what is best and be pure and blameless until the day when the Messiah returns,
yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything came into being and for whom we live. And there is only one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, through whom everything came into being and through whom we live.
Let the conclusion of all of these thoughts be heard: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this is what it means to be human.
We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.
Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass in that area, so they sat down, numbering about 5,000 men.
"It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.'
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It has five colonnades,
Instead, be holy in every aspect of your life, just as the one who called you is holy.
If I made you sad with my letter, I do not regret it, although I did regret it then. I see that the letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while.
"If two men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman and her children are born prematurely, but there is no harm, he is certainly to be fined as the husband of the woman demands of him, and he will pay as the court decides.
From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother.
For God's kingdom does not consist of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy produced by the Holy Spirit.
While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing.
"The kingdom from heaven is like treasure hidden in a field that a man found and hid. In his excitement he went and sold everything he had and bought that field."
The LORD God told the Shining One, "Because you have done this, you are more cursed than all the livestock, and more than all the earth's animals, You'll crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.
how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
"Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
For this reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for the sake of you gentiles.
"But in the last days it will come about that the Temple Mount of the LORD will be firmly set as the leading mountain. It will be exalted above its surrounding hills, and people will stream toward it.
Here are six things that the LORD hates seven, in fact, are detestable to him:
up to the day when he was taken up to heaven after giving orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
He did the same with the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant sealed by my blood, which is being poured out for you.
First of all you must understand this: In the last days mockers will come and, following their own desires, will ridicule us
Have nothing to do with a divisive person after you have warned him once or twice.
having erased the charges that were brought against us, along with their obligations that were hostile to us. He took those charges away when he nailed them to the cross.
We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.
In everything be thankful, because this is God's will for you in the Messiah Jesus.
Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.
They landed in the region of the Gerasenes, which is just across the lake from Galilee.
All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Let him kiss me over and over again! Your love is better than wine.
Stop judging by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment!"
Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,
Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.
Certainly all who depend on the actions of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who does not obey everything that is written in the Book of the Law!"
For sin will not have mastery over you, because you are not under Law but under grace.
A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed with the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a victor's crown of twelve stars on her head.
who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully.
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters by doing good and by not letting anything terrify you.
From then on, Jesus began to announce, "Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!"
Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence?
Then Jesus began traveling throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness.
Israel was consecrated to the LORD, she was the first fruits of his produce. All who devoured her became guilty and disaster came on them," declares the LORD.'"
After they left the synagogue, they went directly to the house of Simon and Andrew, along with James and John.
If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
Now I want you to realize that the Messiah is the head of every man, and man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of the Messiah.
Jesus burst into tears.
You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
They should encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,
He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.
For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed.
I have made your name known to these men whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,
You observe that a person is justified through actions and not through faith alone.
"When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then understand that its devastation is approaching.
They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
The LORD your God among you is powerful he will save and he will take joyful delight in you. In his love he will renew you with his love; he will celebrate with singing because of you.
To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.
Then the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and found to be true, because you know from whom you learned it.
I baptized you with water, but it is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal. It was flowing from the throne of God and the lamb.
Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place, along with many of his disciples and a large gathering of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.
for giving prudence to the naive, and knowledge and discretion to the young.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.
Then God said, "Let the oceans swarm with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout the sky!"
As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings.
People won't be saying, "Look! Here it is!' or "There it is!' because now the kingdom of God is among you."
I'm not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one.
So the word of God continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly. Even a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
Your territorial border will extend from the wilderness to the Lebanon Mountains, to the river that great River Euphrates all the land of the Hittites as far as the Mediterranean Sea where the sun sets.
Now to the one who is able to strengthen you with my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus, the Messiah, by revealing the secret that was kept hidden from long ago
which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm.
"When you are praying, don't say meaningless things like the unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy.
For it is love that I seek, and not sacrifice; knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
For the Spirit's law of life in the Messiah Jesus has set me free from the Law of sin and death.
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God about the Jews is that they would be saved.
Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."
How can a young man keep his behavior pure? By guarding it in accordance with your word.
Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death.
In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.
Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.
However, to someone who does not work, but simply believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:
I came to be in the Spirit on the Day of the Lord, when I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,
Whoever hides his transgressions will not succeed, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.
And so, when Jesus' name is called, the knees of everyone should fall, wherever they're residing.
and they'll pick up snakes with their hands.Even if they drink any deadly poison, it won't hurt them, and they'll place their hands on the sick, and they'll recover."
Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you!"
The two angels entered Sodom at sunset while Lot was sitting in the gate area of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up, greeted them, bowed low with his face to the ground,
But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Stop neglecting to show hospitality to strangers, for by showing hospitality some have had angels as their guests without being aware of it.
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
You greatly rejoice in this, even though you have to suffer various kinds of trials for a little while,
Now may the God of peace, who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep,
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they met together in the same place.
All those who had become settled down and at home, living on the earth, will worship it, everyone whose name had not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the lamb that had been slaughtered since the foundation of the world.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
John answered them, "I am baptizing with water, but among you stands a man whom you do not know,
During the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in fulfillment of the message from the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD prompted Cyrus, king of Persia, to make this proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, which was also released in written form:
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,
which in previous generations was not made known to human beings as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. This is that secret:
Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table, along with his apostles.
Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
"Sound the ram's horn in Zion! Sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Tremble, all of you inhabitants of the land, because the Day of the LORD is coming. Oh, how near it is!
So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true.
you and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.
I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.
Jacob's Well was also there, and Jesus, tired out by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.
he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah, according to the pleasure of his will,
"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the one who brings news of peace, who announces good things, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!'
I tell all of you with certainty, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' if he doesn't doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let's cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit by becoming mature in our holy fear of God.
But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Because you have obeyed my command to endure, I will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming to the whole world to test those living on the earth.
Then he replied to me, "This is this message from the LORD to Zerubbabel: "Not by valor nor by strength, but only by my Spirit,' says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Jesus replied to them, "Is it not written in your Law, "I said, "You are gods"'?
"Just as it was in Noah's time, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.
As usual, Paul entered there and on three Sabbaths discussed the Scriptures with them.
The second is exactly like it: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.'
"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!
Be tolerant of one another and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also should forgive.
When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and told them, "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."
So I ask, "God has not rejected his people, has he?" Of course not! I am an Israeli myself, a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.
And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Now many signs and wonders were being performed by the apostles among the people, who were gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; sound understanding belongs to those who practice it. Praise of God endures forever.
When I look at the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you established
The LORD laid his hand on me and brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD to the middle of a valley that was filled with bones.
For we live by faith, not by sight.
Then Jesus told them, "O, how foolish you are! How slow you are to believe everything the prophets said!
The person who has the Son has this life. The person who does not have the Son of God does not have this life.
The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather just accept the wrong? Why not rather be cheated?
Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies. These things promote controversies rather than God's ongoing purpose, which involves faith.
For if you live according to human nature, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continuously put to death the activities of the body, you will live.
So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.
Jesus answered them, "This is God's work: to believe in the one whom he has sent."
Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
Therefore, we are the Messiah's representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah's behalf: "Be reconciled to God!"
The Nephilim were on the earth at that time (and also immediately afterward), when those divine beings were having sexual relations with those human women, who gave birth to children for them. These children became the heroes and legendary figures of ancient times.
For he received honor and glory from God the Father when these words from the Majestic Glory were spoken about him: "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him."
At that time, Jesus walked through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.
Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?"
After these things, I saw a door standing open in heaven. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."
I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.
However, not only the creation, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit also groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
Now in that city there was a man named Simon. He was practicing occult arts and thrilling the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he didn't open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
For this reason, take up the whole armor of God so that you may be able to take a stand whenever evil comes. And when you have done everything you could, you will be able to stand firm.
the living one. I was dead but look! I am alive forever and ever! I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him?
Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:
Then the angel told her, "Stop being afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.
I tell you, on Judgment Day people will give an account for every thoughtless word they have uttered,
However, stretch out your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face."
Moreover, in the area of teaching, I am not allowing a woman to instigate conflict toward a man. Instead, she is to remain calm.
Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.
The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.
Now the people who were scattered by the persecution that started because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
"Rather, this is the covenant that I'll make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD. "I'll put my Law within them and will write it on their hearts. I'll be their God and they will be my people.
So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken, and all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak messages from God boldly.
Truly, I tell you emphatically, we know what we're talking about, and we testify about what we've seen. Yet you people do not accept our testimony.
The 70 disciples came back and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!"
Paul also went to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish wife whose husband was a Greek.
The next day, the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem.
Entrust your work to the LORD, and your planning will succeed.
"No one can stop us from using water to baptize these people who have received the Holy Spirit in the same way that we did, can they?"
"One day, the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
through whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.
Place my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls,
"How blessed are those who mourn, because it is they who will be comforted!
A person plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler of Egypt and of his whole household.
Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,
After eight days had passed, the infant was circumcised and named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.
Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus and told him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."
because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, "You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court."
On that day, you won't ask me for anything. Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whatever you ask the Father for in my name, he will give it to you.
"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
"Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission.
Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
As in all the churches of the saints, the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the oral law also says.
However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.
While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.
"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise
Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God.
Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no place for them in the guest quarters.
Haven't you surrounded him with a fence on all sides, around his house, and around all that he owns? You have blessed everything he puts his hands on and you have increased his livestock in the land.
Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, don't you, that Jesus the Messiah lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test?
He's the one who sits above the disk of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He's the one who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in,
Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the opinion of his master. He was highly favored, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. Though he was a mighty and valiant man, he was suffering from leprosy.
Then Jesus told him, "Go away, Satan! Because it is written, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"
Then he told them, "But now whoever has a wallet must take it along, and his traveling bag, too. And the one who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.
For all things are from him, by him, and for him. Glory belongs to him forever! Amen.
Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.
We want you to know, brothers, about God's grace that was given to the churches of Macedonia.
They kept on calling to each other: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of the Heavenly Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!"
Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.
These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.
while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully?
When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a centurion came up to him and begged him repeatedly,
In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus.
God has exalted to his right hand this very man as our Leader and Savior in order to extend repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Pride precedes destruction; an arrogant spirit appears before a fall.
But God raised him up and put an end to suffering of death, since it was impossible for him to be held by it,
Imitate me, as I do the Messiah.
Therefore, because I have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own accomplishments, but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in the Messiah Jesus before time began.
This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.
And I will make every effort to see that you will always remember these things after I am gone.
so the Messiah was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.
They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.
Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.
Don't you realize, brothers for I am speaking to people who know the Law that the Law can press its claims over a person only as long as he is alive?
because I never shrank from telling you the whole plan of God.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he kept loving standing there, he told his mother, "Dear lady, here is your son."
For we know that all the rest of creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with all people.
God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness,
After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that is Jesus the Messiah.
After Judas had gone out, Jesus said, "The Son of Man is now glorified, and God has been glorified by him.
But the Lord told him, "Go, because he's my chosen instrument to carry my name to unbelievers, to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.
But God has revealed those things to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.
You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,
You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren't gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they?
But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God,
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any burden but these essential requirements:
Judah's three sons Er, Onan, and Shelah were born to him through Bath-shua, a Canaanite. Er, Judah's firstborn, became wicked in the LORD's sight, so he put him to death.
In this way, all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.
Dear friend, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.
In the same way, even though we are many people, we are one body in the Messiah and individual parts connected to each other.
Dear lady, I am now requesting of you that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning.
For everything that is in the world the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance is not from the Father but is from the world.
"Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
"Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll become like God, knowing good and evil."
No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.
Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices
Then he told them a parable. He said, "The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.
Do not pay anyone back evil for evil, but focus your thoughts on what is right in the sight of all people.
After Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people who were there listening, he went to Capernaum.
My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?
While Jesus was in Bethany sitting at the table in the home of Simon the leper, a woman arrived with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
The ark was empty except for the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horeb when the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelis after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
"Your country lies desolate; your cities have been incinerated. Before your very eyes, foreigners are devouring your land they've brought devastation on it, while the land is overthrown by foreigners.
And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day.
As far as you're concerned, you were planning evil against me, but God intended it for good, planning to bring about the present result so that many people would be preserved alive.
Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Mortal men collect tithes, but we are informed by Scripture that Melchizedek keeps on living.
We would not dare put ourselves in the same class with, or compare ourselves to, those who recommend themselves. Whenever they measure themselves by their own standards or compare themselves among themselves, they show how foolish they are.
They made Peter and John stand in front of them and began asking, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"
His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire,
Remember your leaders, those who have spoken God's word to you. Think about the impact of their lives, and imitate their faith.
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,
When evening came, people brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command and healed everyone who was sick.
Consequently, just as one offense resulted in condemnation for everyone, so one act of righteousness results in justification and life for everyone.
because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.
Instead, poured out in emptiness, a servant's form did he possess, a mortal man becoming. In human form he chose to be,
By God's will we have been sanctified once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah.
"To the messenger of the church in Ephesus, write: "The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lamp stands, says this:
For people who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
"His master answered him, "You evil and lazy servant! So you knew that I harvested where I haven't planted and gathered where I haven't scattered any seed?
This is how my Father is glorified, when you produce a lot of fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and well versed in the Scriptures.
You say, don't you, "In four more months the harvest will begin?' Look, I tell you, open your eyes and observe that the fields are ready for harvesting now!
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and told him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.
Now to the King Eternal the immortal, invisible, and only God be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.
Therefore, brothers, appoint seven men among you who have a good reputation, who are full of the Spirit and wisdom, and we'll put them in charge of this work.
Of course, we are living in the world, but we do not wage war in a world-like way.
When the lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Go!"
This is my Father's will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."
They came and told him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn't we?"
Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of this era.
Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.
When Jesus again had crossed to the other side in a boat, a large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.
All of them are spirits on a divine mission, sent to serve those who are about to inherit salvation, aren't they?
Flee from youthful passions. Instead, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.
"Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Your wife will become a whore in the city, and your sons and daughters will die by the sword. Your land will be divided and apportioned, and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will surely go into exile, far from its homeland."'"
And this is what demonstrates love: that we live according to God's commandments. Just as you have heard from the beginning what he commanded, you must live by it.
As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples told him, "Look, Teacher, what large stones and what beautiful buildings!"
Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying in a loud voice, "Whoever worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or his hand
But the self-indulgent widow is just as good as dead.
Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'
You believe, don't you, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I don't speak on my own. It is the Father who dwells in me and who carries out his work.
He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
He called the Twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the confidence that is produced by God having called you, the rich glory that is his inheritance among the saints,
So again Jesus said, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, I'm the gate for the sheep.
12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, and 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. It doesn't say "descendants," referring to many, but "your descendant," referring to one person, who is the Messiah.
In fact, Moses said,
They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
Whoever is faithful with very little is also faithful with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with very little is also dishonest with a lot.
The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.
I didn't recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel."
because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good.
If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be freed from his prison.
"You are not to allow a sorceress to live.
You have an anointing from the Holy One and know all things.
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.
Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.
One person decides in favor of one day over another, while another person decides that all days are the same. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind:
I'll make it a wasteland, and it won't be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I'll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it."
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
Just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens split open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately came out.
because just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
Love never fails. Now if there are prophecies, they will be done away with. If there are languages, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east, where he placed the man whom he had formed.
So Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?" She answered, "Yes, that was the price."
Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
This happened in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The shepherds will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword, along with the entrances to the land of Nimrod. "This is how he will vanquish Assyria when he invades our land, trampling within our borders:
This is the day that the LORD has made; let's rejoice and be glad in it.
On the day when Elkanah offered sacrifices, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters,
And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.
This is necessary because you know the times it's already time for you to wake up from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we became believers.
As a result, it has become clear to the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that I am in prison for preaching about the Messiah.
"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning.
But I say to you, any man who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
Because an overseer is God's servant manager, he must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or irritable. He must not drink too much, be a violent person, or make money in shameful ways.
"So when you see the destructive desecration standing where it should not be (let the reader take note), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.
Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
Mary asked the angel, "How can this happen, since I have not had relations with a man?"
"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."
Jesus told him, "Is it because you've seen me that you have believed? How blessed are those who have never seen me and yet have believed!"
He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, leading to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.
Elders who handle their duties well should be considered worthy of double compensation, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
Although I am free from everyone's expectations, I have made myself a servant to all of them to win more people.
Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.
Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the word.
Because Aram's head is Damascus, and Rezin is its king, within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
May grace and peace be yours in abundance through full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!
Tell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
Then he opened their minds so that they might understand the Scriptures.
Jesus answered him, "You're the teacher of Israel, and you can't understand this?
Jesus replied, "The things that are impossible for people are possible for God."
Then I looked, and there was the lamb, standing on Mount Zion! With him were 144,000 people who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
They left Perga and arrived in Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down.
Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the person who trusts in him!
For the Messiah did not go into a sanctuary made by human hands that is merely a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence on our behalf.
It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering as part of his plan to glorify many children,
As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.
One day, while Jesus was praying privately and the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"
Above all, continue to love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.
"No one, sir," she replied. Then Jesus said, "I don't condemn you, either. Go home, and from now on don't sin anymore."
Then God said, "Let there be a canopy between bodies of water, separating bodies of water from bodies of water!"
Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob.
The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.
So be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
"Yet the LORD was willing to crush him, and he made him suffer. Although you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring, and he will prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will triumph in his hand.
Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
and to give us who are afflicted relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
Although I have a great deal to write to you, I would rather not write with pen and ink.
You're not greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it, along with his sons and his flocks, are you?"
"How long, LORD, must I cry out for help, but you won't listen? I'm crying out to you, "Violence!' but you aren't providing deliverance.
I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
For if, through one man, death ruled because of that man's offense, how much more will those who receive such overflowing grace and the gift of righteousness rule in life because of one man, Jesus the Messiah!
As soon as it was morning, the high priests convened a meeting with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. They bound Jesus with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
At that moment, the Holy Spirit made Jesus extremely joyful, so Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this is what was pleasing to you.
In union with him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without human hands by stripping off the corrupt nature by the circumcision performed by the Messiah.
Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you are to be free from yeast. For the Messiah, our Passover, has been sacrificed.
Remember the former things from long ago, Because I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is none like me.
Who is a liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Messiah? The person who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
John told Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us."
And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."
"No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth!"
Then Jesus left that place and went into the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan. Crowds gathered around him as usual, and he began to teach them again as was his custom.
Then Jesus told his disciples, "That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or about your body what you will wear,
"For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating,
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.
While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.
and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
"The Law and the Prophets remained until John. Since then, the good news about the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone entering it is under attack.
Through the Son, God also reconciled all things to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, thereby making peace through the blood of his cross.
As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.
When he saw the crowds, he was deeply moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
"It was this very Jesus whom God raised and we're all witnesses of that.
So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
He humbled you, causing you to be hungry, yet he fed you with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, in order to teach you that human beings are not to live by food alone instead human beings are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
As they continued to stone Stephen, he kept praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve him. Cling to him and swear by his name.
Whoever does not discipline his son hates him, but whoever loves him is diligent to correct him.
Issacar, Zebulun, Benjamin,
We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does.
Jesus happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain.
The anointing you received from God abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you this. Instead, because God's anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not a lie, abide in him, as he taught you to do.
So the LORD said, "My Spirit won't remain with human beings forever, because they're truly mortal. Their lifespan will be 120 years."
So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
"I hate I despise your festival days, and your solemn convocations stink.
I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it talked like a dragon.
Meanwhile, Mary stood crying outside the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked into the tomb.
The cup of blessing that we bless is our fellowship in the blood of the Messiah, isn't it? The bread that we break is our fellowship in the body of the Messiah, isn't it?
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.
Meanwhile, the child continued to grow and to become strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God's favor rested upon him.
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."
You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them!
This is the historical record of Adam's generations. When God created mankind, he made them in his own likeness.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
He said, "The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, "Go to Siloam and wash.' So off I went and washed, and I received my sight."
Do not add or subtract a thing to what I'm commanding you. Observe the commands of the LORD your God.
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth each kind of living creature, each kind of livestock and crawling thing, and each kind of earth's animals!" And that is what happened:
But now, in union with the Messiah Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings.
As to their form, they're like horses; and like chariot horses, how they can run!
If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in the Messiah.
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to the Messiah.
In fact, when we were with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to suffer persecution. And as you know, that is what happened.
For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something just external and physical.
You don't know what you're worshiping. We Jews know what we're worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews.
"Any tithes of the land from grain grown on the land or from fruit grown on the trees belong to the LORD. They are sacred to the LORD.
After that, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax collector's desk. He told him, "Follow me!"
thereby becoming like his brothers in every way, so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God and could atone for the people's sins.
He was also saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground.
For God was pleased to have all of his divine essence inhabit him.
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah.
However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Jesus told his disciples, "It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person through whom they come!
It is because of these things that the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.
All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."
During the night Paul had a vision. A man from Macedonia was standing there and pleading with him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!"
After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. They were holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the land, on the sea, or on any tree.
For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.
They told him, "Caesar's." So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent."
Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not allow anything to control me.
Then he told Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Take your hand, and put it into my side. Stop doubting, but believe."
We have all received one gracious gift after another from his abundance,
"If anyone commits adultery with another man's wife, including when someone commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress are to die.
I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate.
Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
For whenever gentiles, who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law.
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, because he didn't want to travel in Judea, since the Jewish leaders there were trying to kill him.
Of course, Jesus also did many other things, and I suppose that if every one of them were written down, the world couldn't contain the books that would be written.
Then he told the man, "Get up, and go home! Your faith has made you well."
I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.
It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord.
"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and that his tomb is among us to this day.
So they asked him, "Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the Temple. He overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.
If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.
Then the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven calling to them, "Come up here!" So they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.
and poured him out upon us, too, through Jesus the Messiah our Savior true.
This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that this field is called in their language Hakeldama, that is, "The Field of Blood".)
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of eternal sin."
Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"
Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.
The next day, Jesus decided to go away to Galilee, where he found Philip and told him, "Follow me."
Now an argument sprang up among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.
The twilight and the dawn were the fourth day.
So he instructed them, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.
He made everything appropriate in its time. He also placed eternity within them yet, no person can fully comprehend what God is doing from beginning to end.
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him, "You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."
I say this so that no one will mislead you with nice-sounding rhetoric.
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first of all your produce,
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of the Messiah greet you.
See to it that you don't destroy what we have worked for, but that you receive your full reward.
Then Jesus asked them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?"
Then God said, "Let the water beneath the sky come together into one area, and let dry ground appear!" And that is what happened:
You will roll them up like a robe, and they will be changed like clothes. But you remain the same, and your life will never end."
You know the commandments: "Never commit adultery. Never murder. Never steal. Never give false testimony. Honor your father and mother.'"
truthful speech, and divine power; through the weapons of righteousness in the right and left hands;
"I tell all of you with certainty, whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.
"Therefore, brothers, you must understand that through him the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
Around noon the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Consequently, brothers, we are not with respect to human nature, that is under an obligation to live according to human nature.
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
Bless those who persecute you. Keep on blessing them, and never curse them.
For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it was revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah.
Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
"You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.
Now all this happened to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said,
Through him we received grace and a commission as an apostle to bring about faithful obedience among all the gentiles for the sake of his name.
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."
After all, they went on their trip for the sake of the Name, accepting no support from gentiles.
Indeed, I've made myself known to him in order that he may encourage his sons and his household that is born after him to keep the way of the LORD, and to do what is right and just, so that the LORD may bring about for Abraham what he has promised."
One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat. He told them, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they started out.
In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.
When you pass through the waters, I'll be with you; and through the rivers, they won't sweep over you. when you walk through fire you won't be scorched, and the flame won't set you ablaze.
I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.
As they led Jesus away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
demonstrating all expressions of humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another in love.