because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

"For the Lord says, 'Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty, the Lord is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God -- he has seen the Father.)

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!"

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

The word of the Lord came to me:

Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!

All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking -- and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.

A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

So Jesus said to the twelve, "You don't want to go away too, do you?"

But the Lord said to him, "All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much." Then the Lord put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.

Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him."

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the Lord's faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.

so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?"

He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities."

Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

"I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not invoke my name.

If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

So Moses took the blood and splashed it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words."

Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

The gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.'"

He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.

Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: "Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!

So Abraham's servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

Then Samuel said to Saul, "I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says.

Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says,' when the Lord has not spoken.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

who ate the best of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise and help you; let them be your refuge!

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Joab was told, "The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom."

"Do not harm the boy!" the angel said. "Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me."

When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.

Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.

You will go insane from seeing all this.

For we know the one who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

Then I heard a holy one speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, "To what period of time does the vision pertain -- this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?"

This is what the Lord says, "Promote justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly.

Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.

But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?"

"You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

The Levitical priests -- indeed, the entire tribe of Levi -- will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the Lord and of his inheritance.

I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the Lord and recklessly went up to the hill country.

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them, the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis.

You are to make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet all around its hem and bells of gold between them all around.

"When someone's body has a boil on its skin and it heals,

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"

who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

"Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.

The following is the message which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet:

When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said, "What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!"

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,

Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.

Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

"Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish;

For the music director; by the Korahites; a psalm. All you nations, clap your hands! Shout out to God in celebration!

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?"

Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

Then Jacob woke up and thought, "Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!"

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.

But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian -- the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham -- mocking.

Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the sin offering calf which was for himself.

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king's business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it will happen both in summer and in winter.

So Jesus said to them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They replied, "No."

He proclaimed, "One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he was saying.

So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!

Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees -- palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook -- and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

He called a child, had him stand among them,

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.

These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived.

Then I said, "Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.

Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David's son Amnon fell madly in love with her.

Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

But just suppose you continue to say, 'The message of the Lord is burdensome.' Here is what the Lord says will happen: 'I sent word to you that you must not say, "The Lord's message is burdensome." But you used the words "The Lord's message is burdensome" anyway.

"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

"And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said, "We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!"

They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.

If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one's food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

But he said to them, "Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says -- the one who formed you in the womb and helps you: "Don't be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!

From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and colaborer,

See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand!

and the Lord stood at its top. He said, "I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.

Then the Judeans replied, "You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?"

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, "You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,"

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

The Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him,

But when the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

He told them, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they threw the net, and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.

"'Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.

But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.

The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

"The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by.

So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.

Lord, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.

David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other."

The Lord's angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert -- the spring that is along the road to Shur.

The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?"

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

Your fathers cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, and then drowned them in the sea. You witnessed with your very own eyes what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.

Jesus said a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Shepherd my sheep."

And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.

Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down!"

(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)

From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),

if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."

Then Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters in the Middle Gate.

My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!

For this finds God's favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.'

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your dependent. March up and rescue me from the power of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked me."

When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear.

In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

He said: "The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, "Where is he?"

The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon.

"While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

then his master must bring him to the judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorposts, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.

This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,

but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Meeting Tent and the whole congregation presented them and stood before the Lord.

The sounds of battle will resound to the ends of the earth. For the Lord will bring charges against the nations. He will pass judgment on all humankind and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.' The Lord so affirms it!

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

These are the names of David's warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle.

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

Jesus replied, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours? You follow me!"

They told Moses, "We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

"'You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

"You are also to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you have gathered in your harvest out of the field.

When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.

But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.

We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea.

But they said to Joshua, "We are willing to be your subjects." So Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"

Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened there in these days?"

treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.

you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: "Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the Lord's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple.

Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: "Lord God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubs! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

"Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."

Jesus replied, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?"

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place.

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah's men, and all their goods.

then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites -- he will belong to the Lord and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice."

So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate -- a distance of about six hundred feet.

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments -- sword, famine, wild animals, and plague -- to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!

Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle,

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.

But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'

Now the Israelites had done as Moses told them -- they had requested from the Egyptians silver and gold items and clothing.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called, 'The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.'

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah),

When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed."

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day.

this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud!

A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception.

Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up,

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. The following men were assigned this responsibility:

Then the angel said to me, "These words are reliable and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon."

Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.

When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious.

The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.

For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don't need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?

Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands.

And he said to the community, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins."

When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.

The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is really among you."

"'If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

To the rest I say -- I, not the Lord -- if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, so the Lord spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions.

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

"Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely.

"I, the Lord, affirm: 'The time will certainly come when I will fulfill my gracious promise concerning the nations of Israel and Judah.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God's wrath."

And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God -- given to me for you -- in order to complete the word of God,

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.

When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.

King David said to the entire assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

Jesus stood up straight and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me."

Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.

and Aaron is to cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and one lot for Azazel.

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

Samson's bride was then given to his best man.

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do.

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

He said, "Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end.

The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies.

The rest of the events of Hezekiah's reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified.

Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt's many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.

As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.

"Tell the Israelites, 'When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is found guilty,

Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah,

When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat.

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah's reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it.

I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

For this reason these days are known as Purim, after the name of pur.

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army -- there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them

Then he said to them, "Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old."

You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your sexually aroused neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.

"You are to make a special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

The ten horns that you saw, and the beast -- these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.

All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

and your children will wander in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie finished in the wilderness.

For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on."

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced," says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.

Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up."

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

These large beasts, which are four in number, represent four kings who will arise from the earth.

Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God.

So they must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons, acting like prostitutes by going after them. This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations.

Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him.

The Lord had said to Moses,

Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.

Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

Then Aaron's sons presented the blood to him and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

There was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews."

Who comprehends the mind of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor?

those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.

All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one."

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the Lord's hand was indeed with him.

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants.

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah's behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king's mother, and she sat at his right hand.

The word of the Lord came to me:

to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

He said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."

Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. The Lord showed him the whole land -- Gilead to Dan,

The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me."

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces marched out against them to do battle at Edrei.

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.

This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the Lord -- you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?

David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" -- yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

"'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah.

When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)

The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person.

Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.

He was given daily provisions by the king for the rest of his life until the day he died.

"Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the Lord.

And why not say, "Let us do evil so that good may come of it"? -- as some who slander us allege that we say. (Their condemnation is deserved!)

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person's foundation,

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.

he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

But you did not learn about Christ like this,

You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.

"'These are the Lord's appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time.

When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,

Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength? "It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!"

When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.

As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you.

Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

A song, a psalm of David. I am determined, O God! I will sing and praise you with my whole heart.

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.

You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.

The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.

From there we cast off and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

The Lord said to him, "Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

If a man has sexual intercourse with his father's wife, he has exposed his father's nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.