Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.

Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,

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

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

"While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb's wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.

Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

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

Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

My point is 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 initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

For nothing will be impossible with God."

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

But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive."

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God's kindness leads you to repentance?

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

While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

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

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done."

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.

When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he!

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

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth,

Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry."

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

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

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

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called 'Great.'"

Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.

Then another slave came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

A psalm of David. Here is the Lord's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!"

And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia.

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

but of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God's wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day."

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

I will sing to my love -- a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

and said to them, "Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from "he who is," and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,

This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.

"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."

When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.

Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

For we know that the law is spiritual -- but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.

Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.

Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?" But they were silent.

He touched my mouth with it and said, "Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven."

because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.

Around 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 during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

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

By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,

When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand here." So he rose and stood there.

Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosen

Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well."

What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

Look, the Lord's hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.

But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we preach),

This is what the Lord, Israel's king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: "I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

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

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go' and he goes, and to another 'Come' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this' and he does it."

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" -- and I am the worst of them!

for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time.

To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity.

And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?"

Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

In the future the mountain of the Lord's temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,

The Lord said to Jonah son of Amittai,

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

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

The king told them, "I have had a dream, and I am anxious to understand the dream."

But Ruth replied, "Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities of Hebron.

With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!"

The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

Indeed! All lives are mine -- the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible."

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king --

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem.

Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

"If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.

So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

"Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind."

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.

In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.

But concerning the one who lacks such things -- he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.

When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles."

After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

"But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, and knowledge will increase."

I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

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

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

Always rejoice,

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

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

The Lord also spoke to him when Jehoiakim son of Josiah ruled over Judah, and he continued to speak to him until the fifth month of the eleventh year that Zedekiah son of Josiah ruled over Judah. That was when the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile.

He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"

And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place."

He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to a king as supreme

There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with sound teaching.

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.

may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened -- the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment,

I thank my God every time I remember you.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

"Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all -- how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?

But the one who did not know his master's will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.

Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf -- signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

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

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable."

I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you," says the Lord.

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.

For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard.

Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!

as also in another place God says, "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit --

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

He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

"All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.

Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young."

He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!"

For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I am, send me!"

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

Do two walk together without having met?

Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.

Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!

So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,

The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.

After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!"

By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.

About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.

Some members of the prophetic guild in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, "Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know. Be quiet."

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God -- a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ's full stature.

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the Lord has promised; the remnant will be those whom the Lord will call.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.

Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you -- from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.

Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city.

He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."

For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

He must become more important while I become less important."

making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

So they asked John, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"