You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself.

"Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!"

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She replied, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

Now some Sadducees (who contend that there is no resurrection) came to him.

If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold -- gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away -- and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

"Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Turn now from your evil wickedness,"' but they would by no means obey me," says the Lord.

The Lord again asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped toward us from the north."

Come! Let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!

He said to them, "I am a Hebrew! And I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

The following is a record of what Amos prophesied. He was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him during the time of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.

a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.'

The chief adviser said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: "What is your source of confidence?

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.

I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish -- unless we go and buy food for all these people."

"After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared -- one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites."

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it." So they weighed out my payment -- thirty pieces of silver.

Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: 'Think carefully about what you are doing.

Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.

and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.

after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst.

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.

What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.

You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.

She asked Elijah, "Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?"

Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli's supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.'" Then he opened the door and ran away.

Therefore this is what the Lord says, "You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!"'" So Elijah went on his way.

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand -- when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.

You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.

For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

But Jesus called them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.

Come, let's deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country."

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.

He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time -- a hundred and eighty days, to be exact!

However, for your father David's sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son's hand instead.

Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds!

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.

You said to yourself, "I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.

so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth."

Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

he says, "Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth."

I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name.

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

The young man who was telling him this said, "I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them," says the Lord.

The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed

They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.

For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priestly scribe, and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the Lord brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

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

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

"Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

The Lord is good -- indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Ephraim's jealousy will end, and Judah's hostility will be eliminated. Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.

But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.

Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near!

but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.

I sought the Lord's help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored.

He brought the letter to king of Israel. It read: "This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman, whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease."

and a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed.

but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.

For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

The Lord says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!

After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord's temple and the royal palace,

But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.

You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

"Go through the camp and command the people, 'Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.'"

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by.

A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.

saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.

He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne

He said to his people, "Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

Peter said to him, "Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water."

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed -- the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.

My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, "Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,

That day -- let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

He seized the dragon -- the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan -- and tied him up for a thousand years.

But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

"Come on! Let's return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

But Hannah replied, "That's not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.

to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!

So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

"But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.

But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

saying: "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches -- to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge -- the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

This is what the true God, the Lord, says -- the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:

just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.

You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'"

The Lord said to Moses: "Thus you will tell the Israelites: 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven.

(Alef)Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer!

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. "My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

Then he said to me, "Don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful."

and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.

They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man's tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants -- it has consumed them! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

He said, "Lift it out." So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.

Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.

"I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon, "Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites. Then we will go with you into your allotted land." So the men of Simeon went with them.

"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked.

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

Jesus said a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" and said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus replied, "Feed my sheep.

"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," but others, "He deceives the common people."

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,'

in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

But I have this against you: You have departed from your first love!

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

So her sons married Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.) And they continued to live there about ten years.

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

So the Lord was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night." Saul said to him, "Tell me."

Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten.

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!

His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abitail.

The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).

Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!"

Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, "All the nations will be blessed in you."

For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

"I am," said Jesus, "and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

For I have given you an example -- you should do just as I have done for you.

Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition."

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."

And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, 'Here I am!'

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), and my new name as well.

Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?

for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, 'We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.'"

When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you -- Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you --

With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.

They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"

O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called "knowledge."

and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,

We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

To the married I give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband

So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king's service.

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!"

God said to Noah and his sons,

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.

Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?'

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name 'the Lord' I was not known to them.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

The Israelites said to Samuel, "Keep crying out to the Lord our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!"

Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.

If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?

known from long ago.

But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him, "Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?"

Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ."

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"

But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, because I know it's my fault you are in this severe storm."

King Cyrus of Persia entrusted them to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the leader of the Judahite exiles.

The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord's temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed in the temple of his gods.

Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

So they cried out to the Lord, "Oh, please, Lord, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased."

He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you." Elijah said to him, "Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?"

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

She said, "May I, your servant, find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus. (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia.)

For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood,

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.

I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me.

For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations," says the Lord who rules over all.

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth's mountaintops!

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, "I asked the Lord for him.

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.

So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called together the whole cohort.

David said to the young man who was telling him this, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?"

wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord's people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.

They said to him, "Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What's your occupation? Where do you come from? What's your country? And who are your people?"

So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil's trap.

All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are?

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

This is what the Lord says: "The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.

But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego.

He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south.

"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."

At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

"I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,

So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn't live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord."

The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "Tin." The sovereign One then said, "Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.

"'If in spite of this you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me,

Then the Lord said, "You have observed correctly. This means I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out."