"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he shouted in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged."

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

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

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

Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ?

that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says the LORD.

The word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, "What do you see?" I said, "I see a boiling caldron; and it is tipping away from the north."

Oh come, let's sing to the LORD. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation.

He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land."

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, "What confidence is this in which you trust?

By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he would not see death, and he was not found, because God took him away. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.

Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

You therefore must share in hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me; or else believe because of the works themselves.

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

Now a woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,

I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

When the crowds were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

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

Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Now when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, "This place is desolate, and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."

Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and extremely strong. And it had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet. And it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.

and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

Now therefore this is what the LORD of hosts says: Consider your ways.

Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the foremost of nations, to whom the house of Israel come.

Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.

And when he came to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep. Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved by means of water.

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

Behold, a day of the LORD comes, when your spoil will be divided in your midst.

Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

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

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

"'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD.

And she said to Elijah, "What do we have in common, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son."

The child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.'" He opened the door, and fled.

Now therefore thus says the LORD, "You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."'" Elijah departed.

It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

Yet you say, 'Why?' Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.

Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.

Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.

When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News, and believe.

When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

foolish, promise-breakers, heartless, unmerciful;

Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.

"'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon you a garment made of two kinds of material.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to proclaim the Good News?not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.

Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

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

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the Law, and which are written in the Prophets;

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, do not let man tear apart."

It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.

Praise the LORD, my soul, and do not forget all his benefits;

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Do you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north.

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."

Whoever does not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those who feared the LORD, and who honored his name.

All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

The young man who told him said, "As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them," says the LORD.

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

for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a mighty people drawn up for battle.

For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

and every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not of God; and this is that of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father;

Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn, nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

but because the LORD loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

For there will arise false messiahs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the chosen ones.

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as foreigners in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

One who walks with wise men 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, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

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

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

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

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won't envy Judah, and Judah won't persecute Ephraim.

But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.

There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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

I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored.

He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "Now when this letter has come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy."

and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.

but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, namely Christ;

And when they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof above him. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails is their power to harm men for five months.

For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be.

When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

And I will make youths to be their leaders, and capricious children shall rule over them.

In those days, when there was a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah. For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house

But these speak evil of whatever things they do not know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.

And we speak of these things, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

"Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.'"

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.

For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

The LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone?until your people pass over, LORD, until the people pass over who you have purchased.

A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.

"Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"

For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."

As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Let that day be darkness. Do not let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

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

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

"Come, and let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

When a great crowd came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

And Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the LORD.

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

"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die."

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

"Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

saying, "What you see, write on a scroll and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Only one is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

Thus says God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you do not have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."

The LORD said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people. She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations. She who was a princess among the provinces has become a forced laborer.

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

After the suffering of his soul, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my servant, the righteous one, make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.

Then said he to me, "Do not be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. And I have come because of your words.

Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake,

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful."

above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

If a man does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and withers; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.

While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

He said, "Take it." So he put out his hand and took it.

Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

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

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot." So Simeon went with him.

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

For this cause I also, when I could not stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

But my righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.

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

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you have affection for me?" Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.

"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

There was much murmuring among the crowds concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the crowd astray."

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his officials and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.

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

When they asked him to stay a longer time, he declined;

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And they took for themselves wives from the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years.

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

An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

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

Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Then Samuel said to Saul, "Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD has said to me last night." He said to him, "Say on."

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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

although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

By the LORD's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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

But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like the crocus.

and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

Now when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat."

Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;

but the word of the Lord endures forever." This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

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

Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.

And Hannah, she was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men."

And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.

They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, 'Here I am.'

He told them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. And why is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be rejected?

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;

giving vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

When they tell you, "Consult with the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits who chirp and who mutter. Shouldn't a people consult with their gods, by consulting the dead on behalf of the living?"

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

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

The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil.

But to the married I command?not I, but the Lord?that the wife not leave her husband

The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's royal food, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand before the king.

Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be. No, we establish the law.

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you."

God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

Tell them, 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?'

"I know your afflictions and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

It is necessary to boast, though it is not profitable. But I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as El Shaddai; but by my name the LORD I was not known to them.

The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;

The children of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry to the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines."

They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,

'These people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

And if anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.

Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

known from of old.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through and steal;

Great fear came on the whole church, and on all who heard these things.

And when he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."

For you are a holy people to the LORD your God: The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

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

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you."

even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

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

Therefore they cried to the LORD, and said, "We beg you, LORD, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood; for you, LORD, have done as it pleased you."

He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." He said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

What then? They will certainly hear that you have come.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;

She said, "Let your handmaid find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

for you shall worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Should we pay, or should we not pay?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."

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

Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.

But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.

I myself am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior.

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts.

I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be. But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God's churches.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

But Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Many followed him, and he healed them all,

Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,

It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked him of the LORD."

I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

And because lawlessness is multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

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

Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane. Why do you listen to him?"

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

See the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they?

For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be," says the LORD: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace." and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from Lebo Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.

She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

"I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;

So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord."

The LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

"'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk contrary to me;

Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it."

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.