For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb.

These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.

and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?

But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.

So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.”

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away,
He has broken my bones.

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity;

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who watches his way preserves his life.

and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.

For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church.

I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity.

For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,

A Psalm of David. A Maskil.
How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited),
“I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;

Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’

whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.

When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.

This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

“Behold, as for the proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.

Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

“Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

“Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,

“Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

When they were filled, He *said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost.”

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.”

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

And they *came to Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *implored Him to touch him.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Hear, O peoples, all of you;
Listen, O earth and all it contains,
And let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.

“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.

Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

“Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.”

If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples,
That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing.

My son, do not forget my teaching,
But let your heart keep my commandments;

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.

Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it.

A Psalm for Thanksgiving.
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.

I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.

For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges every son whom He receives.”

But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored.”

She made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.][And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]

So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.

Lamedh.
Forever, O Lord,
Your word is settled in heaven.

“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.

And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,

And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

“When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

“Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”

There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome.

Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also.

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

A Song of Ascents, of David.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!

But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;

They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And speaking your own word,

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them.

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.

Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement.

Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;

For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;

This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.

He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this.

And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.

And He came out and proceeded as was His custom to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him.

Seek from the book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.

you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel,

Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

“When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’

Immediately the Spirit *impelled Him to go out into the wilderness.

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

“When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,

and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

And He *went up on the mountain and *summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?

and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.

for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;

For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

The children of your chosen sister greet you.

And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

“Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues.

But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.

for He says,
“At the acceptable time I listened to you,
And on the day of salvation I helped you.”
Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”—

then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.

She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?

And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’;

Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain.

Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.

Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord.

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

“The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and upright is He.

Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,

David said to him, “How did things go? Please tell me.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.

So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Therefore it says,
“When He ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives,
And He gave gifts to men.”

“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language,

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

“I am the Lord, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another,
Nor My praise to graven images.

When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.

Do all things without grumbling or disputing;

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of Dalmanutha.

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

“A woman shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.