But Jesus answered [and] said to him, "Permit [it] now, for in this way it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted him.

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not the tax collectors also do the same?

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?,'

Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.

[When] anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand [it], the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown on the side of the path.

Now those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

Now those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire!

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than, having two eyes, to be thrown into fiery hell!

In the [same] way it is not the will {of} your Father [who is] in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

And again I say to you, it is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich person into the kingdom of God."

Then Peter answered [and] said to him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will there be for us?"

And if this [matter] is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and {keep you out of trouble}."

And warning him sternly, he sent him away at once.

And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

And when they arrest you [and] hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say, but whatever is given to you at that hour, say this. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

And [as they] were going into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath [in the region] of Sidon, to a woman [who was] a widow.

And the Pharisees and their scribes began to complain to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

"And if you love those who love you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? For even sinners love those who love them!

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? Even the sinners do the same!

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them--I will show you what he is like:

And as he approached the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, his mother's only son, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

And he said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [they are] in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

Go! Behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves!

And into whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat {whatever is} set before you,

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation!

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets!'

and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous."

Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something that I may eat, and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and after these [things] you will eat and drink.'

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary!'

And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing."

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, 'Give me [water] to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn [while] a crowd was in the place.

Jesus replied to them and said, "Truly, truly I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied!

So they said to him, "Then what sign will you perform, so that we can see [it] and believe you? What will you do?

Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!

But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

So Simon Peter gestured for this one to inquire who it was about whom he was speaking.

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, for this [reason] the world hates you.

Righteous Father, although the world does not know you, yet I have known you, and these [men] have come to know that you sent me.

So Peter [said] to her, "How [is it] that it was agreed by you [two] to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you out!"

But get up and enter into the city, and it will be told to you {what you must do}."

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you {were kind enough to come}. So now we all are present before God to hear all the things that have been commanded to you by the Lord."

not to all the people but to us who had been chosen beforehand by God [as] witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

So then the brothers sent Paul away at once to go to the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.

I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will be like this--according to {the} way it was told to me.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere."

Not only [this], but we ourselves also, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves [while we] await eagerly [our] adoption, the redemption of our body.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we await [it] eagerly with patient endurance.

But food does not bring us close to God. For neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack.

Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].

Consider Israel according to the flesh: are not the ones who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all [things] for the glory of God.

For [when you] eat [it], each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

For behold how much diligence this very [thing], being grieved according to [the will of] God, has brought about in you: what defense [of yourselves], what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! In everything you have demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

Consequently, even if I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong or because of the one who had been wronged, but in order that your diligence {on our behalf} might be revealed to you before God.

Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, [we were] working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,

Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,

Therefore, {when you have prepared your minds for action} [by] being self-controlled, put your hope completely in the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the [right] time,

[Because] all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of [people] must you be in holy behavior and godliness,

[As for] you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him [some] of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives [it].'

Thus, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth!

And I looked, and behold, a white horse, and the one seated on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and in order that he might conquer.

And to each one of them a white robe was given, and it was said to them that they should rest yet a short time, until [the number of] their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they [had been] were completed also.

And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud was seated [one] like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, give to her so much torment and mourning, because in her heart she said, 'I sit as a queen, and am not a widow, and I will never see mourning!'

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and the one seated on it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and makes war.