But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not [do so] much more [for] you, you of little faith?

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

And he commanded the crowds to recline for a meal on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish [and] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks. And [after] breaking [them], he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And [as they] were going out, they found a man of Cyrene {named} Simon. They forced this man to carry his cross.

and saying, "The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

"He saved others; he is not able to save himself! He is the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him!

By itself the soil produces a crop: first the grass, then the head of grain, then the full grain in the head.

And on that day, [when it] was evening, he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."

And he ordered them all to recline in groups on the green grass.

And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.

save yourself [by] coming down from the cross!"

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

Now it happened that on one of the days both he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they set sail,

And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

But if God clothes the grass in the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more [will he do so for] you, you of little faith?

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

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain [man] of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, [and] placed the cross on him, to carry [it] behind Jesus.

And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Jesus said, "Make the people recline." (Now [there] was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men reclined, approximately five thousand [in] number.

and carrying for himself the cross, he went out to the [place] called The Place of a Skull (which is called Golgotha in Aramaic),

And Pilate also wrote a notice and placed [it] on the cross, and it was written: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

Now his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing near the cross of Jesus.

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 an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away.

this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed [by] nailing to [a cross] through the hand of lawless men.

And with great power the apostles were giving testimony [to] the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

who, [when he] arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged [them] all to remain true to the Lord with {devoted hearts},

And [after] the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them [and] were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

So they stayed [there] for a considerable time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

and from there they sailed away to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.

But we believe [we] will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in {the same} way those also [are]."

but Paul chose Silas [and] departed, [after] being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

And [when] he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged [him] [and] wrote to the disciples to welcome him. [When he] arrived, {he} assisted greatly those who had believed through grace.

But I consider [my] life [as] worth {nothing} to myself, in order to finish my mission and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify [to] the gospel of the grace of God.

"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name,

To all those in Rome who are loved by God, called [to be] saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

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

Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

through whom also we have [obtained] access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.

{But the gift is not like the trespass}, for if by the trespass of the one, the many died, by much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, multiply to the many.

For if by the trespass of the one [man], death reigned through the one [man], much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase?

For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.

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

So in this way also at the present time, there is a remnant {selected by grace}.

But if by grace, [it is] no longer by works, for otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.

but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;

But I have written to you more boldly on [some] points, so as to remind you [again] because of the grace that has been given to me by God,

And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with all of you. Amen.

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

I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon [it]. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon [it].

Now if anyone builds upon the foundation [with] gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.

The grace of the Lord Jesus [be] with you.

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

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and purity of motive from God, not in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.

For all [these things] {are for your sake}, in order that the grace that is increasing through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

Now [because we] are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,

So we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun [it], thus he would also complete for you this [act of] grace.

But just as you excel in everything--in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us [that is] in you--so may you excel in this grace also.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

And God is able to cause all grace to abound to you, so that in everything at all times, [because you] have enough of everything, you may overflow in every good work.

and [they are] longing for you in their prayers for you, because of the surpassing grace of God to you.

And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, because the power is perfected in weakness." Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit [be] with all of you.

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

I am astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel,

But when the one who set me apart from my mother's womb and called [me] by his grace was pleased

and [when] James and Cephas and John--those thought to be pillars--acknowledged the grace given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right [hand] of fellowship, in order that we [should go] to the Gentiles and they to the circumcision.

I do not declare invalid the grace of God, for if righteousness [is] through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

You are estranged from Christ, [you] who are attempting to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.

Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are attempting to compel you to be circumcised, only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

But [as] for me, may it never be [that I] boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

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

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,

and we being dead in trespasses, he made [us] alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

in order that he might show in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;

and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself.

--if indeed you have heard [about] the stewardship of God's grace given to me for you.

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,