After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

"Get up," he said. "Take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead."

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

The Pharisees, however, went out and plotted against Jesus to kill him.

That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

Although Herod wanted to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, since they regarded John as a prophet.

They will kill him, but he will be raised on the third day." Then they were filled with grief.

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

He asked them, "Then how can David by the Spirit call him "Lord' when he says,

And don't call anyone on earth "Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.

"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.

All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats.

They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

When Jesus heard that, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

Immediately the Pharisees and Herodians went out and began to plot how to kill him.

So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she couldn't do it

because he was teaching his disciples, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into human hands. They will kill him, but after being dead for three days he will be raised."

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

and they'll make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him. But after three days he'll be raised."

So Jesus stopped and said, "Call him!"

When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him, because they were afraid of him, since the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

But those farmers told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

So Pilate asked them again, "Then what should I do with the man you call "the King of the Jews'?"

because he has looked favorably on his humble servant. From now on, all generations will call me blessed,

I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."

When his disciples James and John observed this rejection, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

That is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles. They will kill some of them and persecute others,'

"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.

At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus, "Leave and get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let's eat and celebrate!

So he shouted, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.'

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

After they have whipped him, they'll kill him, but on the third day he'll rise again."

Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

But when the farmers saw him, they talked it over among themselves and said, "This is the heir. Let's kill him so that the inheritance will be ours!'

He told her, "Go and call your husband, and come back here."

So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, because he didn't want to travel in Judea, since the Jewish leaders there were trying to kill him.

Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began saying, "This is the man they are trying to kill, isn't it?

So the Jewish leaders were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, "You cannot come where I'm going'?"

"I know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me because you've not received what I've told you.

Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did. But now you're trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would'nt have done that.

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right because that is what I am.

I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father.

For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

When the Council heard this, they became furious and wanted to kill them.

You don't want to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'

Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, "This is what we call the great power of God!"

He is here with authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on your name."

Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it."

I also heard a voice telling me, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.'

They began to call Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jewish leaders gathered together, attacked Paul, and brought him before the judge's seat.

Paul was about to speak when Gallio admonished the Jewish leaders, "If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews.

Then all of them took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

The crowd was trying to kill Paul when a report reached the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

The crowd of people kept following him and shouting, "Kill him!"

So now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.'

Now then, you and the Council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you on the pretext that you want to look into his case more carefully, but before he arrives we'll be ready to kill him."

However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.

and asking Festus to have Paul brought to Jerusalem as a favor. They were laying an ambush to kill him on the road.

For this reason the Jewish leaders grabbed me in the Temple and kept trying to kill me.

The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping,

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the Law, and boast about God,

For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the rule, deceived me and used it to kill me.

A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.

As the Scripture says in Hosea, "Those who are not my people I will call my people, and the one who was not loved I will call my loved one.

There is no difference between Jew and Greek, because they all have the same Lord, who gives richly to all who call on him.

How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching?

To: God's church in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified by the Messiah Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah their Lord and ours.

My brothers, some members of Chloe's family have made it clear to me that there are quarrels among you.

The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action.

That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.

For example, if a bugle doesn't sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.

So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.

For God did not call us to be impure, but to be holy.

Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,

With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead who belong to the Messiah will rise first.

The goal of this instruction is love that flows from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.

that is, if he understands that the Law is not intended for righteous people but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who are unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people,

With God as my witness, as well as the Messiah Jesus and the chosen angels, I solemnly call on you to carry out these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality.

In a large house there are not only utensils made of gold and silver, but also those made of wood and clay. Some are for special use, while others are for ordinary use.

Flee from youthful passions. Instead, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.

because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.