"Do not think that I came to send peace on the earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword.

But at midnight there was a cry, 'Look. The bridegroom. Come out to meet him.'

and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward. But at last two false witnesses came forward,

They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went on a journey.

But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and placed him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets."

But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the crowds pressed against him.

But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

"But the father said to his servants, 'Quickly, bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name,

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I say these things.

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,

They will put you out of the synagogues, but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering a service to God.

Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sappirah, his wife, sold a possession,

But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said,

"But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."

But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, do not call unclean.'

But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.

Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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

Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

But as to Israel he says, "All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

Therefore let us not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.

For even Christ did not please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."

But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who have not heard will understand."

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are mature, but a wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who will pass away.

But as it is written, No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined the things which God has prepared for those who love him.

And I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Christ.

If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Do not even eat with such a person.

That which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not "Yes and no."

For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love from us that is in you, see that you also abound in this grace.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

That which I speak, I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.

So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.

But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.

But he who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Do not speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you?not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard.

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you remain in him.

Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the land and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."