Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them these directions: "Do not go among the heathen, or to any Samaritan town,

He agreed with the laborers to pay them a dollar a day, and sent them to his vineyard.

And he said to them, 'You go to my vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went.

and said, 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have put them on the same footing with us who have done the heavy work of the day and have stood the midday heat.'

When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

and will cut him in two, and put him with the hypocrites, to weep and gnash his teeth.

He could not do any wonder there, except that he put his hands on a few sick people and cured them.

But they answered them as Jesus had told them to do, and the men let them take it.

and said to him, "What authority have you for doing as you do? And who gave you a right to do as you are doing?"

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he was accustomed to do, and stood up to read the Scriptures.

And he said to everyone, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross day after day and follow me.

and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

For from now on if there are five people in a house they will be divided three against two and two against three.

And if he wrongs you seven times a day, and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night?

And again he sent a third, but they wounded him too, and threw him outside.

He said to them, "But now, if a man has a purse let him take it, and a bag too. And a man who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.

It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning.

but they urged him not to, and said, "Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is nearly over." So he went in to stay with them.

owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.

I cannot do anything of my own accord. I pass judgment just as I am told to do, and my judgment is just, for I am not seeking to do what I please, but what pleases him who has sent me.

We must carry on the work of him who has sent me while the daylight lasts. Night is coming, when no one can do any work.

I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will obey my voice, and they will all become one flock, with one shepherd.

I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father.

So because it was the Jewish Preparation day, and the tomb was close by, they put Jesus there.

Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first went inside too, and saw and was convinced.

And he made the agreement of circumcision with him, and so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

And Saul entirely approved of his being put to death. A great persecution of the church in Jerusalem broke out that day, and they were all scattered over Judea and Samaria except the apostles.

but Saul found out about the plot. They watched the city gates day and night, in order to kill him,

But God raised him to life on the third day and caused him to be plainly seen,

Paul went to it as he was accustomed to do, and for three Sabbaths he discussed the Scriptures with them,

For as I was going about and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an Unknown God.' So it is what you already worship in ignorance that I am now telling you of.

Then the soldiers took Paul, as they had been ordered to do, and escorted him as far as Antipatris that night.

After reading the letter, he asked Paul what province he belonged to, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an officer of the Imperial regiment, named Julius.

For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood before me,

So they fixed a day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying, and from morning till night he explained to them the Kingdom of God and gave his testimony, trying to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

It is a wisdom unknown to any of the authorities of this world, for otherwise they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.

Like an expert builder, I laid a foundation, as God commissioned me to do, and now someone else is building upon it. But let everyone be careful how he does so.

But it is not everyone that has this knowledge; for some, through being long accustomed to idols, still eat meat that has been sacrificed to them as really offered to an idol, and their consciences, being oversensitive, are troubled.

What am I saying then? That there is any such thing as being offered to an idol, or any such thing as an idol?

After that will come the end, when he will turn over the kingdom to God his Father, bringing to an end all other government, authority, and power,

I insist again to any man who lets himself be circumcised, that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law.

When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.

You remember, brothers, how we toiled and labored. We worked night and day, when we preached the good news to you, in order not to be a burden to any of you.

God has not called us to an unclean life, but to a pure one.

encourage you and strengthen you to do and say everything that is right.

I did not eat anybody's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.

and have a good reputation for Christian service, such as bringing up children, being hospitable to strangers, washing the feet of God's people, helping people in distress, or devoting herself to any form of doing good.

Do not listen to an accusation made against an elder, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

The Lord grant that he may be shown mercy by the Lord on that Day! And you know well enough how he helped me at Ephesus.

Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

The tent too and all the appliances used in the priestly service he sprinkled with blood in the same way.

and to an imperishable, unsullied, and unfading inheritance, which is kept safe for you in heaven,

Everybody testifies to Demetrius; the truth itself does; I testify to him too, and you know that my testimony to him is true.

The four animals have each of them six wings, and they are covered with eyes all over and underneath their wings. And day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is coming."

That is why they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he who is seated on the throne will shelter them.

Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one third of the sun was blasted, and one third of the moon and one third of the stars, so that one third of them were darkened, and there was no light for one third of the day and of the night.

Then the four angels who were held in readiness for that hour and day and month and year were let loose to kill one third of mankind.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "The deliverance and power and reign of our God, and the authority of his Christ have now come, for the accuser of our brothers, who kept bringing charges against them day and night before our God, has been hurled down.

and the devil who led them astray was flung into the fiery, sulphurous lake, where the animal and the false prophet were, there to be tortured day and night forever and ever.