Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."

When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel."

Soon afterward, he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.

As he came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us;" and "God has visited his people."

And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:

Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles; and he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.

Then all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

Now the day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, "Send the crowd away, to go to the surrounding villages and country, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a deserted place."

On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son, for he is my only child.

and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."

Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road.

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you!"

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

Then he said to him, "A certain man gave a great banquet and invited many.

Now great multitudes went with him; and he turned and said to them,

And if not, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks terms of peace.

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion for him, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples."

There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

While he was still speaking, a crowd came, and the man who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him;

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no crime in this man."

And a great multitude of the people followed him, and women who also mourned and lamented him.

Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in that place.

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he performed on those who were diseased.

Then Jesus lifted up his eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread, that these people may eat?"

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest him.

On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."

Now a great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

The next day a great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness.

The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever; and how can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"

He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast, and now they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

And at this sound the crowd came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what would come of this.

The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

Now there was a man named Simon, who had formerly practiced magic in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

and they all, from the least to the greatest, gave attention to him, saying, "This man is what is called the Great Power of God."

Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.

So he got up and went. And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

and he saw heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners to the earth.

"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year they met with the church and taught great numbers of people; and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

One of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.

the God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great number believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

The crowd joined against them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.

The crowd and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."

When they heard this, they were enraged and began crying out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Paul wanted to go in among the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense to the people.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all with one voice shouted, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

Some in the crowd shouted one thing, and some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

There occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

They did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues, or in the city.

As I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high ranking officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

And as he was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad."

When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

Because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

When a gentle south wind came up, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.