I'll wipe out those who worship the stars that they view from their housetops, those who bow down and swear to the LORD and who also swear by Milcom,

Then I asked, "Who are these, sir?" The messenger who was talking to me answered, "I will tell you who these are."

Then I asked the angel who had been speaking with me, "Sir, what are these?"

The angel who had been speaking with me answered by asking, "You don't know what these mean, do you?" So I responded, "No, sir."

The angel replied, "You don't know what these are, do you?" I responded to him, "No, sir."

In response, I asked the angel who had been talking with me, "Sir, what are these?"

"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Aram,

His fame spread throughout Syria, and people brought to him everyone who was sick those afflicted with various diseases and pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralyzed and he healed them.

"Again, you have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You must not swear an oath falsely,' but, "You must fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

But I tell you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is God's throne,

Nor should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

"Sir, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain."

The centurion replied, "Sir, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed,

and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. Often he falls into fire and often into water.

Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He replied, "I will, sir,' but he didn't go.

But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

Again he denied it and swore with an oath, "I don't know the man!"

Then he began to curse violently. "I don't know the man!" he swore solemnly. Just then a rooster crowed.

So one of the men ran off at once, took a sponge, and soaked it in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink.

and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said while he was still alive, "I will be raised after three days.'

He told the man, "Be sure that you don't tell anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

He swore with an oath to her, "I'll give you anything you ask for, up to half of my kingdom."

Because it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then into the sewer, thereby expelling all foods."

Now the woman happened to be a Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to swear with an oath, "I don't know this man you're talking about!"

So someone ran and soaked a sponge in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink, saying, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down!"

Then Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this, since I am an old man, and my wife is getting older?"

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham.

This was the first registration taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, "Sir, stop troubling yourself, because I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof.

But be sure of this: if the homeowner had known at what time the thief were coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.

But the gardener replied, "Sir, leave it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

The servant said, "Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.'

The first servant came and said, "Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'

"The second servant came and said, "Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'

"Then the other servant came and said, "Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

They answered him, "Sir, he already has ten coins!'

When he got up from prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

The soldiers also made fun of Jesus by coming up and offering him sour wine,

The woman told him, "Sir, you don't have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where are you going to get this living water?

The woman told him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I won't get thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."

The woman told him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet!

The official told him, "Sir, please come down before my little boy dies."

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I don't have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I'm trying to get there, someone else steps down ahead of me."

Then they told him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time."

"No one, sir," she replied. Then Jesus said, "I don't condemn you, either. Go home, and from now on don't sin anymore."

He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."

They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

But because I have told you this, sorrow has filled your hearts.

because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

A jar of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth.

Jesus asked her, "Dear lady, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she told him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away."

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I'm sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting!"

They wrote this letter for them to deliver: "From: The apostles and the elders, your brothers To: Their gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

He went through Syria and Cilicia and strengthened the churches.

After staying there for quite a while longer, Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut in Cenchrea, since he was under a vow.

and stayed there for three months. When he was about to sail for Syria, a plot was initiated against him by the Jews, so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

We came in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on our left, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

His faith did not weaken when he thought about his own body (which was already as good as dead now that he was about a hundred years old) or about Sarah's inability to have children,

I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart,

For this is the language of the promise: "At this time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

(Oh yes, I also baptized the family of Stephanas. Beyond that, I'm not sure whether I baptized anyone else.)

I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.

and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing for me, your sorrow, and your eagerness to take my side, and this made me even happier.

If I made you sad with my letter, I do not regret it, although I did regret it then. I see that the letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while.

Now I am happy, not because you had such sorrow, but because your sorrow led you to repent. For you were sorry in a godly way, and so you were not hurt by us in any way.

For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

See what great earnestness godly sorrow has produced in you! How ready you are to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how full of longing and enthusiasm, how eager to seek justice! In every way you have demonstrated that you are innocent in this matter.

not that another one really exists. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about the Messiah.

Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.

So joyfully welcome him in the Lord and make sure you honor such people highly,

When this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and be sure to read the one from Laodicea.

Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Instead, always pursue what is good for each other and for everyone else.

So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest."

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest? It was to those who disobeyed him, was it not?

We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, "So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest,"

For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore an oath by himself, since he had no one greater to swear by.

For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.

By faith Sarah, even though she was old and barren, received the strength to conceive, because she was convinced that the one who had made the promise was faithful.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your "Yes" mean yes and your "No" mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters by doing good and by not letting anything terrify you.

This is how we can be sure that we have come to know him: if we continually keep his commandments.

But whoever continually keeps his commandments is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:

The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

And if we know that he listens to our requests, we can be sure that we have what we ask him for.

I told him, "Sir, you know."

He swore an oath by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: "There will be no more delay.

So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth. A horrible, painful sore appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the image.