Look at the wild birds. They do not sow or reap, or store their food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more account than they?

But he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his companions were hungry?

Or did you never read in the Law how the priests in the Temple are not guilty when they break the Sabbath?

but it takes no real root in him, and lasts only a little while, and when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, he gives it up at once.

But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

and said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'You have drawn praise from the mouths of children and infants'?"

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone; This came from the Lord, And seems marvelous to us'?

But as to the resurrection of the dead, did you never read what was said to you by God,

They put above his head the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he was in need and hungry, he and his men?

but it takes no real root in them and they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes because of the message they give it up at once.

Did you never read this passage of Scripture: " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone;

But as to the dead being raised, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

And the notice of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."

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.

Jesus answered, "Have you not read even what David did, when he and his companions were hungry?

The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back.

Jesus said to him, "What does the Law say? How does it read?"

Think of the crows! They do not sow or reap, and they have no storehouses or barns, and God feeds them. How much more you are worth than the birds!

for I was afraid of you, for you are a stern man. You pick up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world.

I have sent you to reap a harvest on which you have not worked. Other men have worked and you have profited by their work."

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

This astonished the Jews. "How is it that this man can read?" they said, "when he has never gone to school?"

So Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple, cried out, "You do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come of my own accord but someone who is very real, whom you do not know, has sent me.

"I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

Many of the Jews read this placard, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

So he followed him out without knowing that what the angel was doing was real, for he thought he was having a vision.

For the people of Jerusalem and their leaders refused to recognize him, and condemned him, thus fulfilling the very utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath,

For Moses for generations past has had his preachers in every town, and has been read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

and when they read it they were delighted with the encouragement it gave them.

The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.

and can understand his will, and from hearing the Law read can tell what is right,

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external.

The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.

As to eating things, then, that have been offered to idols, we all know that no idol has any real existence, and that there is no God but one.

If it was we who sowed the spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

For what I am writing to you is only what you can read and understand, and I hope that you will understand it fully,

You are my recommendations, written on my heart, for everybody to read and understand.

Their minds were dulled. For to this day, that same veil remains unlifted, when they read the old agreement, for only through union with Christ is it removed.

Why, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil hangs over their minds,

Remember this: The man who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and the man who sows generously will reap generously.

The other Jewish Christians followed his example in concealing their real views, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their pose.

So you see, the real descendants of Abraham are the men of faith.

Do not be deceived. God is not to be sneered at. A man will reap just what he sows.

The man who sows to gratify his physical cravings will reap destruction from them, and the man who sows to benefit the spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Let us not get tired of doing right, for at the proper time we shall reap, if we do not give out.

As you read that, you will be able to understand the insight I have into the secret of the Christ

For I have no one like him who would take such a real interest in you.

Such practices pass for wisdom, with their self-imposed devotions, their self-humiliation, and their ascetic discipline, but they carry with them no real distinction, they are really only a catering to the flesh.

When this letter has been read to you, have it read to the church at Laodicea also, and see that you read the letter that is coming from there.

I charge you in the Lord's name to have this letter read to all the brothers.

Who is such a liar as the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the real Antichrist??he man who disowns the Father and the Son.

Blessed be the man who reads this prophecy and those who hear it read and heed what is written in it, for the time is near.

And another angel came out of the temple and cried in a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, "Use your sickle and reap. The time has come to reap, for the earth's harvest is ripe."

I warn everyone who hears the message of prophecy in this book read, that if anyone adds anything to it, God will inflict upon him the plagues that are described in this book;