“I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop.

While traveling to Jerusalem, He passed between Samaria and Galilee.

Summoning the Twelve, He gave them power and authority over all the demons, and power to heal diseases.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

For we brought nothing into the world,
and we can take nothing out.

Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years.

“As I kept watching,

thrones were set in place,
and the Ancient of Days took His seat.
His clothing was white like snow,
and the hair of His head like whitest wool.
His throne was flaming fire;
its wheels were blazing fire.

Therefore, any one of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples that are not written in this book.

Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin’s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea

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

“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the goat.
The calf, the young lion, and the fatling will be together,
and a child will lead them.

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.

And if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us?” So they were offended by Him.

Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

And as they were saying these things, He Himself stood among them. He said to them, “Peace to you!”

“So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of His Messiah,
and He will reign forever and ever!

I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.

And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” Saying this, He breathed His last.

But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me—nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”

You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes.

Without revelation people run wild,
but one who listens to instruction will be happy.

For God is my witness, how deeply I miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

Every valley will be filled,
and every mountain and hill will be made low;
the crooked will become straight,
the rough ways smooth,

And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then He who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through His Spirit who lives in you.

“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

For he was one of our number and was allotted a share in this ministry.”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.

They came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God!”

When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the people slaughtered because of God’s word and the testimony they had.

Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

A Davidic psalm.This is the declaration of the Lord
to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although all the earth is Mine,

When the crowds found out, they followed Him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia and were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.

Soon afterward He was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

but to the Son:

Your throne, God,
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of Your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.

Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for His wrath. For it is written: Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay, says the Lord.

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

I will sing about the one I love,
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.

He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

John:

To the seven churches in Asia.

Grace and peace to you from the One who is, who was, and who is coming; from the seven spirits before His throne;

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:

I am Yahweh your God,
who teaches you for your benefit,
who leads you in the way you should go.

“Comfort, comfort My people,”
says your God.

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”

When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying:

Peter, John,
James, Andrew,
Philip, Thomas,
Bartholomew, Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon the Zealot,
and Judas the son of James.

A ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

A woman should learn in silence with full submission.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am made out of flesh, sold into sin’s power.

“For I will create a new heaven and a new earth;
the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.

Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,

“I assure you: Anyone who believes has eternal life.

And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. He had 10 horns and seven heads. On his horns were 10 diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

knowing that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has also shown me.

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

He touched my mouth with it and said:

Now that this has touched your lips,
your wickedness is removed
and your sin is atoned for.

knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.

Soon afterward He was on His way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with Him.

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

Know and understand this:
From the issuing of the decree
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince
will be seven weeks and 62 weeks.
It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat,
but in difficult times.

And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

During those days He went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.

You were running well. Who prevented you from obeying the truth?

God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

Again, I assure you: If two of you on earth agree about any matter that you pray for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

But He knew their thoughts and told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he got up and stood there.

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transformed in front of them,

Now this is what the Lord says—
the One who created you, Jacob,
and the One who formed you, Israel—
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ:

To the temporary residents dispersed in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,
Manasseh fathered Amon,
Amon fathered Josiah,

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,

Who is wise and has understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom’s gentleness.

God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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

Then He told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored, as good as the other.

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the message of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

“How can I know this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

what we have seen and heard
we also declare to you,
so that you may have fellowship along with us;
and indeed our fellowship is with the Father
and with His Son Jesus Christ.

Indeed, the Lord’s hand is not too short to save,
and His ear is not too deaf to hear.

On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we proclaim:

This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts, says:

I am the first and I am the last.
There is no God but Me.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.
He was like someone people turned away from;
He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.

All the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

During these days Peter stood up among the brothers—the number of people who were together was about 120—and said:

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

For I was hungry
and you gave Me something to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me something to drink;
I was a stranger and you took Me in;

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them.

For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

He will speak words against the Most High and oppress the holy ones of the Most High. He will intend to change religious festivals and laws, and the holy ones will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time.

for receiving wise instruction
in righteousness, justice, and integrity;

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence
with that glory I had with You
before the world existed.

one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.

For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed.

“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,

The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have affliction for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;

he said to them, “I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it.”

But Ruth replied:

Do not persuade me to leave you
or go back and not follow you.
For wherever you go, I will go,
and wherever you live, I will live;
your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.

Now listen:
You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you will call His name Jesus.

Jesus told her, “Believe Me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.

In addition, David brought the men who were with him, each one with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.

Now concerning what comes from the Spirit: brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

As they were eating, He took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.”

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.

After this, He went down to Capernaum, together with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah

Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Look, every life belongs to Me. The life of the father is like the life of the son—both belong to Me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

—that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

God, create a clean heart for me
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.

“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.

When He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to leave as the male slaves do.

He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say:

Father,
Your name be honored as holy.
Your kingdom come.

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

Whoever sheds man’s blood,
his blood will be shed by man,
for God made man in His image.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn’t have deep soil.

So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them.

I have treasured Your word in my heart
so that I may not sin against You.

but test all things.
Hold on to what is good.

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.

When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.

And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to anyone He wants to.

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Who is the one who condemns?
Christ Jesus is the One who died,
but even more, has been raised;
He also is at the right hand of God
and intercedes for us.

When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

There was an interval of about three hours; then his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

“But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam about, and knowledge will increase.”

I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

The gentle are blessed,
for they will inherit the earth.

For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days; then He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and declared it holy.

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

Rejoice always!

to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:

Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.

(though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

It also came throughout the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.

So now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears we may have boldness and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,

Now listen! You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

And he requires everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,

Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority

About 4,000 men were there. He dismissed them

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae.

But you must say the things that are consistent with sound teaching.

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:

You are My beloved Son.
I take delight in You!

In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Yahweh is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never grows faint or weary;
there is no limit to His understanding.

Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.

Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

Simeon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ:

To those who have obtained a faith of equal privilege with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

From the sole of the foot even to the head,
no spot is uninjured—
wounds, welts, and festering sores
not cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.

When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,