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2007

Does a lion roar in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from its lair
unless it has captured something?

2008

After His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly but secretly.

2009

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”

2012

ב BetHe has worn away my flesh and skin;
He has shattered my bones.

2013

“For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Hosts, “not leaving them root or branches.

2014

Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the child of my body for my own sin?

2017

The person who sins is the one who will die. A son won’t suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity, and a father won’t suffer punishment for the son’s iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous person will be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be on him.

2018

“Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia:

“The Holy One, the True One, the One who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and closes and no one opens says:

2019

Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed.I will praise the Lord at all times;
His praise will always be on my lips.

2022

And he will go before Him
in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of fathers
to their children,
and the disobedient
to the understanding of the righteous,
to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

2024

The highway of the upright avoids evil;
the one who guards his way protects his life.

2025

And we heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with Him on the holy mountain.

2031

Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.

2032

This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.

2033

I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”

2034

I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that once again you renewed your care for me. You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it.

2035

For if someone sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?

2037

that by Him you were enriched in everything—in all speech and all knowledge.

2038

Davidic. A Maskil.How joyful is the one
whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered!

2040

Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.

2042

For this is what the Lord says—
God is the Creator of the heavens.
He formed the earth and made it.
He established it;
He did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited
“I am Yahweh,
and there is no other.

2044

Let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.”

2048

Then the Lord said to him:

Name him Jezreel, for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel
on the house of Jehu
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

2049

Though He was God’s Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.

2053

He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on My way to wake him up.”

2054

Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!”

2055

Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.”

2057

“But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

2059

But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

2060

for understanding a proverb or a parable,
the words of the wise, and their riddles.

2064

Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in their boat mending their nets.

2065

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

2068

Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought.

2070

Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,
and He will receive the mighty as spoil,
because He submitted Himself to death,
and was counted among the rebels;
yet He bore the sin of many
and interceded for the rebels.

2071

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke in advance about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

2072

As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach different doctrine

2073

“Now this is what you are to say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.

2074

Then the Lord hurled a violent wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.

2077

Therefore, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

2078

But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith from my works.

2079

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”

2081

Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead

2082

When they were full, He told His disciples, “Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.”

2085

Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and He told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

2086

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

2087

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him.

2091

Listen, all you peoples;
pay attention, earth and everyone in it!
The Lord God will be a witness against you,
the Lord, from His holy temple.

2093

Some people were even bringing infants to Him so He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

2094

Look, I will make you insignificant
among the nations;
you will be deeply despised.

2095

And also: Tyre, Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia—what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.

2096

Get wisdom, get understanding;
don’t forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

2098

“Whenever you fast, don’t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

2099

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

2102

If I have told you about things that happen on earth and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about things of heaven?

2103

Whoever listens to you listens to Me. Whoever rejects you rejects Me. And whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

2105

On one of those days while He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in Him.

2108

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.

2110

A psalm of thanksgiving.Shout triumphantly to the Lord, all the earth.

2113

Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future He will bring honor to the Way of the Sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.

2114

He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be restored.”

2115

Making a vow, she pleaded, “Lord of Hosts, if You will take notice of Your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give Your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”

2117

He stood on the sand of the sea.

2118

So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and have the testimony about Jesus.

2119

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.

2121

When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!”

2123

Before this faith came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.

2125

“If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

2126

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:

2127

“But in those days, after that tribulation:

The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not shed its light;

2128

King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams,

2131

So the Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

2132

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

2133

After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had served Moses:

2134

Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves.

2136

Another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out in a loud voice to the One who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

2142

When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.

2144

I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

Peace be with you. The friends send you greetings. Greet the friends by name.

2145

And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.

2147

Most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my imprisonment and dare even more to speak the message fearlessly.

2149

While He was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them.

2150

He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

2151

The proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte from Antioch.

2152

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

2153

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

2155

“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.

2156

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

2157

“Let us tear off their chains
and free ourselves from their restraints.”

2158

There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

2159

“Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it.

2160

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

2161

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.

2164

Now about the collection for the saints: You should do the same as I instructed the Galatian churches.

2167

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?

2170

He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.

2173

Carrying His own cross, He went out to what is called Skull Place, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

2177

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

2178

“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,
from doing whatever you want on My holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;

2181

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

2182

One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

2184

“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,

2185

“No, Lord!” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything common and ritually unclean!”

2186

Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin

2189

Therefore, we ought to support such men so that we can be coworkers with the truth.

2192

But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”

2194

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

2196

For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised.

2197

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

2198

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

2201

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not bring death, he should ask, and God will give life to him—to those who commit sin that doesn’t bring death. There is sin that brings death. I am not saying he should pray about that.

2203

King Herod heard of this, because Jesus’ name had become well known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why supernatural powers are at work in him.”

2206

He went out and made His way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

2207

Search and read the scroll of the Lord:
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because He has ordered it by my mouth,
and He will gather them by His Spirit.

2209

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

2211

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2212

I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

2213

When you come to appear before Me,
who requires this from you—
this trampling of My courts?

2214

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

2215

After removing him, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me, who will carry out all My will.’

2217

But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises.

2218

“If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something improper about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

2220

Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him.

2222

A song of ascents.I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?

2223

and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.

2225

for the one who says, “Welcome,” to him shares in his evil works.

2226

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

2228

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

2229

The children of your elect sister send you greetings.

2231

He knocked at the door in the gateway, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.

2234

But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near!”

2237

After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

2241

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute who sits on many waters.

2243

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.

2245

Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.

2248

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, “There is no resurrection of the dead”?

2249

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

2250

Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye?

2252

“Sir,” said the woman, “You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this ‘living water’?

2253

And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah, you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.

2256

“I don’t have a husband,” she answered.

“You have correctly said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus said.

2257

On a Sabbath, He passed through the grainfields. His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

2259

He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

2260

But you will be brought down to Sheol
into the deepest regions of the Pit.

2261

“What can we do to perform the works of God?” they asked.

2269

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it.

2273

Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.

2275

“What was the outcome? Tell me,” David asked him.

“The troops fled from the battle,” he answered. “Many of the troops have fallen and are dead. Also, Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”

2277

Now I praise you because you always remember me and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

2278

Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.

2282

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

2284

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

2285

A herald loudly proclaimed, “People of every nation and language, you are commanded:

2289

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them.

2292

and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

2294

“A woman is not to wear male clothing, and a man is not to put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord your God.

2295

Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons.

2296

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

2299

He who testifies about these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.”

Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!

2301

So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

2302

When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn’t have a root, it withered.

2304

When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom.

2305

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel!”

2306

If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

2310

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

2311

When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained speechless.

2312

They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down.”

2316

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

2318

All of them are clear to the perceptive,
and right to those who discover knowledge.

2320

About food offered to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.

2321

For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

2322

Seth was 105 years old when he fathered Enosh.

2323

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

2326

“If you know Me, you will also know My Father. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

2327

“While I was considering the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. There were eyes in this horn like a man’s, and it had a mouth that spoke arrogantly.

2329

to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.

2330

Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them.

2332

“Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.

2334

The next day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry.

2336

Whenever she went up to the Lord’s house, her rival taunted her in this way every year. Hannah wept and would not eat.

2337

I am Yahweh, and there is no other;
there is no God but Me.
I will strengthen you,
though you do not know Me,

2338

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence, and the violent have been seizing it by force.

2339

The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

2340

The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you”; thinking, “David can’t get in here.”

2342

“Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth.

2343

“Write to the angel of the church in Sardis:

“The One who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

2347

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

2350

On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

2353

I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

2355

He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?

2358

As they were traveling on the road someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go!”

2363

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time.

2364

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.

2365

Yes, in those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2366

My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

2367

Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2368

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.

2369

Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

2370

Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

2371

Lord, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced.

2372

because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

2375

and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.

2376

Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst and burst open in the middle, and all his insides spilled out.

2377

About the times and the seasons: Brothers, you do not need anything to be written to you.

2378

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

2381

“I am the Lord’s slave,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

2382

They were attentive to him because he had astounded them with his sorceries for a long time.

2383

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Him. He healed him, so that the man could both speak and see.

2384

He is the One coming after me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”

2385

When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

2386

When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!”

2387

So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.

2389

“The Lord made me
at the beginning of His creation,
before His works of long ago.

2391

The word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet:

2392

The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance
and is fierce in wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance against His foes;
He is furious with His enemies.

2393

all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had given Israel.

2398

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

2399

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

2400

As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.

2401

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
all his officials, and all the people of his land,
for You knew how arrogantly they treated our ancestors.
You made a name for Yourself
that endures to this day.

2402

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him.

2403

Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you and your brothers who have the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

2404

David asked him, “Where have you come from?”

He replied to him, “I’ve escaped from the Israelite camp.”

2405

He continued, “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and educated according to the strict view of our patriarchal law. Being zealous for God, just as all of you are today,

2406

“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

2407

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them.

2409

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.

2410

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.

2413

A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

2415

young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace—and to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.

2416

Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

2417

Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead.

2418

What the devouring locust has left,
the swarming locust has eaten;
what the swarming locust has left,
the young locust has eaten;
and what the young locust has left,
the destroying locust has eaten.

2419

When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home.

2422

When the chief servant tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom

2423

For what does the Scripture say?

Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him for righteousness.

2425

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.

2426

“This will take place,” He continued, “so they will believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

2428

Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift: 40 camel-loads of all kinds of goods from Damascus. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son, Ben-hadad king of Aram, has sent me to ask you, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2429

For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

2430

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and don’t say, “Welcome,” to him;

2431

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

2432

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.

2433

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three,

2437

I pray for them.
I am not praying for the world
but for those You have given Me,
because they are Yours.

2439

No weapon formed against you will succeed,
and you will refute any accusation
raised against you in court.
This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,
and their righteousness is from Me.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.

2440

a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,

2442

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!”

2443

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

2444

son of Enos, son of Seth,
son of Adam, son of God.

2447

But as for you, go on your way to the end; you will rest, then rise to your destiny at the end of the days.”

2448

They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.

2450

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

2452

As a result, you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

2455

Then children were brought to Him so He might put His hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them.

2456

Stop bringing useless offerings.
Your incense is detestable to Me.
New Moons and Sabbaths,
and the calling of solemn assemblies
I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.

2458

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

2460

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”

2461

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

2462

Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.

2465

“The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.”

2467

Her rival would taunt her severely just to provoke her, because the Lord had kept Hannah from conceiving.

2468

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

2469

Then the word of the Lord came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

I replied, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

2470

Though all the peoples each walk
in the name of their gods,
we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God
forever and ever.

2474

He said:

The Lord roars from Zion
and raises His voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the summit of Carmel withers.

2475

Band together, peoples, and be broken;
pay attention, all you distant lands;
prepare for war, and be broken;
prepare for war, and be broken.

2476

א AlefHow happy are those whose way is blameless,
who live according to the Lord’s instruction!

2477

Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

2480

You love Him, though you have not seen Him. And though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,

2482

and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.

2483

Then I was given a measuring reed like a rod, with these words: “Go and measure God’s sanctuary and the altar, and count those who worship there.

2485

Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,

2486

He also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes, and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

2489

Now I am giving an opinion on this because it is profitable for you, who a year ago began not only to do something but also to desire it.

2490

But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”

2491

Again, the Devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

2492

In this way, the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you,

2493

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother called Mary, and His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

2494

Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were debating in their minds whether John might be the Messiah.

2495

They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.

2496

But Yahweh is the true God;
He is the living God and eternal King.
The earth quakes at His wrath,
and the nations cannot endure His rage.

2498

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said:

I will sing to the Lord,
for He is highly exalted;
He has thrown the horse
and its rider into the sea.

2501

So if they tell you, ‘Look, He’s in the wilderness!’ don’t go out; ‘Look, He’s in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.

2503

Then I saw in the right hand of the One seated on the throne a scroll with writing on the inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

2504

and with every living creature that is with you—birds, livestock, and all wildlife of the earth that are with you—all the animals of the earth that came out of the ark.

2505

The girl was of unsurpassed beauty, and she became the king’s caregiver. She served him, but he was not intimate with her.

2507

And they were astounded and amazed, saying, “Look, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

2509

If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.

2510

Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God—as you are doing—do so even more.

2514

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

2515

There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

2516

which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all things in every way.

2519

When Jesus had said this, He was troubled in His spirit and testified, “I assure you: One of you will betray Me!”

2520

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

2522

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

2524

He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

2526

and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man.

2527

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades!

2529

Her prophets are reckless
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.

2531

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.

2538

furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,

2541

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.

2542

After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying:

Hallelujah!
Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,

2543

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

2544

They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

2545

For we say this to you by a revelation from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep.

2548

Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours.

2549

which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures—

2550

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

2552

“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

2556

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

2557

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who will we go to? You have the words of eternal life.

2558

Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

2560

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

2562

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

2563

The Lord answered me:

Write down this vision;
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.

2564

His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading waters.

2565

The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near.

2568

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot.

2570

Abraham fathered Isaac,
Isaac fathered Jacob,
Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,

2571

The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most famous high place. He offered 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar.

2573

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

2575

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

2577

There were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

2579

Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants on his throne.

2580

So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe!”

2582

But what does “He ascended” mean except that He descended to the lower parts of the earth?

2583

Tell me, those of you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?

2584

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

2585

But if by my lie God’s truth is amplified to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

2587

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.

2588

He is not here! For He has been resurrected, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.

2589

So he took Him to Jerusalem, had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

2590

Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.

2591

Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom; the earth quaked and the rocks were split.

2592

I will bring them to My holy mountain
and let them rejoice in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be acceptable on My altar,
for My house will be called a house of prayer
for all nations.”

2594

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.

2596

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

2597

“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go, work in the vineyard today.’

2598

“Come on!” the sailors said to each other. “Let’s cast lots. Then we’ll know who is to blame for this trouble we’re in.” So they cast lots, and the lot singled out Jonah.

2600

God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars.

2603

Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord!
What will the Day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.

2604

If a ram’s horn is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?
If a disaster occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?

2606

I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

2612

If You kill this people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of Your fame will declare,

2615

The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2618

This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

2620

Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them: The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ what should I tell them?”

2622

For in light of the fact that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in light of the fact that He lives, He lives to God.

2623

“We aren’t stoning You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God.”

2628

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

2635

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

2637

Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What is this you’ve done?” The men knew he was fleeing from the Lord’s presence, because he had told them.

2638

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

2639

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than 10 sons?”

2640

All the sinners among My people
who say: “Disaster will never overtake
or confront us,”
will die by the sword.

2642

Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but He did not want anyone to know it.

2643

This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,

2646

Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.

2647

discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.

2649

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus—but secretly because of his fear of the Jews—asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took His body away.

2655

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

2656

What should I bring before the Lord
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?

2657

God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,

2660

For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

2662

So in what way were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I personally did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

2663

Then the Lord said to me:

Do not say, “I am only a youth,”
for you will go to everyone I send you to
and speak whatever I tell you.

2664

Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.

2666

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

2669

So the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone God had motivated—prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord’s house in Jerusalem.

2673

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

2674

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Then some lawless men joined Jephthah and traveled with him.

2676

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

2680

So Philip proceeded to tell him the good news about Jesus, beginning from that Scripture.

2682

“Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

2684

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

2685

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”

2686

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

2687

Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed.

2688

This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’

2689

Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

2691

since John had not yet been thrown into prison.

2692

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.

2693

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb, says:

I am Yahweh, who made everything;
who stretched out the heavens by Myself;
who alone spread out the earth;

2697

If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness,

2699

Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you.
He eats grass like an ox.

2700

While she continued praying in the Lord’s presence, Eli watched her lips.

2701

So they said to him, “What should we do to you to calm this sea that’s against us?” For the sea was getting worse and worse.

2704

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

2706

For this Melchizedek—

King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,

2708

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?”

2709

The commandments:

Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;


and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.

2711

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.

2712

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity.

2714

As they were yelling and flinging aside their robes and throwing dust into the air,

2715

and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which means “Rock”).

2717

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so he can regain his sight.”

2719

Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him 15 days.

2720

And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.

2722

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary, called Magdalene (seven demons had come out of her);

2724

If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

2727

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

2729

The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won’t perish.”

2731

Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country and the people the Lord has cursed forever.

2732

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.

2734

For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed:

TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.

Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

2737

“If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be punishment. They are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

2738

Do not let your mouth bring guilt on you, and do not say in the presence of the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

2739

The time had come for the Lord to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal,

2740

based on the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me.

2741

Then Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died.

2742

Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah:

He was not left in Hades,
and His flesh did not experience decay.

2743

In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him to say to them.

2744

When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

2745

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.

2746

“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, but you were not willing!

2747

“Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim.

2750

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

2751

After eight days His disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace to you!”

2752

While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus and His disciples.

2753

Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them all

2754

“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

2756

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

2757

A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.

2759

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the horse from Jerusalem.
The bow of war will be removed,
and He will proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion will extend from sea to sea,
from the Euphrates River
to the ends of the earth.

2761

The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep.

2762

“Don’t you realize that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?

2763

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare the Passover so You may eat it?”

2764

If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

2765

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

2766

Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.

2769

Who provides the raven’s food
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?


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2771

Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has been victorious so that He may open the scroll and its seven seals.”

2773

No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or forsake you.

2774

and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.

2777

Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’

2778

This Jesus is

the stone rejected by you builders,
which has become the cornerstone.

2780

In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them committed sexual immorality and practiced perversions, just as angels did, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

2781

Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

2784

Then He said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the chief servant.” And they did.

2785

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a protection for you.

2786

In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there.

2787

to take the place in this apostolic service that Judas left to go to his own place.”

2788

“If he hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord God of Israel, “he covers his garment with injustice,” says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously.

2790

Jesus knew they wanted to question Him, so He said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see Me; again a little while and you will see Me’?

2792

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

2793

“Why were you searching for Me?” He asked them. “Didn’t you know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

2794

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

2795

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

2798

the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

2799

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

2800

They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.

2803

Have you not lately called to Me, “My Father.
You were my friend in my youth.

2805

When the army is carried off, he will become arrogant and cause tens of thousands to fall, but he will not triumph.

2806

She and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the Lord had paid attention to His people’s need by providing them food.

2809

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

2810

Therefore, as He was coming into the world, He said:

You did not want sacrifice and offering,
but You prepared a body for Me.

2812

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.

2813

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.

2814

and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.

2815

Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.

2818

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2820

Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

2821

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which means “Anointed One”),

2822

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe.”

2823

It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me—

2826

Then He said to them again, “I’m going away; you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you cannot come.”

2827

“Sir,” the woman said to Him, “give me this water so I won’t get thirsty and come here to draw water.”

2828

The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

2829

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

2830

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

2831

King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women

2832

Coastlands, listen to me;
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called me before I was born.
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

2833

You will stumble by day;
the prophet will also stumble with you by night.
And I will destroy your mother.

2834

When the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the Lord’s temple,

2835

again, He specifies a certain day—today—speaking through David after such a long time, as previously stated:

Today, if you hear His voice,
do not harden your hearts.

2838

Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!

2840

He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

2841

All their neighbors supported them with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.

2842

Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.

2844

On the contrary, we believe we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”

2845

and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.

2846

to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.

2848

So Paul, having stayed on for many days, said good-bye to the brothers and sailed away to Syria. Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He shaved his head at Cenchreae because he had taken a vow.

2849

The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

2850

Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.

2851

Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

2856

I have come in My Father’s name, yet you don’t accept Me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

2857

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and that of the Father and the holy angels.

2860

Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

2862

At that time some Pharisees came and told Him, “Go, get out of here! Herod wants to kill You!”

2863

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

2865

When Jesus heard about it, He withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed Him on foot from the towns.

2870

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

2872

And do not offer any parts of it to sin as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God, and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness.

2873

You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

2874

But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.

2875

Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s tabernacle.

2876

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

2878

I see him, but not now;
I perceive him, but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a scepter will arise from Israel.
He will smash the forehead of Moab
and strike down all the Shethites.

2881

“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

2882

However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

2883

Jabez called out to the God of Israel: “If only You would bless me, extend my border, let Your hand be with me, and keep me from harm, so that I will not cause any pain.” And God granted his request.

2884

What does it matter? Just that in every way, whether out of false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice

2885

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:

2886

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

2888

There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!”

“Here I am, Lord!” he said.

2891

Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed the Lord, along with his whole household. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

2893

They questioned Him, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You don’t show partiality, but teach truthfully the way of God.

2895

And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.

2896

This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

2897

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

2898

And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

2899

“But now I am going away to Him who sent Me, and not one of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

2900

Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

2902

Then they came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”

2904

When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

2906

I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals.
They have become a burden to Me;
I am tired of putting up with them.

2907

For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in the hope

2909

Otherwise, I will strip her naked
and expose her as she was on the day of her birth.
I will make her like a desert
and like a parched land,
and I will let her die of thirst.

2910

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

2911

Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

2912

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”

2913

Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

2914

The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

2915

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

2916

Your own eyes will see this, and you yourselves will say, ‘The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.’

2917

I will sweep away man and animal;
I will sweep away the birds of the sky
and the fish of the sea,
and the ruins along with the wicked.
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

2918

Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”

2919

I did not mean the immoral people of this world or the greedy and swindlers or idolaters; otherwise you would have to leave the world.

2922

Then the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

2924

Joseph, a Levite and a Cypriot by birth, the one the apostles called Barnabas, which is translated Son of Encouragement,

2926

But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to,

2927

where he found a Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

2928

The One who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

2931

But they will not make further progress, for their lack of understanding will be clear to all, as theirs was also.

2933

“Get up,” Jesus told him, “pick up your mat and walk!”

2936

So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”

2937

Pray it won’t happen in winter.

2938

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

2939

As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

2941

Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

2942

Why do You force me to look at injustice?
Why do You tolerate wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.

2944

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands.

2946

“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him: This is what the Lord God says:

You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

2947

Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

2948

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.

2949

She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to him:

Name her No Compassion,
for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.

2950

On that day I will break the bow of Israel
in the Valley of Jezreel.

2951

See, I have appointed you today
over nations and kingdoms
to uproot and tear down,
to destroy and demolish,
to build and plant.

2953

The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

2954

Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but don’t let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
shatter them with total destruction.

2961

the others proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely, seeking to cause me anxiety in my imprisonment.

2964

assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.

2966

Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us.

2967

So Ananias left and entered the house. Then he placed his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you can regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

2968

She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gateway.

2970

When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many had assembled and were praying.

2971

He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

2974

Do you think that I came here to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

2975

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

2976

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, who is it your sons drive them out by? For this reason they will be your judges.

2979

After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

2981

his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

2982

Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel,
for the Lord has a case
against the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth, no faithful love,
and no knowledge of God in the land!

2984

When it was already evening, because it was preparation day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

2986

BOOK V
(Psalms 107–150)
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.

2988

When He heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee.

2990

Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,
for the Lord has spoken:
“I have raised children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against Me.

2992

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

2994

I will execute great vengeance against them with furious rebukes. They will know that I am Yahweh when I take My vengeance on them.”

2995

If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

2996

Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the deputies;
Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and adviser to the king;

2997

both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two children and without her husband.

2998

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

3000

In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai.

3001

And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham,