knowing that such a person is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up and questioned Him:

For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Again the word of the Lord came to me inquiring, “What do you see?”

And I replied, “I see a boiling pot, its lip tilted from the north to the south.”

Come, let us shout joyfully to the Lord,
shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation!

He answered them, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

When Jesus had finished this instruction, He departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.

a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper.

When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan committed himself to David, and loved him as much as he loved himself.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you prosper;

Deborah, a woman who was a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.

In the same way, the victor will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels.

Deacons, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money,

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.

Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: ‘What are you relying on?

By faith Enoch was taken away so he did not experience death, and he was not to be found because God took him away. For prior to his removal he was approved, since he had pleased God.

Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.

You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

He will glorify Me, because He will take from what is Mine and declare it to you.

from the sons of Joseph:
Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

to keep the command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:

The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe because of the works themselves.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him,

A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years

I have confidence in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.

As the crowds were increasing, He began saying: “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,
and splendid clothes instead of despair.
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.

And for about 40 years He put up with them in the wilderness;

Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.

Now that day was the Sabbath,

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Therefore, when Jesus knew that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.

“You give them something to eat,” He told them.

“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

“While I was watching in the night visions, a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had 10 horns.

and you will be My kingdom of priests and My holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written:

Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, 30 pieces of silver.

Now, the Lord of Hosts says this: “Think carefully about your ways:

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria—
the notable people in this first of the nations,
those the house of Israel comes to.

The males in the same way also left natural relations with females and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males and received in their own persons the appropriate penalty of their error.

When He had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met Him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water.

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!

A day of the Lord is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.

Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.

Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment,
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.

The vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.

You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.

She said to Elijah, “Man of God, what do we have in common? Have you come to remind me of my guilt and to kill my son?”

The boy Samuel served the Lord in Eli’s presence. In those days the word of the Lord was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread.

The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land at Jezreel—no one will bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and escaped.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘You will not get up from your sickbed—you will certainly die.’” Then Elijah left.

As Moses descended from Mount Sinai—with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain—he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the Lord.

Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

Every living creature will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

May the Lord direct your hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance.

Now the Scripture says, Everyone who believes on Him will not be put to shame,

But Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and the men of high position exercise power over them.

Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you share in the sufferings, so you will share in the comfort.

In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,
and is rising up to show you compassion,
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for Him are happy.

Why do the nations rebel
and the peoples plot in vain?

And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.

That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it.

undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful.

Let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.

“You are to keep My statutes. You must not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

He does great and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.

But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.

He displayed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness for a total of 180 days.

However, I will not do it during your lifetime because of your father David; I will tear it out of your son’s hand.

The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing all the things that are written in the Law and in the Prophets.

I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t be moving from house to house.

He will settle disputes among many peoples
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows,
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.

My soul, praise the Lord,
and do not forget all His benefits.

Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.

You said to yourself:
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.

For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

And the woman you saw is the great city that has an empire over the kings of the earth.”

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins have been forgiven
because of Jesus’ name.

To Titus, my true son in our common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

At that time those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared Yahweh and had high regard for His name.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear. At that very moment the chariots and the cavalry were closing in on him.

This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke even though I had married them”—the Lord’s declaration.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

“This is the command—the statutes and ordinances—the Lord your God has instructed me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess.

They bound on the tops of the mountains.
Their sound is like the sound of chariots,
like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble,
like a mighty army deployed for war.

For there was not a needy person among them, because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

But every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist; you have heard that he is coming, and he is already in the world now.

giving thanks always for everything
to God the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.

Resist him and be firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

But because the Lord loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the One who is born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

We have a great deal to say about this, and it’s difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

“Follow Me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, exalted the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty arm.

The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is experienced in your endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.

Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord.

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of distress;
He cares for those who take refuge in Him.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Ephraim’s envy will cease;
Judah’s harassment will end.
Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah,
and Judah will not harass Ephraim.

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him in this way.

The sun rises and the sun sets;
panting, it returns to its place
where it rises.

Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

Nothing profane will ever enter it: no one who does what is vile or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.

I had heard rumors about You,
but now my eyes have seen You.

I sought the Lord, and He answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.

But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

After looking around at them all, He told him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was restored.

He brought the letter to the king of Israel, and it read:

When this letter comes to you, note that I have sent you my servant Naaman for you to cure him of his skin disease.

a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.

For I didn’t think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

“I will make youths their leaders,
and the unstable will govern them.”

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them,

Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters, and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying:

Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty,
has begun to reign!

At the end of 20 years during which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord’s temple and the royal palace—

But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things.

You and Aaron are to register those who are 20 years old or more by their military divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get provisions ready for yourselves, for within three days you will be crossing the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit.’”

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

He grew up before Him like a young plant
and like a root out of dry ground.
He didn’t have an impressive form
or majesty that we should look at Him,
no appearance that we should desire Him.

Now the Lord had appointed a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the fish three days and three nights.

and terror and dread will fall on them.
They will be as still as a stone
because of Your powerful arm
until Your people pass by, Lord,
until the people whom You purchased pass by.

Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman.

saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

A new king, who had not known Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder came from the throne. Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

“Lord, if it’s You,” Peter answered Him, “command me to come to You on the water.”

in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations. He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John;

My son, pay attention to my words;
listen closely to my sayings.

And Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them:

Look! The Lord comes
with thousands of His holy ones

If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years.

But I will show you the One to fear: Fear Him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear!

Come, let us return to the Lord.
For He has torn us,
and He will heal us;
He has wounded us,
and He will bind up our wounds.

As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord.

To the saints in Christ at Colossae, who are faithful brothers.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

“Then the master told the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and lanes and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

But the prophet who dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die.’

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in other languages and to prophesy.

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

Then their whole assembly rose up and brought Him before Pilate.

saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

This is what God, Yahweh, says—
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and life to those who walk on it—

for You gave Him authority
over all flesh;
so He may give eternal life
to all You have given Him.

You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”

Then the Lord told Moses, “This is what you are to say to the Israelites: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

How she sits alone,
the city once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.

Anyone who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day,

He will see it out of His anguish,
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous Servant will justify many,
and He will carry their iniquities.

“Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.

Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you

These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

In every situation take the shield of faith,
and with it you will be able to extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition!

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

They made His grave with the wicked
and with a rich man at His death,
although He had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Then he said, “Pick it up.” So he reached out and took it.

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Come with me to my territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. I will also go with you to your territory.” So Simeon went with him.

“Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.

For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.

I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven 14 years ago. Whether he was in the body or out of the body, I don’t know, God knows.

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

But My righteous one will live by faith;
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.

I am pleased to have Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus present, because these men have made up for your absence.

When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”

Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.”

“Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.

I know that You can do anything
and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving the people.”

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: My plan will take place,
and I will do all My will.

He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials from the provinces.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

And though they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined,

Speak up for those who have no voice,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.

We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about 10 years,

For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection.

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

This is how we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given assurance to us from His Spirit.

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Therefore, the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained.