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τῇ — 878x G3588 ὁ
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Occurrences: 878 times in 750 verses
Speech: Definite article
Parsing: Dative Singular Feminine
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:2 - “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose,[fn] and we have come to worship him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:1 - In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:3 - The prophet Isaiah was speaking about John when he said,
“He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the LORD's coming!
Clear the road for him!'”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:12 - He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:23 - Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:8 - God blesses those whose hearts are pure,
for they will see God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:15 - No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - So if you ignore the least commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God's laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:21 - “You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:22 - But I say, if you are even angry with someone,[fn] you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot,[fn] you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone,[fn] you are in danger of the fires of hell.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - “When you are on the way to court with your adversary, settle your differences quickly. Otherwise, your accuser may hand you over to the judge, who will hand you over to an officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:28 - But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - And do not say, ‘By the earth!' because the earth is his footstool. And do not say, ‘By Jerusalem!' for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:36 - Do not even say, ‘By my head!' for you can't turn one hair white or black.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:7 - “When you pray, don't babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:25 - “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:29 - yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34 - “So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:22 - On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:25 - Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:27 - When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:28 - When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:6 - “Lord, my young servant[fn] lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:11 - And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:13 - Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed that same hour.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:24 - Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:26 - Jesus responded, “Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and suddenly there was a great calm.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 - Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31 - But instead, they went out and spread his fame all over the region.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:19 - When you are arrested, don't worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23 - When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man[fn] will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:11 - “I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:29 - Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The queen of Sheba[fn] will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:1 - Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 - For the hearts of these people are hardened,
and their ears cannot hear,
and they have closed their eyes—
so their eyes cannot see,
and their ears cannot hear,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and let me heal them.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:40 - “Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:49 - That is the way it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked people from the righteous,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - Then he added, “Every teacher of religious law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings from his storeroom new gems of truth as well as old.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:54 - He returned to Nazareth, his hometown. When he taught there in the synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this wisdom and the power to do miracles?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:57 - And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.
Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:10 - So John was beheaded in the prison,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:11 - and his head was brought on a tray and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can't help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:32 - Then Jesus called his disciples and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock'),[fn] and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell[fn] will not conquer it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:21 - From then on Jesus[fn] began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:27 - For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:28 - And I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:22 - After they gathered again in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:23 - He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:1 - About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:4 - So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:17 - If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won't accept the church's decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - And he said, ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:28 - Jesus replied, “I assure you that when the world is made new[fn] and the Son of Man[fn] sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:3 - “At nine o'clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:17 - As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:19 - Then they will hand him over to the Romans[fn] to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:21 - “What is your request?” he asked.
She replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:5 - “Tell the people of Jerusalem,[fn]
‘Look, your King is coming to you.
He is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey's colt.'”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8 - Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:23 - That same day Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:28 - So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:30 - For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:33 - When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations[fn] will hear it; and then the end will come.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:16 - “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:26 - “So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,' don't bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,' don't believe it!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:48 - But what if the servant is evil and thinks, ‘My master won't be back for a while,'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25 - I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:31 - “But when the Son of Man[fn] comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:5 - “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Jesus, aware of this, replied, “Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:17 - On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:29 - Mark my words—I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:31 - On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[fn] the Shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:34 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn't you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:69 - Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, “You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:62 - The next day, on the Sabbath,[fn] the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:1 - Early on Sunday morning,[fn] as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:3 - He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the LORD's coming!
Clear the road for him!'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - This messenger was John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - where he was tempted by Satan for forty days. He was out among the wild animals, and angels took care of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:16 - One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon[fn] and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:22 - The people were amazed at his teaching, for he taught with real authority—quite unlike the teachers of religious law.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:23 - Suddenly, a man in the synagogue who was possessed by an evil[fn] spirit began shouting,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:15 - Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus' followers.)
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:20 - But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:5 - He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - Once again Jesus began teaching by the lakeshore. A very large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat in the boat while all the people remained on the shore.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - He taught them by telling many stories in the form of parables, such as this one:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:35 - As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let's cross to the other side of the lake.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:38 - Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don't you care that we're going to drown?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:39 - When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:20 - So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns[fn] of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:2 - The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. They asked, “Where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:4 - Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?”
Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:27 - So he immediately sent an executioner to the prison to cut off John's head and bring it to him. The soldier beheaded John in the prison,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:28 - brought his head on a tray, and gave it to the girl, who took it to her mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can't help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:12 - In this way, you let them disregard their needy parents.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:13 - And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:3 - If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a long distance.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:12 - When he heard this, he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why do these people keep demanding a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, I will not give this generation any such sign.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:38 - If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:24 - The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:33 - After they arrived at Capernaum and settled in a house, Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you discussing out on the road?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:34 - But they didn't answer, because they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:32 - They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus once more began to describe everything that was about to happen to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:37 - They replied, “When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:52 - And Jesus said to him, “Go, for your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:12 - The next morning as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:18 - When the leading priests and teachers of religious law heard what Jesus had done, they began planning how to kill him. But they were afraid of him because the people were so amazed at his teaching.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:23 - I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:23 - So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:26 - “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—haven't you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses,[fn] ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:38 - Jesus also taught: “Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:11 - But when you are arrested and stand trial, don't worry in advance about what to say. Just say what God tells you at that time, for it is not you who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:14 - “The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[fn] standing where he[fn] should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:2 - “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:3 - Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While he was eating,[fn] a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume over his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:25 - I tell you the truth, I will not drink wine again until the day I drink it new in the Kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:30 - Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:66 - Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:7 - One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:34 - Then at three o'clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:41 - They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also there.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - Joseph bought a long sheet of linen cloth. Then he took Jesus' body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:2 - Very early on Sunday morning,[fn] just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:9 - [Longer Ending of Mark]
After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:15 - And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:8 - One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:10 - While the incense was being burned, a great crowd stood outside, praying.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:14 - You will have great joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:36 - What's more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:41 - At the sound of Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:44 - When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:57 - When it was time for Elizabeth's baby to be born, she gave birth to a son.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:59 - When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:65 - Awe fell upon the whole neighborhood, and the news of what had happened spread throughout the Judean hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:66 - Everyone who heard about it reflected on these events and asked, “What will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was surely upon him in a special way.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:5 - He took with him Mary, his fiancée, who was now obviously pregnant.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:16 - They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:19 - but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:38 - She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:41 - Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:44 - because they assumed he was among the other travelers. But when he didn't show up that evening, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:47 - All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:51 - Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:52 - Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:2 - Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time a message from God came to John son of Zechariah, who was living in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - Isaiah had spoken of John when he said,
“He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the LORD's coming!
Clear the road for him!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:17 - He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:1 - Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:14 - Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit's power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:16 - When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20 - He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - Then he said, “You will undoubtedly quote me this proverb: ‘Physician, heal yourself'—meaning, ‘Do miracles here in your hometown like those you did in Capernaum.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:24 - But I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:28 - When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:32 - There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:33 - Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil[fn] spirit—began shouting at Jesus,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:9 - For he was awestruck by the number of fish they had caught, as were the others with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:29 - Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi's fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:12 - One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:23 - When that happens, be happy! Yes, leap for joy! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, their ancestors treated the ancient prophets that same way.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow's only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:17 - And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding countryside.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:21 - At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 - I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:37 - When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God's word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:22 - “The Son of Man[fn] must suffer many terrible things,” he said. “He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:26 - If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:37 - The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:43 - Awe gripped the people as they saw this majestic display of God's power. While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:57 - As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - Don't move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don't hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:12 - I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:14 - Yes, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21 - At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and he said, “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - The man answered, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:31 - “By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:30 - What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man[fn] will be a sign to these people that he was sent by God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 - “The queen of Sheba[fn] will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32 - The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:36 - If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:12 - for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:19 - And I'll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20 - “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:22 - Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - “Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - He may come in the middle of the night or just before dawn.[fn] But whenever he comes, he will reward the servants who are ready.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won't be back for a while,' and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:51 - Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - When you are on the way to court with your accuser, try to settle the matter before you get there. Otherwise, your accuser may drag you before the judge, who will hand you over to an officer, who will throw you into prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - Finally, he said to his gardener, ‘I've waited three years, and there hasn't been a single fig! Cut it down. It's just taking up space in the garden.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week for working,” he said to the crowd. “Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn't it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 - “There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:29 - And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - At that time some Pharisees said to him, “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:32 - Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:33 - Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn't do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:14 - Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:15 - Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with Jesus exclaimed, “What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet[fn] in the Kingdom of God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:17 - When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:4 - “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:25 - “Meanwhile, the older son was in the fields working. When he returned home, he heard music and dancing in the house,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24 - “The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:25 - “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:6 - The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and thrown into the sea,' and it would obey you!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:24 - For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man comes.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return home.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:34 - That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:3 - A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:33 - They will flog him with a whip and kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:36 - As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:37 - When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:42 - “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people's reaction.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:20 - Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - So they failed to trap him by what he said in front of the people. Instead, they were amazed by his answer, and they became silent.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:33 - So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:19 - By standing firm, you will win your souls.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:16 - For I tell you now that I won't eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:30 - to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - (Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - (Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:1 - But very early on Sunday morning[fn] the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:6 - He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:7 - that the Son of Man[fn] must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:13 - That same day two of Jesus' followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:25 - Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:32 - They said to each other, “Didn't our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:33 - And within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven disciples and the others who had gathered with them,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:35 - Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:38 - “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:46 - And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:5 - The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:23 - John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah:
“I am a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Clear the way for the LORD's coming!'”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:29 - The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:35 - The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:43 - The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 - The next day[fn] there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:22 - After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:23 - Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:35 - The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:42 - Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:44 - He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:45 - Yet the Galileans welcomed him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything he did there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:53 - Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and his entire household believed in Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:2 - Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda,[fn] with five covered porches.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:5 - One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:9 - Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:33 - In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:22 - The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:31 - After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:39 - And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:40 - For it is my Father's will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:44 - For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:49 - Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:54 - But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:1 - After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:9 - After saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept asking if anyone had seen him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:37 - On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:21 - Later Jesus said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35 - A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:44 - For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:23 - He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon's Colonnade.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:9 - Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:10 - But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:24 - “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:31 - When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus's grave to weep. So they followed her there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:12 - The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:20 - Some Greeks who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:38 - This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted:
“LORD, who has believed our message?
To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm?”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:40 - “The Lord has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts—
so that their eyes cannot see,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and have me heal them.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:48 - But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:2 - There is more than enough room in my Father's home.[fn] If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:20 - When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:4 - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:9 - “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:10 - When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:13 - When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - At that time you won't need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - Then you will ask in my name. I'm not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:17 - Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:16 - Peter had to stay outside the gate. Then the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman watching at the gate, and she let Peter in.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:37 - Pilate said, “So you are a king?”
Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:2 - The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:26 - When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Early on Sunday morning,[fn] while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:12 - She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:19 - That Sunday evening[fn] the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:3 - Simon Peter said, “I'm going fishing.”
“We'll come, too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:7 - He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:14 - They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:19 - The news of his death spread to all the people of Jerusalem, and they gave the place the Aramaic name Akeldama, which means “Field of Blood.”)
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:6 - When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:8 - and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:33 - Now he is exalted to the place of highest honor in heaven, at God's right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord's Supper[fn]), and to prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:10 - When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded!
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:11 - They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon's Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:16 - “Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus' name has healed him before your very eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - “In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:1 - But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:4 - The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren't lying to us but to God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:9 - And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - The apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon's Colonnade.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22 - But when the Temple guards went to the jail, the men were gone. So they returned to the council and reported,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - Then someone arrived with startling news: “The men you put in jail are standing in the Temple, teaching the people!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:31 - Then God put him in the place of honor at his right hand as Prince and Savior. He did this so the people of Israel would repent of their sins and be forgiven.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - But as the believers[fn] rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:4 - Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:7 - So God's message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:10 - None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 - This was Stephen's reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:8 - “God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:26 - “The next day he visited them again and saw two men of Israel fighting. He tried to be a peacemaker. ‘Men,' he said, ‘you are brothers. Why are you fighting each other?'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - “Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:35 - “So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?' Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - And by means of many wonders and miraculous signs, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through the wilderness for forty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 - Moses was with our ancestors, the assembly of God's people in the wilderness, when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai. And there Moses received life-giving words to pass on to us.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:42 - Then God turned away from them and abandoned them to serve the stars of heaven as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written,
‘Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings
during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:44 - “Our ancestors carried the Tabernacle[fn] with them through the wilderness. It was constructed according to the plan God had shown to Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - Years later, when Joshua led our ancestors in battle against the nations that God drove out of this land, the Tabernacle was taken with them into their new territory. And it stayed there until the time of King David.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8 - So there was great joy in that city.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, amazing the people of Samaria and claiming to be someone great.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33 - He was humiliated and received no justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:3 - As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:17 - So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 - The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:38 - But the believers had heard that Peter was nearby at Lydda, so they sent two men to beg him, “Please come as soon as possible!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:9 - The next day as Cornelius's messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:23 - So Peter invited the men to stay for the night. The next day he went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - They arrived in Caesarea the following day. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - “And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a cross,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:40 - but God raised him to life on the third day. Then God allowed him to appear,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:23 - When he arrived and saw this evidence of God's blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people. (It was at Antioch that the believers[fn] were first called Christians.)
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29 - So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters[fn] in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - He motioned for them to quiet down and told them how the Lord had led him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers what happened,” he said. And then he went to another place.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:12 - When the governor saw what had happened, he became a believer, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:14 - But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia.[fn]
On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue for the services.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:16 - So Paul stood, lifted his hand to quiet them, and started speaking. “Men of Israel,” he said, “and you God-fearing Gentiles, listen to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - “The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them multiply and grow strong during their stay in Egypt. Then with a powerful arm he led them out of their slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:18 - He put up with them[fn] through forty years of wandering in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - But as the believers[fn] gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:26 - Finally, they returned by ship to Antioch of Syria, where their journey had begun. The believers there had entrusted them to the grace of God to do the work they had now completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:9 - He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22 - Then the apostles and elders together with the whole church in Jerusalem chose delegates, and they sent them to Antioch of Syria with Paul and Barnabas to report on this decision. The men chosen were two of the church leaders[fn]—Judas (also called Barsabbas) and Silas.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:31 - And there was great joy throughout the church that day as they read this encouraging message.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:40 - Paul chose Silas, and as he left, the believers entrusted him to the Lord's gracious care.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:5 - So the churches were strengthened in their faith and grew larger every day.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:6 - Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:11 - We boarded a boat at Troas and sailed straight across to the island of Samothrace, and the next day we landed at Neapolis.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:12 - From there we reached Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. And we stayed there several days.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:18 - This went on day after day until Paul got so exasperated that he turned and said to the demon within her, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And instantly it left her.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:32 - And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:33 - Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:13 - But when some Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, they went there and stirred up trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:17 - He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:3 - Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers[fn] just as he was.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:4 - Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and Greeks alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:7 - Then he left and went to the home of Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God and lived next door to the synagogue.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10 - For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26 - When Priscilla and Aquila heard him preaching boldly in the synagogue, they took him aside and explained the way of God even more accurately.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:9 - But some became stubborn, rejecting his message and publicly speaking against the Way. So Paul left the synagogue and took the believers with him. Then he held daily discussions at the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:39 - And if there are complaints about other matters, they can be settled in a legal assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:7 - On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord's Supper.[fn] Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:15 - The next day we sailed past the island of Kios. The following day we crossed to the island of Samos, and[fn] a day later we arrived at Miletus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:16 - Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, for he didn't want to spend any more time in the province of Asia. He was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if possible, in time for the Festival of Pentecost.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:26 - I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it's not my fault,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:1 - After saying farewell to the Ephesian elders, we sailed straight to the island of Cos. The next day we reached Rhodes and then went to Patara.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:8 - The next day we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men who had been chosen to distribute food.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:18 - The next day Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:26 - So Paul went to the Temple the next day with the other men. They had already started the purification ritual, so he publicly announced the date when their vows would end and sacrifices would be offered for each of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:29 - (For earlier that day they had seen him in the city with Trophimus, a Gentile from Ephesus,[fn] and they assumed Paul had taken him into the Temple.)
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:40 - The commander agreed, so Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people to be quiet. Soon a deep silence enveloped the crowd, and he addressed them in their own language, Aramaic.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:2 - When they heard him speaking in their own language,[fn] the silence was even greater.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:6 - “As I was on the road, approaching Damascus about noon, a very bright light from heaven suddenly shone down around me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:13 - He came and stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.' And that very moment I could see him!
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - The next day the commander ordered the leading priests into session with the Jewish high council.[fn] He wanted to find out what the trouble was all about, so he released Paul to have him stand before them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:11 - That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:32 - They returned to the fortress the next morning, while the mounted troops took him on to Caesarea.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:4 - But I don't want to bore you, so please give me your attention for only a moment.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:24 - A few days later Felix came back with his wife, Drusilla, who was Jewish. Sending for Paul, they listened as he told them about faith in Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:1 - Three days after Festus arrived in Caesarea to take over his new responsibilities, he left for Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 - About eight or ten days later Festus returned to Caesarea, and on the following day he took his seat in court and ordered that Paul be brought in.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 - “When his accusers came here for the trial, I didn't delay. I called the case the very next day and ordered Paul brought in.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - So the next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived at the auditorium with great pomp, accompanied by military officers and prominent men of the city. Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,[fn] ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is useless for you to fight against my will.[fn]'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19 - “And so, King Agrippa, I obeyed that vision from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 - Suddenly, Festus shouted, “Paul, you are insane. Too much study has made you crazy!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:18 - The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:19 - The following day they even took some of the ship's gear and threw it overboard.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:23 - For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - So they cut off the anchors and left them in the sea. Then they lowered the rudders, raised the foresail, and headed toward shore.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:9 - Then all the other sick people on the island came and were healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:11 - It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island—an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods[fn] as its figurehead.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:27 - For the hearts of these people are hardened,
and their ears cannot hear,
and they have closed their eyes—
so their eyes cannot see,
and their ears cannot hear,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and let me heal them.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:25 - They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:27 - And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:8 - But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:24 - Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:25 - For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 - Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous—even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19 - And Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead—and so was Sarah's womb.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:20 - Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:2 - Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:10 - For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:15 - But there is a great difference between Adam's sin and God's gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:1 - Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:2 - Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:6 - We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:10 - When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:11 - So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:18 - Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 - When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:5 - When we were controlled by our old nature,[fn] sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:18 - And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[fn] I want to do what is right, but I can't.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:25 - Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:3 - The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.[fn] So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:12 - Therefore, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:20 - Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope,
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:24 - We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don't need to hope[fn] for it.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:26 - And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:2 - My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:9 - For God had promised, “I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:17 - For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, “I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you and to spread my fame throughout the earth.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:3 - For they don't understand God's way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God's way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:6 - But faith's way of getting right with God says, “Don't say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?' (to bring Christ down to earth).
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:8 - In fact, it says,
“The message is very close at hand;
it is on your lips and in your heart.”[fn] And that message is the very message about faith that we preach:
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:9 - If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:16 - But not everyone welcomes the Good News, for Isaiah the prophet said, “LORD, who has believed our message?”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:4 - And do you remember God's reply? He said, “No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:20 - Yes, but remember—those branches were broken off because they didn't believe in Christ, and you are there because you do believe. So don't think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:22 - Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe toward those who disobeyed, but kind to you if you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:23 - And if the people of Israel turn from their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, for God has the power to graft them back into the tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:24 - You, by nature, were a branch cut from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to do something contrary to nature by grafting you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more eager to graft the original branches back into the tree where they belong.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:30 - Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:7 - If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:10 - Love each other with genuine affection,[fn] and take delight in honoring each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:12 - Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:19 - Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,
“I will take revenge;
I will pay them back,”[fn]
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:2 - So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1 - Accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don't argue with them about what they think is right or wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:13 - I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:31 - Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God. Pray also that the believers there will be willing to accept the donation[fn] I am taking to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:2 - I am writing to God's church in Corinth,[fn] to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus,[fn] just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:4 - I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:8 - He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:10 - I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:21 - Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say,
“He traps the wise
in the snare of their own cleverness.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:4 - in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church.[fn] I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:5 - Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[fn] and he himself[fn] will be saved on the day the Lord[fn] returns.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:9 - When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:4 - If you have legal disputes about such matters, why go to outside judges who are not respected by the church?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - You say, “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” (This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.) But you can't say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16 - And don't you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:3 - The husband should fulfill his wife's sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband's needs.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:5 - Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won't be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:14 - For the Christian wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the Christian husband[fn] brings holiness to his marriage. Otherwise, your children would not be holy, but now they are holy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:20 - Yes, each of you should remain as you were when God called you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - But if you do get married, it is not a sin. And if a young woman gets married, it is not a sin. However, those who get married at this time will have troubles, and I am trying to spare you those problems.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:33 - But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 - However, not all believers know this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 - So because of your superior knowledge, a weak believer[fn] for whom Christ died will be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:12 - If you support others who preach to you, shouldn't we have an even greater right to be supported? But we have never used this right. We would rather put up with anything than be an obstacle to the Good News about Christ.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:18 - What then is my pay? It is the opportunity to preach the Good News without charging anyone. That's why I never demand my rights when I preach the Good News.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:2 - In the cloud and in the sea, all of them were baptized as followers of Moses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:5 - Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:32 - Don't give offense to Jews or Gentiles[fn] or the church of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:5 - But a woman dishonors her head[fn] if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:23 - For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:21 - The eye can never say to the hand, “I don't need you.” The head can't say to the feet, “I don't need you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church:
first are apostles,
second are prophets,
third are teachers,
then those who do miracles,
those who have the gift of healing,
those who can help others,
those who have the gift of leadership,
those who speak in unknown languages.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:6 - It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:16 - For if you praise God only in the spirit, how can those who don't understand you praise God along with you? How can they join you in giving thanks when they don't understand what you are saying?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:20 - Dear brothers and sisters, don't be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:4 - He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:19 - And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:23 - But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:52 - It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:13 - Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous.[fn] Be strong.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:17 - I am very glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here. They have been providing the help you weren't here to give me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:19 - The churches here in the province of Asia[fn] send greetings in the Lord, as do Aquila and Priscilla[fn] and all the others who gather in their home for church meetings.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:21 - HERE IS MY GREETING IN MY OWN HANDWRITING—PAUL.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:1 - This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy.
I am writing to God's church in Corinth and to all of his holy people throughout Greece.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:4 - He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:8 - We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:11 - And you are helping us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks because God has graciously answered so many prayers for our safety.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:14 - even if you don't understand us now. Then on the day when the Lord Jesus[fn] returns, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15 - Since I was so sure of your understanding and trust, I wanted to give you a double blessing by visiting you twice—
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - You may be asking why I changed my plan. Do you think I make my plans carelessly? Do you think I am like people of the world who say “Yes” when they really mean “No”?
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:24 - But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:7 - Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:9 - If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God!
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:14 - But the people's minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:2 - We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:11 - Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - I have the highest confidence in you, and I take great pride in you. You have greatly encouraged me and made me happy despite all our troubles.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:6 - But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:7 - His presence was a joy, but so was the news he brought of the encouragement he received from you. When he told us how much you long to see me, and how sorry you are for what happened, and how loyal you are to me, I was filled with joy!
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:8 - I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know it was painful to you for a little while.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:13 - We have been greatly encouraged by this.
In addition to our own encouragement, we were especially delighted to see how happy Titus was about the way all of you welcomed him and set his mind[fn] at ease.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:7 - Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us[fn]—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:9 - You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:16 - But thank God! He has given Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - He was appointed by the churches to accompany us as we take the offering to Jerusalem[fn]—a service that glorifies the Lord and shows our eagerness to help.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:20 - We are traveling together to guard against any criticism for the way we are handling this generous gift.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:22 - We are also sending with them another of our brothers who has proven himself many times and has shown on many occasions how eager he is. He is now even more enthusiastic because of his great confidence in you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:4 - We would be embarrassed—not to mention your own embarrassment—if some Macedonian believers came with me and found that you weren't ready after all I had told them!
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:7 - You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:13 - As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:15 - Thank God for this gift[fn] too wonderful for words!
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:2 - Well, I am begging you now so that when I come I won't have to be bold with those who think we act from human motives.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:3 - But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:6 - I may be unskilled as a speaker, but I'm not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every possible way.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:17 - Such boasting is not from the Lord, but I am acting like a fool.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:7 - even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - Yes, I am afraid that when I come again, God will humble me in your presence. And I will be grieved because many of you have not given up your old sins. You have not repented of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for lustful pleasure.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:5 - Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you[fn]; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:5 - But we refused to give in to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the gospel message for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:13 - As a result, other Jewish Christians followed Peter's hypocrisy, and even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:20 - My old self has been crucified with Christ.[fn] It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:14 - But even though my condition tempted you to reject me, you did not despise me or turn me away. No, you took me in and cared for me as though I were an angel from God or even Christ Jesus himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:25 - And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia,[fn] because she and her children live in slavery to the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:1 - So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:7 - You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth?
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:13 - For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:11 - NOTICE WHAT LARGE LETTERS I USE AS I WRITE THESE CLOSING WORDS IN MY OWN HANDWRITING.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:13 - And even those who advocate circumcision don't keep the whole law themselves. They only want you to be circumcised so they can boast about it and claim you as their disciples.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:22 - God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:8 - God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:21 - Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:14 - Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:18 - Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:19 - They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:19 - singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:13 - Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:3 - Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:5 - for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:7 - So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:24 - But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:27 - Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:3 - Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:12 - Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:17 - But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God,[fn] just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:30 - For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while doing for me what you couldn't do from far away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:9 - and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[fn] For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:19 - They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:6 - Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:14 - Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:10 - Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:21 - This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:23 - But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God's servant to proclaim it.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:24 - I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:5 - For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:7 - Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:11 - When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:13 - You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:22 - Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:16 - Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:2 - Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:16 - After you have read this letter, pass it on to the church at Laodicea so they can read it, too. And you should read the letter I wrote to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:18 - HERE IS MY GREETING IN MY OWN HANDWRITING—PAUL.
Remember my chains.
May God's grace be with you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:1 - This letter is from Paul, Silas,[fn] and Timothy.
We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
May God give you grace and peace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:7 - As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Greece—throughout both Macedonia and Achaia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:8 - And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Achaia, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. We don't need to tell them about it,
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:14 - And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God's churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19 - After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:7 - So we have been greatly encouraged in the midst of our troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] because you have remained strong in your faith.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:9 - How we thank God for you! Because of you we have great joy as we enter God's presence.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:12 - And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:13 - May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with all his holy people. Amen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:10 - Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers[fn] throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:3 - When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman's labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:23 - Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:1 - This letter is from Paul, Silas,[fn] and Timothy.
We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:7 - And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:10 - When he comes on that day, he will receive glory from his holy people—praise from all who believe. And this includes you, for you believed what we told you about him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:8 - Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:12 - Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:17 - HERE IS MY GREETING IN MY OWN HANDWRITING—PAUL. I DO THIS IN ALL MY LETTERS TO PROVE THEY ARE FROM ME.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:10 - The law is for people who are sexually immoral, or who practice homosexuality, or are slave traders,[fn] liars, promise breakers, or who do anything else that contradicts the wholesome teaching
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:13 - Those who do well as deacons will be rewarded with respect from others and will have increased confidence in their faith in Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:13 - Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:16 - Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:3 - Some people may contradict our teaching, but these are the wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. These teachings promote a godly life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:5 - I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:13 - Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:15 - As you know, everyone from the province of Asia has deserted me—even Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:18 - May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ's return. And you know very well how helpful he was in Ephesus.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:1 - Timothy, my dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:8 - These teachers oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They have depraved minds and a counterfeit faith.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:10 - But you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:8 - And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:16 - The first time I was brought before the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:9 - He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:13 - This is true. So reprimand them sternly to make them strong in the faith.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:1 - As for you, Titus, promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:2 - Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:7 - And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:7 - Because of his grace he declared us righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:2 - and to our sister Apphia, and to our fellow soldier Archippus, and to the church that meets in your[fn] house.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:7 - Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God's people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:19 - I, PAUL, WRITE THIS WITH MY OWN HAND: I WILL REPAY IT. AND I WONT MENTION THAT YOU OWE ME YOUR VERY SOUL!
Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:21 - I am confident as I write this letter that you will do what I ask and even more!
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:8 - don't harden your hearts
as Israel did when they rebelled,
when they tested me in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:10 - So I was angry with them, and I said,
‘Their hearts always turn away from me.
They refuse to do what I tell them.'
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11 - So in my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest.'”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:17 - And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn't it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness?
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't share the faith of those who listened to God.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said,
“In my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest,'”[fn] even though this rest has been ready since he made the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:4 - We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:10 - For although Levi wasn't born yet, the seed from which he came was in Abraham's body when Melchizedek collected the tithe from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:9 - This covenant will not be like the one
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
and led them out of the land of Egypt.
They did not remain faithful to my covenant,
so I turned my back on them, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15 - That is why he is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have an altar from which the priests in the Tabernacle[fn] have no right to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 - This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad.
Greetings!
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:10 - And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:7 - People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish,
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:14 - But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don't cover up the truth with boasting and lying.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:22 - You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters.[fn] Love each other deeply with all your heart.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:24 - He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:12 - Dear friends, don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:13 - Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:9 - Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters[fn] all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:5 - In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God's promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:6 - and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness,
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:7 - and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:12 - Therefore, I will always remind you about these things—even though you already know them and are standing firm in the truth you have been taught.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12 - These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15 - They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor,[fn] who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17 - I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends. Be on guard so that you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a Christian brother or sister,[fn] that person is still living in darkness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:28 - And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:18 - Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:16 - We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:17 - And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:9 - Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son.
Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:3 - Some of the traveling teachers[fn] recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living according to the truth.
Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:4 - I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.
Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:6 - They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God.
Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:8 - So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth.
Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:9 - I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 - Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - What sorrow awaits them! For they follow in the footsteps of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they deceive people for money. And like Korah, they perish in their rebellion.
Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:20 - But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:4 - This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia.[fn]
Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit[fn] before his throne;
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:9 - I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God's Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - It was the Lord's Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit.[fn] Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:16 - He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:1 - “Write this letter to the angel[fn] of the church in Ephesus. This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands:
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:16 - Repent of your sin, or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:5 - When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, “Come!” I looked up and saw a black horse, and its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:9 - one-third of all things living in the sea died, and one-third of all the ships on the sea were destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:11 - Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:17 - And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:2 - And in his hand was a small scroll[fn] that had been opened. He stood with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:8 - Then the voice from heaven spoke to me again: “Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:12 - Then a loud voice from heaven called to the two prophets, “Come up here!” And they rose to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:13 - At the same time there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people died in that earthquake, and everyone else was terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon[fn] for a time, times, and half a time.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:16 - But the earth helped her by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that gushed out from the mouth of the dragon.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:17 - And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children—all who keep God's commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:15 - He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:14 - Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man.[fn] He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:2 - So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:3 - Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - The woman wore purple and scarlet clothing and beautiful jewelry made of gold and precious gems and pearls. In her hand she held a gold goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - She glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so match it now with torment and sorrow.
She boasted in her heart,
‘I am queen on my throne.
I am no helpless widow,
and I have no reason to mourn.'
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:18 - They will cry out as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say, “Where is there another city as great as this?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out,
“How terrible, how terrible for that great city!
The shipowners became wealthy
by transporting her great wealth on the seas.
In a single moment it is all gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:23 - The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The happy voices of brides and grooms
will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the greatest in the world,
and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2 - His judgments are true and just.
He has punished the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality.
He has avenged the murder of his servants.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:20 - And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:21 - Their entire army was killed by the sharp sword that came from the mouth of the one riding the white horse. And the vultures all gorged themselves on the dead bodies.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:6 - Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:15 - And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:8 - “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
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