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isv@Matthew:1:11 @ Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

isv@Matthew:1:21 @ She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins.”

isv@Matthew:1:23 @ “See, a virgin will become pregnantand give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,”which means, “God with us.”

isv@Matthew:1:25 @ He did not have marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.

isv@Matthew:2:1 @ After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem

isv@Matthew:2:2 @ and asked, “Where is the one who was born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”

isv@Matthew:2:6 @ ‘O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah. For from you will come a rulerwho will shepherd my people Israel.’”

isv@Matthew:2:7 @ Then Herod secretly called together the wise men and found out from them the time the star had appeared.

isv@Matthew:2:8 @ Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him.”

isv@Matthew:2:9 @ After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

isv@Matthew:2:16 @ When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he flew into a rage and ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

isv@Matthew:2:23 @ and came and settled in a town called Nazareth in order to fulfill what was said by the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

isv@Matthew:3:4 @ John had clothing made of camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

isv@Matthew:3:11 @ I am baptizing you with water as a token of repentance, but the one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

isv@Matthew:3:13 @ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

isv@Matthew:3:14 @ But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?”

isv@Matthew:3:16 @ When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

isv@Matthew:4:2 @ After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he finally became hungry.

isv@Matthew:4:3 @ The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

isv@Matthew:4:9 @ He said to Jesus, “I will give you all of these things if you will bow down and worship me!”

isv@Matthew:4:11 @ Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to him.

isv@Matthew:4:18 @ While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.

isv@Matthew:4:19 @ He said to them,“Follow me, and I will make you fishermen of people!”

isv@Matthew:4:21 @ Going on from there he saw two other brothers—James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them,

isv@Matthew:4:22 @ they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

isv@Matthew:4:24 @ His fame spread throughout Syria, and people brought to him all who were sick—those afflicted with various diseases and pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralyzed—and he healed them.

isv@Matthew:5:1 @ When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a hillside and sat down. His disciples came to him,

isv@Matthew:5:7 @ “How blessed are those who are merciful,for it is they who will receive mercy!

isv@Matthew:5:11 @ “How blessed are you whenever peopleinsult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falselybecause of me!

isv@Matthew:5:12 @ Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! For that's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you.”

isv@Matthew:5:16 @ In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

isv@Matthew:5:17 @ “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I didn't come to destroy them, but to fulfill them.

isv@Matthew:5:19 @ So whoever sets asideone of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

isv@Matthew:5:21 @ “You have heard that it was said to those who lived long ago, ‘You must not murder,’and ‘Whoever murders will be subject to punishment.’

isv@Matthew:5:22 @ But I say to you, anyone who is angry with his brother without a causewill be subject to punishment. And whoever says to his brother ‘Raka!’will be subject to the Council.And whoever says ‘You fool!’ will be subject to hellfire.

isv@Matthew:5:23 @ “So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you,

isv@Matthew:5:24 @ leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

isv@Matthew:5:25 @ Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court,or your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.

isv@Matthew:5:29 @ So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

isv@Matthew:5:30 @ And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.”

isv@Matthew:5:37 @ Instead, let your word be ‘Yes’ for ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ for ‘No.’ Anything more than that comes from the evil one.”

isv@Matthew:5:42 @ Give to the person who asks you for something, and do not turn away from the person who wants to borrow something from you.”

isv@Matthew:5:45 @ so that you will become children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

isv@Matthew:5:46 @ For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

isv@Matthew:5:47 @ And if you greet only your brothers, what great thing are you doing? Even the Gentilesdo the same, don't they?

isv@Matthew:6:7 @ “When you are praying, don't say meaningless words like the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their wordiness.

isv@Matthew:6:9 @ “Therefore, this is how you should pray:‘Our Father in heaven,may your name be kept holy.

isv@Matthew:6:10 @ May your kingdom come.May your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.

isv@Matthew:7:2 @ For with the judgment you use,you will be judged. And with the measure you use,you will be measured.

isv@Matthew:7:4 @ Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when the beam is in your own eye?

isv@Matthew:7:12 @ Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

isv@Matthew:7:15 @ “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheeps’ clothing but inwardly are savage wolves.

isv@Matthew:7:17 @ In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.

isv@Matthew:7:21 @ “Not everyone who keeps saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

isv@Matthew:7:22 @ Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?’

isv@Matthew:7:23 @ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you evildoers!’”

isv@Matthew:7:25 @ The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

isv@Matthew:7:27 @ The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and battered that house, and it collapsed, and its collapse was devastating.”

isv@Matthew:8:1 @ When Jesus came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him.

isv@Matthew:8:2 @ Suddenly a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

isv@Matthew:8:5 @ When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a centurion came up to him and begged him repeatedly,

isv@Matthew:8:6 @ “Sir, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain.”

isv@Matthew:8:7 @ Jesus said to him,“I will come and heal him.”

isv@Matthew:8:8 @ The centurion replied, “Sir, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

isv@Matthew:8:9 @ For I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one ‘Go’ and he goes, to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my servant ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

isv@Matthew:8:11 @ I tell you, many will come from east and west and will feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

isv@Matthew:8:16 @ When evening came, people brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all those who were sick.

isv@Matthew:8:19 @ Now a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

isv@Matthew:8:21 @ Then another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

isv@Matthew:8:22 @ But Jesus told him,“Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

isv@Matthew:8:24 @ Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat began to be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesus kept sleeping.

isv@Matthew:8:27 @ The men were amazed and said, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

isv@Matthew:8:28 @ When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

isv@Matthew:8:29 @ Suddenly they screamed, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before the proper time?”

isv@Matthew:8:30 @ Now a large herd of pigs was grazing some distance away from them.

isv@Matthew:8:32 @ He said to them,“Go,” and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the water.

isv@Matthew:8:33 @ Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they came into the city and reported everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

isv@Matthew:8:34 @ Then the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and as soon as they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

isv@Matthew:9:1 @ After getting into a boat, Jesus crossed to the other side and came to his own city.

isv@Matthew:9:2 @ All at once some people brought him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man,“Be courageous, son! Your sins are forgiven.”

isv@Matthew:9:3 @ Then some of the scribes said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”

isv@Matthew:9:6 @ But I want you to knowthat the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.”Then he said to the paralyzed man,“Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!”

isv@Matthew:9:7 @ So the man got up and went home.

isv@Matthew:9:8 @ When the crowds saw this, they became frightened and glorified God for giving such authority to humans.

isv@Matthew:9:9 @ As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and said to him,“Follow me.” So he got up and followed him.

isv@Matthew:9:10 @ While he was having dinner at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.

isv@Matthew:9:13 @ Go and learn what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’For I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”

isv@Matthew:9:14 @ Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?”

isv@Matthew:9:15 @ Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

isv@Matthew:9:16 @ “No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

isv@Matthew:9:18 @ While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up, fell down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

isv@Matthew:9:20 @ Just then a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.

isv@Matthew:9:23 @ When Jesus came to the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,

isv@Matthew:9:27 @ As Jesus was traveling on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

isv@Matthew:9:28 @ When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him.Jesus asked them,“Do you believe I can do this?”They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”

isv@Matthew:10:2 @ These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

isv@Matthew:10:3 @ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

isv@Matthew:10:8 @ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without payment you have received; without payment you are to give.

isv@Matthew:10:13 @ If the house is receptive,let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive,let your blessing of peace return to you.

isv@Matthew:10:14 @ If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet.

isv@Matthew:10:15 @ Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!”

isv@Matthew:10:18 @ Because of me you will be brought before governors and kings to testify to them and the Gentiles.

isv@Matthew:10:22 @ You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

isv@Matthew:10:23 @ So when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. For truly I tell you, you certainly will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

isv@Matthew:10:25 @ It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same tothose of his household!”

isv@Matthew:10:32 @ “Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

isv@Matthew:10:33 @ But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven.”

isv@Matthew:10:34 @ “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword!

isv@Matthew:10:35 @ For I came to turn‘a man against his father,a daughter against her mother,and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

isv@Matthew:10:36 @ A person's enemies will be members of his own family.’

isv@Matthew:10:37 @ “The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

isv@Matthew:10:38 @ The one who doesn't take up his cross and follow me isn't worthy of me.

isv@Matthew:10:39 @ Theone who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.”

isv@Matthew:10:40 @ “The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.

isv@Matthew:11:2 @ Now when John in prison heard about the activities of Christ, he sent a message by his disciples

isv@Matthew:11:3 @ and asked him, “Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?”

isv@Matthew:11:5 @ the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.

isv@Matthew:11:6 @ How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!”

isv@Matthew:11:10 @ This is the man about whom it is written,‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,who will prepare your way before you.’

isv@Matthew:11:11 @ Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has appeared who is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

isv@Matthew:11:13 @ For the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John,

isv@Matthew:11:14 @ and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

isv@Matthew:11:18 @ For John didn't come eating or drinking, yetpeoplesay, ‘He has a demon!’

isv@Matthew:11:19 @ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’Absolved from every act of sin,is wisdom by her kith and kin.”

isv@Matthew:11:22 @ Indeed I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

isv@Matthew:11:24 @ Indeed I tell you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”

isv@Matthew:11:25 @ At that time Jesus said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.

isv@Matthew:11:27 @ All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one fully knows the Son except the Father, and no one fully knows the Father except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

isv@Matthew:11:28 @ “Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

isv@Matthew:11:29 @ Place my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

isv@Matthew:12:1 @ At that time Jesus walked through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.

isv@Matthew:12:6 @ But I tell you, something greater than the temple is here!

isv@Matthew:12:7 @ If you had known what ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice’means, you would not have condemned the innocent.

isv@Matthew:12:10 @ Suddenly a man with a paralyzed hand appeared. The people asked Jesus if it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

isv@Matthew:12:13 @ Then he said to the man,“Hold out your hand.” He held it out and it became normal, as healthy as the other.

isv@Matthew:12:15 @ When Jesus became aware of this, he left that place. Many crowds followed him, and he healed all of them,

isv@Matthew:12:21 @ And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

isv@Matthew:12:28 @ But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

isv@Matthew:12:29 @ How can someone go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man? Then he can ransack his house.

isv@Matthew:12:30 @ “The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who doesn't gather with me scatters.

isv@Matthew:12:32 @ Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.”

isv@Matthew:12:36 @ I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give an account for every thoughtlessword they utter.

isv@Matthew:12:38 @ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

isv@Matthew:12:41 @ The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look—something greater than Jonah is here!

isv@Matthew:12:42 @ The queen of the south will stand up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look—something greater than Solomon is here!”

isv@Matthew:12:44 @ Then it says, ‘I will go back to my home that I left.’ When it arrives, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order.

isv@Matthew:12:45 @ Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That's just what will happen to this evil generation!”

isv@Matthew:12:47 @ Someone told him, “Look! Your mother and your brothers are standing outside asking to speak to you.”

isv@Matthew:13:4 @ As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

isv@Matthew:13:6 @ Butwhen the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

isv@Matthew:13:7 @ Other seeds fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them.

isv@Matthew:13:8 @ But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

isv@Matthew:13:10 @ Then the disciples came and said to Jesus, “Why do you speak to people in parables?”

isv@Matthew:13:12 @ For to anyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who doesn't have anything, even whathe has will be taken away from him.

isv@Matthew:13:15 @ For this people's heart has become dull,and their ears are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyesso that they might not see with their eyes,and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn,and I would heal them.’

isv@Matthew:13:19 @ When anyone hears the word about the kingdom yet doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

isv@Matthew:13:21 @ but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

isv@Matthew:13:23 @ But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word, understands it, and produces a crop that yields a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”

isv@Matthew:13:25 @ While people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

isv@Matthew:13:26 @ When the crop came up and bore grain, the weeds appeared, too.

isv@Matthew:13:27 @ Theowner's servants came and said to him, ‘Master, you sowed good seed in your field, didn't you? Then where did these weeds come from?’

isv@Matthew:13:30 @ Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn.”’”

isv@Matthew:13:32 @ Although it is the smallestofall seeds, when it is fully grown it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, and the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.”

isv@Matthew:13:33 @ He told them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed withthree measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

isv@Matthew:13:36 @ Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field.”

isv@Matthew:13:45 @ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

isv@Matthew:13:48 @ When it was full, the fishermenhauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.

isv@Matthew:13:54 @ He went to his hometown and began teaching the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were amazed and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miracles?

isv@Matthew:13:55 @ This is the builder's son, isn't it? His mother is named Mary, isn't she? His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, aren't they?

isv@Matthew:13:57 @ And they were offended by him.But Jesus told them,“A prophet is without honor only in his hometown and in his own home.”

isv@Matthew:14:1 @ At that time Herod the tetrarch, hearing about the fame of Jesus,

isv@Matthew:14:8 @ Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me, right here on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.”

isv@Matthew:14:12 @ When John's disciples came, they carried off the body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.

isv@Matthew:14:15 @ Now when evening came, the disciples went to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

isv@Matthew:14:16 @ But Jesus said to them,“They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

isv@Matthew:14:18 @ He said,“Bring them here to me.”

isv@Matthew:14:21 @ Now those who had eaten were about 5,000 men, besides women and children.

isv@Matthew:14:22 @ Jesus immediately had the disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him, while he sent the crowds away.

isv@Matthew:14:23 @ After dismissing the crowds, he went up on a hillside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

isv@Matthew:14:24 @ By this time the boat was in the middle of the sea and was being battered by the waves, for the wind was against them.

isv@Matthew:14:25 @ Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea.

isv@Matthew:14:26 @ When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, “It's a ghost!” And they screamed in terror.

isv@Matthew:14:27 @ Immediately Jesus said to them,“Have courage! It is I. Stop being afraid!”

isv@Matthew:14:28 @ Peter answered him, “Lord, if it's you, order me to come to you on the water.”

isv@Matthew:14:29 @ Jesus said,“Come on!” So Peter got down out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came to Jesus.

isv@Matthew:14:30 @ But when he noticed the strong wind, he was frightened. As he began to sink, he shouted, “Lord, save me!”

isv@Matthew:14:33 @ Then the men in the boat began to worship Jesus, saying, “You certainly are the Son of God!”

isv@Matthew:14:34 @ They crossed over and came ashore at Gennesaret.

isv@Matthew:14:35 @ When the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word throughout that region and brought him all who were sick.

isv@Matthew:14:36 @ They kept begging him to let them touch just the tassel of his garment, and all who touched it were completely healed.

isv@Matthew:15:1 @ Then some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

isv@Matthew:15:3 @ But he answered them,“Why do you also disregard the commandment of God because of your tradition?

isv@Matthew:15:5 @ But you say ‘Whoever tells his father or his mother, “Whatever support you might have received from me has been given to God,”

isv@Matthew:15:8 @ ‘These people honor me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me.

isv@Matthew:15:9 @ Their worship of me is empty,because they teach human rules as doctrines.’”

isv@Matthew:15:11 @ It is not what goes into the mouth that makes a person unclean. It is what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean.”

isv@Matthew:15:12 @ Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you realize that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”

isv@Matthew:15:18 @ But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

isv@Matthew:15:19 @ For it is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

isv@Matthew:15:22 @ Suddenly a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!”

isv@Matthew:15:23 @ But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, “Send her away, for she keeps on screaming after us.”

isv@Matthew:15:25 @ Then she came and fell down before him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

isv@Matthew:15:30 @ Large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to talk, and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he healed them.

isv@Matthew:15:31 @ As a result, the crowd was amazed to see those who were unable to talk speaking, the crippled healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.

isv@Matthew:15:32 @ Then Jesus called his disciples and said,“I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road.”

isv@Matthew:15:38 @ Now those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

isv@Matthew:16:3 @ Red sky in the morning,cloudy and storming.’You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times?

isv@Matthew:16:9 @ Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected,

isv@Matthew:16:13 @ When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,“Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

isv@Matthew:16:14 @ They said, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

isv@Matthew:16:21 @ From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

isv@Matthew:16:22 @ Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!”

isv@Matthew:16:23 @ But Jesus turned around and said to Peter,“Get behind me, Satan! You are an offenseto me, for you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!”

isv@Matthew:16:24 @ Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continually.

isv@Matthew:16:27 @ TheSon of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

isv@Matthew:16:28 @ Truly I tell you, some people standing here will not experiencedeath before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

isv@Matthew:17:1 @ Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

isv@Matthew:17:2 @ His appearance was changed in front of them, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.

isv@Matthew:17:7 @ But Jesus came up to them and touched them, saying,“Get up, and stop being afraid.”

isv@Matthew:17:10 @ So the disciples asked him, “Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

isv@Matthew:17:12 @ But I tell you that Elijah has already come, yet peopledid not recognize him and treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

isv@Matthew:17:14 @ As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, knelt down in front of him,

isv@Matthew:17:15 @ and said, “Sir, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. Often he falls into fire and often into water.

isv@Matthew:17:17 @ Jesus replied,“You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!”

isv@Matthew:17:18 @ Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed that very hour.

isv@Matthew:17:19 @ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn't we drive it out?”

isv@Matthew:17:21 @ Butthis kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.”

isv@Matthew:17:24 @ When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came up to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the temple tax, doesn't he?”

isv@Matthew:17:25 @ He answered, “Yes.”When Peter went home, Jesus spoke to him first, saying,“What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects,or from foreigners?”

isv@Matthew:17:27 @ However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open itsmouth, and you will find a coin.Take it and give it to them for me and you.”

isv@Matthew:18:1 @ At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

isv@Matthew:18:3 @ Then he said,“Truly I tell you, unless you changeand become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

isv@Matthew:18:5 @ and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me.”

isv@Matthew:18:6 @ “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.

isv@Matthew:18:7 @ How terrible it will be for the world because it causes people to sin! Temptations to sin are bound to happen, but how terrible it will be for that person who causes someone to sin!

isv@Matthew:18:11 @ For the Son of Man came to save the lost.”

isv@Matthew:18:14 @ In the same way, it is not the will of yourFather in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.”

isv@Matthew:18:16 @ But if he doesn't listen, take one or two others with you so that ‘every word may be confirmed by the testimonyof two or three witnesses.’

isv@Matthew:18:20 @ For where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them.”

isv@Matthew:18:21 @ Then Peter came up and asked him, “Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? Seven times?”

isv@Matthew:18:22 @ Jesus said to him,“I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

isv@Matthew:18:25 @ Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and all that he had to be sold so that payment could be made.

isv@Matthew:18:26 @ Then the servant fell down and bowed low before him, saying, ‘Be patientwith me, and I will repay you everything!’

isv@Matthew:18:29 @ Then his fellow servant fell down and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me and I will repay you!’

isv@Matthew:18:32 @ Then his master sent for him and said to him, ‘You evil servant! I canceled that entire debt for you because you begged me.

isv@Matthew:18:33 @ Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’

isv@Matthew:19:3 @ Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

isv@Matthew:19:5 @ and said, ‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

isv@Matthew:19:12 @ For some men are celibate from birth,while others are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

isv@Matthew:19:13 @ Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

isv@Matthew:19:14 @ Jesus, however, said,“Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these.”

isv@Matthew:19:16 @ Just then a man came up to Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good deed should I do to have eternal life?”

isv@Matthew:19:17 @ Jesus said to him,“Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good.If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments.”

isv@Matthew:19:21 @ Jesus said to him,“If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the moneyto the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me.”

isv@Matthew:19:22 @ But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

isv@Matthew:19:24 @ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God.”

isv@Matthew:19:28 @ Jesus said to them,“Truly I tell you, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the renewed creation, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, governing the twelve tribes of Israel.

isv@Matthew:19:29 @ In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as muchand will inherit eternal life.

isv@Matthew:20:5 @ So off they went. He went out again about noonand about three o'clockand did the same thing.

isv@Matthew:20:6 @ About five o'clockhe went out andfound some others standing around. He said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day long without work?’

isv@Matthew:20:8 @ “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending withthe first.’

isv@Matthew:20:9 @ Those who were hired at five o'clockcame, and each received a denarius.

isv@Matthew:20:10 @ When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well.

isv@Matthew:20:13 @ But he said to one of them, ‘Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn't you?

isv@Matthew:20:16 @ In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

isv@Matthew:20:20 @ Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

isv@Matthew:20:23 @ He said to them,“You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father.”

isv@Matthew:20:24 @ When the ten heard this, they became furious with the two brothers.

isv@Matthew:20:28 @ That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

isv@Matthew:20:30 @ When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”

isv@Matthew:20:31 @ The crowd sternly told them to be silent, but they shouted even louder, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”

isv@Matthew:20:32 @ Jesus stopped and called them, saying,“What do you want me to do for you?”

isv@Matthew:21:1 @ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

isv@Matthew:21:2 @ said to them,“Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

isv@Matthew:21:9 @ Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comesin the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

isv@Matthew:21:10 @ When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The people were asking, “Who is this?”

isv@Matthew:21:14 @ Blind and lame people came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

isv@Matthew:21:15 @ But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became furious

isv@Matthew:21:18 @ In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, he became hungry.

isv@Matthew:21:19 @ Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“May fruit never come from you again!” And immediately the fig tree dried up.

isv@Matthew:21:23 @ Then Jesus went into the temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

isv@Matthew:21:24 @ Jesus answered them,“I, too, will ask you one question.If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

isv@Matthew:21:25 @ Where did John's authority to baptizecome from? From heaven or from humans?”They began discussing this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’

isv@Matthew:21:30 @ Then the fatherwent to the other sonand told him the same thing. He replied, ‘I will,sir,’ but he didn't go.

isv@Matthew:21:32 @ For John came to you in the way of righteousness, but you didn't believe him. The tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your mindsat last and believe him.”

isv@Matthew:21:33 @ “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

isv@Matthew:21:34 @ When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.

isv@Matthew:21:35 @ But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.

isv@Matthew:21:36 @ Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmerstreated them the same way.

isv@Matthew:21:38 @ But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!’

isv@Matthew:21:40 @ Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?”

isv@Matthew:21:41 @ They said to him, “He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time.”

isv@Matthew:21:42 @ Jesus said to them,“Have you never read in the Scriptures,‘The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing,and it is amazing in our eyes’?

isv@Matthew:22:3 @ He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

isv@Matthew:22:4 @ Sohe sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I've prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!”’

isv@Matthew:22:7 @ Then the king became outraged. He sent his troops, and they destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

isv@Matthew:22:11 @ “When the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

isv@Matthew:22:18 @ But Jesus recognized their wickedness and said,“Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

isv@Matthew:22:19 @ Show me the coin used for the tax.”They brought him a denarius.

isv@Matthew:22:20 @ Then he asked them,“Whose face and name is this?”

isv@Matthew:22:23 @ That same day some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

isv@Matthew:22:26 @ The same thing happened with the second brother, and then the third, and finally with the rest of the brothers.

isv@Matthew:22:34 @ When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they met together in the same place.

isv@Matthew:22:36 @ “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”

isv@Matthew:22:38 @ This is the greatest and most importantcommandment.

isv@Matthew:22:40 @ All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.”

isv@Matthew:23:5 @ “They do all their actions to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteriesand lengthen the tassels of their garments.

isv@Matthew:23:19 @ You blind men!Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?

isv@Matthew:23:23 @ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness.These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

isv@Matthew:23:24 @ You blind guides! You filter out a gnat, yet swallow a camel!

isv@Matthew:23:28 @ In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

isv@Matthew:23:29 @ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

isv@Matthew:23:34 @ “That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

isv@Matthew:23:39 @ For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

isv@Matthew:24:1 @ As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the temple buildings.

isv@Matthew:24:3 @ While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

isv@Matthew:24:5 @ For many will come in my name and say, ‘I am the Christ,’and they will deceive many people.

isv@Matthew:24:6 @ You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you are not alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn't come yet.

isv@Matthew:24:9 @ “Then they will hand you over to sufferingand will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nationsbecause of my name.

isv@Matthew:24:14 @ And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all nations,and then the end will come.”

isv@Matthew:24:15 @ “So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note),

isv@Matthew:24:17 @ The person who is on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house,

isv@Matthew:24:19 @ “How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

isv@Matthew:24:21 @ For at that time there will be great suffering,the kind that has not happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly will never happen again.

isv@Matthew:24:23 @ “At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ!’or ‘There he is!’, don't believe it.

isv@Matthew:24:25 @ Remember, I have told you this beforehand.

isv@Matthew:24:27 @ For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

isv@Matthew:24:29 @ “Immediately after the sufferingof those days,‘The sun will be darkened,the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky,and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.’

isv@Matthew:24:32 @ “Now learn a lessonfrom the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

isv@Matthew:24:33 @ In the same way, when you see all these things, you will know that he is near, right at the door.

isv@Matthew:24:36 @ “No one knows when that day or hour will come—not the angels in heaven, nor the Son,but only the Father.

isv@Matthew:24:37 @ For just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.

isv@Matthew:24:39 @ They were unaware of what was happeninguntil the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

isv@Matthew:24:40 @ At that time two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.

isv@Matthew:24:41 @ Two women will be grinding grain at the mill. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.

isv@Matthew:24:44 @ So you, too, must be ready, because at an hour you are not expecting him the Son of Man will come.”

isv@Matthew:24:45 @ “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the otherstheir food at the right time?

isv@Matthew:24:46 @ How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

isv@Matthew:24:50 @ the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know.

isv@Matthew:25:1 @ “At that time, the kingdom of heaven will be compared to ten bridesmaidswho took their oil lamps and went out to meet the groom.

isv@Matthew:25:5 @ Since the groom was late, all of them became sleepy and lay down.

isv@Matthew:25:6 @ “But at midnight there came a shout: ‘The groom is here! Come out to meet him!’

isv@Matthew:25:8 @ But the foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out!’

isv@Matthew:25:9 @ But the wise ones replied, ‘No! There will never be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’

isv@Matthew:25:17 @ In the same way, the one who had two talents earned two more.

isv@Matthew:25:19 @ “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

isv@Matthew:25:20 @ The one who had received five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I've earned five more talents.’

isv@Matthew:25:21 @ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you have been trustworthy with a small amount, I will put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!’

isv@Matthew:25:22 @ “The one with two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I've earned two more talents.’

isv@Matthew:25:23 @ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you have been trustworthy with a small amount, I will put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!’

isv@Matthew:25:24 @ “Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.

isv@Matthew:25:29 @ For to everyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.

isv@Matthew:25:31 @ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

isv@Matthew:25:34 @ “Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

isv@Matthew:25:35 @ For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.

isv@Matthew:25:36 @ I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’

isv@Matthew:25:37 @ “Then the righteous will say to him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

isv@Matthew:25:38 @ When did we see you as a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

isv@Matthew:25:40 @ The king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, in that you did it for one of the least important of these my brothers, you did it for me.’

isv@Matthew:25:41 @ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

isv@Matthew:25:42 @ For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

isv@Matthew:25:43 @ I was a stranger, and you didn't welcome me. I was naked, and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.’

isv@Matthew:25:45 @ Then he will say to them, ‘Truly I tell you, in that you did not do it for one of the least important of these, you did not do it for me.’

isv@Matthew:25:46 @ These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will gointo eternal life.”

isv@Matthew:26:3 @ Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

isv@Matthew:26:6 @ While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper,

isv@Matthew:26:7 @ a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on his head while he sat at the table.

isv@Matthew:26:8 @ But when the disciples saw this they became irritated and said, “Why this waste?

isv@Matthew:26:9 @ Surely this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute.”

isv@Matthew:26:10 @ But knowing this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

isv@Matthew:26:11 @ For you will always have the destitute with you, but you will not always have me.

isv@Matthew:26:12 @ When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.

isv@Matthew:26:13 @ Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

isv@Matthew:26:15 @ and said, “What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?” They placed before him thirty pieces of silver,

isv@Matthew:26:17 @ On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples went to Jesus and said, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”

isv@Matthew:26:18 @ He said,“Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’”

isv@Matthew:26:19 @ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

isv@Matthew:26:20 @ When evening came, Jesus was sitting at the table with the twelve.

isv@Matthew:26:21 @ While they were eating, he said,“Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

isv@Matthew:26:23 @ He replied,“The man who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

isv@Matthew:26:31 @ Then Jesus said to them,“All of you will turn against me this very night. For it is written,‘I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

isv@Matthew:26:34 @ Jesus said to him,“Truly I tell you, this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

isv@Matthew:26:35 @ Peter told him, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the disciples said the same thing.

isv@Matthew:26:38 @ Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake with me.”

isv@Matthew:26:39 @ Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed,“O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want.”

isv@Matthew:26:40 @ When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He said to Peter,“So, you mencouldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

isv@Matthew:26:41 @ All of youmust stay awake and pray that you won't come into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.”

isv@Matthew:26:42 @ He went away a second time and prayed,“My Father, if this cannot go away unless I drink it, let your will be done.”

isv@Matthew:26:43 @ Again he came back and found them asleep, for their eyes were very heavy.

isv@Matthew:26:44 @ After leaving them again, he went away and prayed again for the third time, saying the same thing.

isv@Matthew:26:45 @ Then he came back to the disciples and said to them,“You might as well keep on sleeping and resting.Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

isv@Matthew:26:46 @ Getup! Let's go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!”

isv@Matthew:26:47 @ Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. A large crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests and elders of the people.

isv@Matthew:26:49 @ So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, “Hello, Rabbi!” and kissed him tenderly.

isv@Matthew:26:50 @ Jesus said to him,“Friend, why are you here?” Then the other men came forward, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

isv@Matthew:26:51 @ Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus reached out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

isv@Matthew:26:53 @ Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

isv@Matthew:26:55 @ At this point Jesus said to the crowds,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit?Day after day I sat teaching in the temple, yet you didn't arrest me.

isv@Matthew:26:59 @ Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

isv@Matthew:26:60 @ But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward

isv@Matthew:26:62 @ At this, the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?”

isv@Matthew:26:65 @ Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Look, you yourselves have just heard the blasphemy!

isv@Matthew:26:67 @ Then they spit in his face and hit him. Some slapped him,

isv@Matthew:26:69 @ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.”

isv@Matthew:26:73 @ After a little while the people who were standing there came up and said to Peter, “Obviously you're also one of them, because your accent gives you away.”

isv@Matthew:26:75 @ Peter remembered the words of Jesus when he said,“Before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went outside and cried bitterly.

isv@Matthew:27:1 @ When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

isv@Matthew:27:10 @ and they gave them for the potter's field,as the Lord commanded me.”

isv@Matthew:27:11 @ Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”Jesus said,“You say so.”

isv@Matthew:27:16 @ At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

isv@Matthew:27:17 @ So when the people had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which man do you want me to release for you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

isv@Matthew:27:19 @ While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message. It said, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I have suffered terribly because of a dream about him.”

isv@Matthew:27:21 @ So the governor said to them, “Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?”They said, “Barabbas!”

isv@Matthew:27:24 @ Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood. You must see to that yourselves.”

isv@Matthew:27:29 @ Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, “Long live the king of the Jews!”

isv@Matthew:27:32 @ As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus’ cross.

isv@Matthew:27:33 @ When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means “Skull Place”),

isv@Matthew:27:38 @ At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

isv@Matthew:27:40 @ and saying, “You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days—save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

isv@Matthew:27:41 @ In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,

isv@Matthew:27:42 @ “He saved others but can't save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

isv@Matthew:27:44 @ Even the bandits who were crucified with him kept insulting him in the same way.

isv@Matthew:27:45 @ Now from noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

isv@Matthew:27:46 @ About three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”, which means,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

isv@Matthew:27:47 @ When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, “He's calling for Elijah.”

isv@Matthew:27:48 @ So one of the men at once ran off, took a sponge, and soaked it in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink.

isv@Matthew:27:49 @ But the others kept saying, “Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come and save him.”

isv@Matthew:27:53 @ After his resurrection, they came out of their tombs and went into the Holy City and appeared to many people.

isv@Matthew:27:55 @ Now many women were also there, watching from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus from Galilee and had ministered to him.

isv@Matthew:27:56 @ Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

isv@Matthew:27:57 @ When evening came, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.

isv@Matthew:27:63 @ and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said while he was still alive,‘After three days I will be raised.’

isv@Matthew:28:2 @ Suddenly there was a powerful earthquake. For an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, stepped forward, rolled the stone away, and was sitting on it.

isv@Matthew:28:4 @ Because they were so afraid of him, the guards shook and became like dead men.

isv@Matthew:28:5 @ But the angel said to the women, “Stop being afraid! For I know you're looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

isv@Matthew:28:6 @ He is not here. He has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

isv@Matthew:28:7 @ Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee, and you will see him there. Remember, I have told you!”

isv@Matthew:28:9 @ Suddenly Jesus met them and said,“Greetings!” They went up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

isv@Matthew:28:10 @ Then Jesus said to them,“Stop being afraid! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and there they will see me.”

isv@Matthew:28:11 @ While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told the high priests all that had happened.

isv@Matthew:28:12 @ So they met with the elders and agreed on a plan to give the soldiers a large amount of money.

isv@Matthew:28:13 @ They said, “Say that his disciples came at night and stole him while you were sleeping.

isv@Matthew:28:17 @ When they saw him, they worshiped him, though some had doubts.

isv@Matthew:28:18 @ Then Jesus came up and said to them,“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

isv@Matthew:28:19 @ Therefore, as you go, disciple all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

isv@Matthew:28:20 @ teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every dayuntil the end of the age.”

isv@Mark:1:2 @ As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,“See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you,who will prepare your way.

isv@Mark:1:6 @ Now John was dressed in camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

isv@Mark:1:7 @ He kept proclaiming, “The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to bend down and untie his sandal straps.

isv@Mark:1:9 @ In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

isv@Mark:1:11 @ Then a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!”

isv@Mark:1:14 @ Now after John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and proclaimed the gospel about the kingdom of God.

isv@Mark:1:15 @ He said,“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is near! Repent, and keep believing in the gospel!”

isv@Mark:1:16 @ While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.

isv@Mark:1:17 @ Jesus said to them,“Follow me, and I will make you fishermen of people!”

isv@Mark:1:18 @ So immediately they left their nets and followed him.

isv@Mark:1:19 @ Going on a little farther he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat repairing their nets.

isv@Mark:1:20 @ He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

isv@Mark:1:23 @ Suddenly there was a man in their synagogue who had an unclean spirit. He screamed,

isv@Mark:1:24 @ “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

isv@Mark:1:25 @ But Jesus rebuked him, saying,“Be quiet, and come out of him!”

isv@Mark:1:26 @ At this, the unclean spirit shook the man, cried out with a loud voice, and came out of him.

isv@Mark:1:28 @ At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.

isv@Mark:1:29 @ After they left the synagogue, they went directly to the house of Simon and Andrew, along with James and John.

isv@Mark:1:32 @ When evening came, after the sun had set, people started bringing to him all those who were sick or possessed by demons.

isv@Mark:1:38 @ He said to them,“Let's go to the neighboring towns so that I can preach there, too. For that is why I came out here.”

isv@Mark:1:40 @ Then a leper came to Jesus and began pleading with him. He fell on his knees and said to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

isv@Mark:2:1 @ Several days later Jesus returned to Capernaum, and it was reported that he was at home.

isv@Mark:2:3 @ when some people came and brought him a paralyzed man being carried by four men.

isv@Mark:2:6 @ Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves,

isv@Mark:2:11 @ “I say to you, get up, pick up your cot, and go home!”

isv@Mark:2:12 @ So the man got up, immediately picked up his cot, and went out before all of them.As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

isv@Mark:2:14 @ As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus said to him,“Follow me!” So Levi got up and followed him.

isv@Mark:2:17 @ When Jesus heard that, he said to them,“Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick ones do. I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”

isv@Mark:2:18 @ Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, “Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?”

isv@Mark:2:20 @ But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.”

isv@Mark:2:21 @ “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch pulls away from it—the new from the old—and a worse tear is made.

isv@Mark:2:26 @ How was it that he went into the House of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”

isv@Mark:3:2 @ The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

isv@Mark:3:3 @ He said to the man with the paralyzed hand,“Come forward.”

isv@Mark:3:6 @ Immediately the Pharisees, along with the Herodians, went out and began to plot against him to kill him.

isv@Mark:3:8 @ Jerusalem, Idumea, from across the Jordan, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they kept hearing about everything he was doing.

isv@Mark:3:13 @ Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to him those whom he wanted and they came to him.

isv@Mark:3:16 @ He appointed these twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);

isv@Mark:3:17 @ James, the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);

isv@Mark:3:18 @ Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus; Simon the Cananaean;

isv@Mark:3:20 @ Then he went home. The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

isv@Mark:3:22 @ The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept repeating, “He has Beelzebul,” and “He drives out demons by the ruler of demons.”

isv@Mark:3:26 @ So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come.

isv@Mark:3:29 @ But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of eternal sin.”

isv@Mark:4:4 @ As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

isv@Mark:4:6 @ But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

isv@Mark:4:7 @ Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them, and they did not produce anything.

isv@Mark:4:8 @ But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced thirty, sixty, or one hundred times what was sown.”

isv@Mark:4:11 @ He said to them,“The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables

isv@Mark:4:15 @ Some people are like the seedsalong the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

isv@Mark:4:17 @ but since they don't have any roots in themselves, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

isv@Mark:4:19 @ but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

isv@Mark:4:20 @ Others are like the seedssown on good soil. They hear the word, accept it, and produce crops—thirty, sixty, or one hundred times what was sown.”

isv@Mark:4:22 @ For nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.

isv@Mark:4:24 @ He went on to say to them,“Pay attention to what you're listening to! With the measure you use,you will be measured, and still more will be given to you.

isv@Mark:4:25 @ For whoever has something, will have more given to him. But whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.”

isv@Mark:4:29 @ But when the grain is ripe, he swings his sickle immediately because the harvest time has come.”

isv@Mark:4:32 @ when it is planted it comes up and becomes larger than all the garden plants. It grows such large branches that the birds in the sky can nest in its shade.”

isv@Mark:4:35 @ That day, when evening had come, he said to them,“Let's cross to the other side.”

isv@Mark:4:37 @ A violent windstorm came up, and the waves began breaking into the boat, so that the boat was rapidly becoming swamped.

isv@Mark:4:41 @ They were overcome with fear and kept saying to one another, “Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”

isv@Mark:5:2 @ Just as Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.

isv@Mark:5:4 @ He had often been restrained with shackles and chains but had snapped the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one could tame him.

isv@Mark:5:7 @ screaming in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I command you in the name of God not to torture me!”

isv@Mark:5:8 @ For Jesus had been saying to him,“Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

isv@Mark:5:9 @ Then Jesus asked him,“What's your name?”He said to him, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us.”

isv@Mark:5:13 @ So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the cliff into the sea and drowned there.

isv@Mark:5:15 @ When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

isv@Mark:5:19 @ But Jesus wouldn't let him. Instead, he told him,“Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you.”

isv@Mark:5:22 @ Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet

isv@Mark:5:23 @ and begged him urgently, saying, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live.”

isv@Mark:5:27 @ Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe.

isv@Mark:5:30 @ Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked,“Who touched my clothes?”

isv@Mark:5:31 @ His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask,‘Who touched me?’”

isv@Mark:5:33 @ So the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.

isv@Mark:5:35 @ While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader's home and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

isv@Mark:5:37 @ Jesus allowed no one to go further with him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

isv@Mark:5:38 @ When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw mass confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.

isv@Mark:5:40 @ They laughed and laughed at him. But he forced all of them outside. Then he took the child's father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the room where the child was.

isv@Mark:5:41 @ He took her by the hand and said to her,“Talitha koum,” which means,“Little girl, I tell you, get up!”

isv@Mark:5:42 @ The little girl got up at once and started to walk, for she was twelve years old. Instantly they were overcome with astonishment.

isv@Mark:5:43 @ But Jesus strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give her something to eat.

isv@Mark:6:1 @ Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

isv@Mark:6:2 @ When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. They said, “Where did this man get all these things? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

isv@Mark:6:3 @ This is the builder, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?” And they were offended by him.

isv@Mark:6:4 @ Jesus was telling them,“A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home.”

isv@Mark:6:10 @ He told them repeatedly,“Whenever you go into a home, stay there until you leave that place.

isv@Mark:6:11 @ If any place will not welcome you and thepeoplerefuse to listen to you, when you leave, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

isv@Mark:6:14 @ King Herod heard about this, because Jesus’ name had become well-known. He was saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why these miracles are at work in him.”

isv@Mark:6:17 @ For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For Herod had married her.

isv@Mark:6:21 @ An opportunity came during Herod's birthday celebration, when he gave a banquet for his top officials, military officers, and the most important people of Galilee.

isv@Mark:6:22 @ When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. So the king told the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you.”

isv@Mark:6:25 @ Immediately the girl hurried back to the king with her request, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

isv@Mark:6:29 @ When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

isv@Mark:6:31 @ He said to them,“Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while.” For so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

isv@Mark:6:35 @ When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and it's already late.

isv@Mark:6:36 @ Send the crowds away so that they can go to the neighboring farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

isv@Mark:6:37 @ But he answered them,“You give them something to eat.”They said to him, “Should we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”

isv@Mark:6:44 @ There were 5,000 men who had eaten the loaves.

isv@Mark:6:45 @ Jesus immediately had his disciples get into a boat and cross to Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent the crowd away.

isv@Mark:6:47 @ When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, while he was alone on the land.

isv@Mark:6:48 @ He saw that they were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,

isv@Mark:6:50 @ All of them saw him and were terrified. Immediately he said to them,“Have courage! It is I. Stop being afraid!”

isv@Mark:6:53 @ When they had crossed over, they came ashore at Gennesaret and anchored the boat.

isv@Mark:6:56 @ Wherever he went, whether into villages, towns, or farms, people would place their sick in the marketplaces and beg him to let them touch even the tassel of his garment, and all who touched it were healed.

isv@Mark:7:1 @ The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.

isv@Mark:7:2 @ They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

isv@Mark:7:6 @ He told them,“Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written,‘These people honor me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me.

isv@Mark:7:7 @ Their worship of me is empty,because they teach human rules as doctrines.’

isv@Mark:7:8 @ You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.”

isv@Mark:7:9 @ Then he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

isv@Mark:7:11 @ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother, “Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,”’(that is, an offering to God)

isv@Mark:7:14 @ Then he called to the crowd again and said to them,“Listen to me, all of you, and understand!

isv@Mark:7:15 @ Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It is what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

isv@Mark:7:17 @ When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.

isv@Mark:7:20 @ He continued,“It is what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

isv@Mark:7:21 @ For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

isv@Mark:7:22 @ adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander,arrogance, and foolishness.

isv@Mark:7:23 @ All these things come from within and make a person unclean.”

isv@Mark:7:25 @ In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

isv@Mark:7:28 @ But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the puppies under the table eat some of the children's crumbs.”

isv@Mark:7:30 @ So she went home and found the child lying in bed, and the demon was gone.

isv@Mark:7:32 @ Some people brought him a deaf man who also had a speech impediment. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

isv@Mark:7:37 @ They were amazed beyond measure, saying, “He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!”

isv@Mark:8:2 @ “I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat.

isv@Mark:8:3 @ If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance.”

isv@Mark:8:9 @ Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way.

isv@Mark:8:10 @ Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.

isv@Mark:8:18 @ Doyou have eyes but fail to see? Do you have ears but fail to hear?Don't you remember?

isv@Mark:8:22 @ As they came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him.

isv@Mark:8:26 @ Then Jesus sent him home, saying,“Don't go into the village or tell anyone in the village.”

isv@Mark:8:28 @ They answered him, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets.”

isv@Mark:8:33 @ But turning and looking at his disciples, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying,“Get behind me, Satan! For you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!”

isv@Mark:8:34 @ Then Jesus called the crowd to himself along with his disciples and said to them,“If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continually.

isv@Mark:8:38 @ If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes with the holy angels in his Father's glory.”

isv@Mark:9:1 @ Then he said to them,“Truly I tell you, some people standing here will not experiencedeath until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

isv@Mark:9:2 @ Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain to be alone with him. His appearance was changed in front of them,

isv@Mark:9:3 @ and his clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them.

isv@Mark:9:7 @ Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!”

isv@Mark:9:10 @ They kept the matter to themselves but argued about what “rising from the dead” meant.

isv@Mark:9:11 @ So they asked him, “Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

isv@Mark:9:12 @ He told them,“Elijah is indeed coming first and will restore all things. Why, then, is it written that the Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be treated shamefully?

isv@Mark:9:13 @ But I tell you that Elijah has come, yet peopletreated him just as they pleased, as it is written about him.”

isv@Mark:9:14 @ As they approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some scribes arguing with them.

isv@Mark:9:15 @ The whole crowd was very surprised to see Jesus and ran to welcome him.

isv@Mark:9:18 @ Whenever it brings on a seizure, it throws him to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. So I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they didn't have the power.”

isv@Mark:9:19 @ Jesus said to them,“You unbelieving generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me!”

isv@Mark:9:20 @ So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell on the ground and kept rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

isv@Mark:9:25 @ When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“You spirit that won't let him talk or hear—I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”

isv@Mark:9:26 @ The spirit screamed, shook the child violently, and came out. The boy was like a corpse, and many said that he was dead.

isv@Mark:9:28 @ When Jesus came home, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn't we drive it out?”

isv@Mark:9:29 @ He told them,“This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting.”

isv@Mark:9:32 @ They didn't understand what this statement meant, and were afraid to ask him.

isv@Mark:9:33 @ Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples,“What were you arguing about on the road?”

isv@Mark:9:37 @ “Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”

isv@Mark:9:38 @ John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us.”

isv@Mark:9:39 @ But Jesus said,“Don't stop him! For no one who works a miracle in my name can slander me soon afterwards.

isv@Mark:9:42 @ “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

isv@Mark:10:2 @ Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

isv@Mark:10:8 @ and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

isv@Mark:10:13 @ Some people were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

isv@Mark:10:14 @ When Jesus saw this, he became furious and told them,“Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away. For the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

isv@Mark:10:18 @ Jesus said to him,“Why do you call me good? Nobody is good except for one—God.

isv@Mark:10:19 @ You know the commandments: ‘Never murder.’‘Never commit adultery.’‘Never steal.’‘Never give false testimony.’‘Never cheat.’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

isv@Mark:10:21 @ Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him,“You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the moneyto the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me.”

isv@Mark:10:22 @ But the man was shocked at this statement and went away sad, because he had many possessions.

isv@Mark:10:25 @ It is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God.”

isv@Mark:10:29 @ Jesus said,“Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

isv@Mark:10:30 @ who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world—homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecutions—as well as eternal life in the age to come.

isv@Mark:10:35 @ James and John, the sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you.”

isv@Mark:10:36 @ He asked them,“What do you want me to do for you?”

isv@Mark:10:40 @ But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others.”

isv@Mark:10:41 @ When the ten heard this, they began to be furious with James and John.

isv@Mark:10:43 @ That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

isv@Mark:10:45 @ Foreven the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

isv@Mark:10:46 @ Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus) was sitting by the road.

isv@Mark:10:47 @ When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

isv@Mark:10:48 @ Many people sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

isv@Mark:10:51 @ Then Jesus asked him,“What do you want me to do for you?”The blind man said to him, “Rabbouni, I want to see again.”

isv@Mark:11:1 @ When they came near Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead

isv@Mark:11:5 @ some men standing there asked them, “What are you doing untying that colt?”

isv@Mark:11:6 @ The disciples told them what Jesus had said, and the men let them go.

isv@Mark:11:9 @ Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, “Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comesin the name of the Lord!

isv@Mark:11:12 @ The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus became hungry.

isv@Mark:11:13 @ Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.

isv@Mark:11:15 @ When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

isv@Mark:11:19 @ When evening came, Jesus and his disciples would leave the city.

isv@Mark:11:21 @ Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has dried up!”

isv@Mark:11:27 @ Then they went into Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking in the temple, the high priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him

isv@Mark:11:29 @ Jesus said to them,“I will ask you one question.Answer me, and then I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

isv@Mark:11:30 @ WasJohn's authority to baptizefrom heaven or from humans? Answer me.”

isv@Mark:12:1 @ Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables.“A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

isv@Mark:12:2 @ At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard.

isv@Mark:12:3 @ But the farmersgrabbed the servant,beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

isv@Mark:12:4 @ Again, the mansent another servant to them. They beat the servantover the head and treated him shamefully.

isv@Mark:12:5 @ Then the mansent another, and that one they killed. So it was with many other servants.Some of these they beat, and others they killed.

isv@Mark:12:7 @ But those farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

isv@Mark:12:9 @ “Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.

isv@Mark:12:10 @ Haven't you ever read this Scripture:‘The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.

isv@Mark:12:13 @ Then they sent some Pharisees and some Herodians to him, intending to trap him in what he said.

isv@Mark:12:14 @ They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, for you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or should we not?”

isv@Mark:12:15 @ But Jesus recognized their hypocrisy and said to them,“Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me see it.”

isv@Mark:12:16 @ So they brought one. Then he asked them,“Whose face and name is this?”They said to him, “Caesar's.”

isv@Mark:12:18 @ Then some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

isv@Mark:12:28 @ Then one of the scribes came near and heard them arguing with one another. He saw how well Jesus answered them, so he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of them all?”

isv@Mark:12:31 @ The second is this: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’No other commandment is greater than these.”

isv@Mark:12:42 @ Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.

isv@Mark:13:3 @ As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives facing the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew were asking him privately,

isv@Mark:13:6 @ Many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he,’ and they will deceive many people.

isv@Mark:13:7 @ But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, stop being alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn't come yet.

isv@Mark:13:9 @ “As for yourselves, be on your guard! Peoplewill hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

isv@Mark:13:10 @ But first, the gospel must be proclaimed to all nations.

isv@Mark:13:11 @ “When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you in that hour, for it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

isv@Mark:13:13 @ You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.”

isv@Mark:13:15 @ The person who is on his housetop must not come down and go into his house to take anything out of it,

isv@Mark:13:17 @ “How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

isv@Mark:13:19 @ For those days will be a time of suffering,a kind that has not happened from the beginning of the creation that God made until now and certainly will never happen again.

isv@Mark:13:21 @ “At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ!’,or, ‘Look! There he is!’, don't believe it.

isv@Mark:13:22 @ For false christs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens to deceive, if possible, the elect.

isv@Mark:13:28 @ “Now learn a lessonfrom the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

isv@Mark:13:29 @ In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that he is near, right at the door.

isv@Mark:13:32 @ “No one knows when that day or hour will come—not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father.

isv@Mark:13:33 @ Be careful! Watch out! For you don't know when the time will come.

isv@Mark:13:34 @ “It's like a man who went on a trip. As he left home, he put his servants in charge, each with his own work, and he ordered the doorkeeper to be alert.

isv@Mark:13:36 @ Otherwise, he may come suddenly and find you asleep.

isv@Mark:14:3 @ While Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper and sitting at the table, a woman arrived with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made from pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

isv@Mark:14:4 @ Some who were there said to one another in irritation, “Why was the perfume wasted like this?

isv@Mark:14:5 @ This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute.” So they got extremely angry with her.

isv@Mark:14:6 @ But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

isv@Mark:14:7 @ For you will always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you will not always have me.

isv@Mark:14:8 @ She has done what she could. She poured perfume on my body in preparation for my burial.

isv@Mark:14:9 @ TrulyI tell you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

isv@Mark: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 and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”

isv@Mark:14:13 @ He sent two of his disciples and told them,“Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him.

isv@Mark:14:14 @ When he goes into a house,say to its owner that the Teacher asks, ‘Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’

isv@Mark:14:16 @ So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

isv@Mark:14:17 @ When evening came, Jesus arrived with the twelve.

isv@Mark:14:18 @ While they were at the table eating, Jesus said,“Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me.”

isv@Mark:14:20 @ He said to them,“It's one of you twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.

isv@Mark:14:22 @ While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to them, saying,“Take some. This is my body.”

isv@Mark:14:27 @ Then Jesus said to them,“All of you will turn against me. For it is written,‘I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered.’

isv@Mark:14:30 @ Jesus said to him,“Truly I tell you, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

isv@Mark:14:31 @ But Peter kept saying emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the others kept saying the same thing.

isv@Mark:14:32 @ Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples,“Sit down here while I pray.”

isv@Mark:14:33 @ He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be distressed and troubled.

isv@Mark:14:36 @ He kept repeating,“Abba!Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want.”

isv@Mark:14:38 @ All of youmust stay awake and pray that you won't come into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.”

isv@Mark:14:39 @ He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before.

isv@Mark:14:40 @ Again he came back and found them asleep, for their eyes were very heavy. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

isv@Mark:14:41 @ He came back a third time and said to them,“You might as well keep on sleeping and resting.Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

isv@Mark:14:42 @ Get up! Let's go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!”

isv@Mark:14:43 @ Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. A crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests, the scribes, and the elders.

isv@Mark:14:45 @ So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, “Rabbi,”, and kissed him tenderly.

isv@Mark:14:46 @ Then the men took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

isv@Mark:14:48 @ Jesus said to them,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit?

isv@Mark:14:49 @ Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, yet you didn't arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

isv@Mark:14:55 @ Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.

isv@Mark:14:57 @ Then some men stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying,

isv@Mark:14:60 @ Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?”

isv@Mark:14:65 @ Some of them began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and kept hitting him with their fists and telling him, “Prophesy!” Even the servants took him and slapped him around.

isv@Mark:14:66 @ While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.

isv@Mark:14:72 @ Just then a rooster crowed a second time.Peter remembered that Jesus said to him,“Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” Then he broke down and cried.

isv@Mark:15:1 @ As soon as it was morning, the high priests convened a meeting with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. They bound Jesus with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

isv@Mark:15:7 @ Now there was a man in prison named Barabbas. He was with the insurgents who had committed murder during the rebellion.

isv@Mark:15:8 @ So the crowd came and began to request that he do for them what he always did.

isv@Mark:15:9 @ Pilate answered them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?”

isv@Mark:15:17 @ They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, and placed it on his head.

isv@Mark:15:22 @ They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.

isv@Mark:15:30 @ save yourself and come down from the cross!”

isv@Mark:15:31 @ In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, “He saved others but can't save himself!

isv@Mark:15:32 @ Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see it and believe.” Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

isv@Mark:15:33 @ At twelve noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

isv@Mark:15:34 @ At three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,“Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?”, which means,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

isv@Mark:15:35 @ When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, “Listen! He's calling for Elijah!”

isv@Mark:15:36 @ So someone ran and soaked a sponge in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink, saying, “Wait! Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down!”

isv@Mark:15:40 @ Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome.

isv@Mark:15:41 @ They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.

isv@Mark:15:43 @ Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

isv@Mark:15:46 @ Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, and wrapped it in the cloth. Then he laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

isv@Mark:16:1 @ When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Jesus.

isv@Mark:16:2 @ Very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had just come up, they were going to the tomb.

isv@Mark:16:8 @ So they left the tomb and ran away, for shock and astonishment had overwhelmed them. They didn't say a thing to anyone, because they were afraid.

isv@Mark:16:17 @ “These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

isv@Mark:16:20 @ The disciples went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.

isv@Luke:1:5 @ In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

isv@Luke:1:6 @ Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, and they lived blamelessly according to all of the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

isv@Luke:1:10 @ And the entire congregation of people was praying outside at the time when the incense was burned.

isv@Luke:1:12 @ When Zechariah saw him, he was shaken, and fear overwhelmed him.

isv@Luke:1:13 @ But the angel said to him, “Stop being afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

isv@Luke:1:20 @ But because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at the proper time, you will become silent and unable to speak until the day this happens.”

isv@Luke:1:21 @ Meanwhile, the people kept waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed in the sanctuary so long.

isv@Luke:1:22 @ But when he did come out, he was unable to speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept motioning to them but remained unable to speak.

isv@Luke:1:23 @ When the days of his service were over, he went home.

isv@Luke:1:24 @ After this, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and remained in seclusion for five months. She said,

isv@Luke:1:25 @ “This is what the Lord did for me when he looked favorably on me and took away my public disgrace.”

isv@Luke:1:27 @ to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

isv@Luke:1:28 @ The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you!”

isv@Luke:1:29 @ She was startled by his statement and tried to figure out what his greeting meant.

isv@Luke:1:31 @ Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

isv@Luke:1:35 @ The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will cover you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

isv@Luke:1:38 @ Then Mary said, “Truly I am the Lord's servant. Let everything you have said happen to me.” Then the angel left her.

isv@Luke:1:39 @ At this time Mary set out hurriedly for a Judean city in the hill country.

isv@Luke:1:40 @ She went into Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth.

isv@Luke:1:42 @ and exclaimed with a loud cry, “How blessed are you among women, and how blessed is the fruit of your womb!

isv@Luke:1:43 @ Why should this happen to me, to have the mother of my Lord visit me!

isv@Luke:1:48 @ for he has looked favorably on his humble servant. From now on, all generations will call me blessed,

isv@Luke:1:49 @ because the Almighty has done great things for me.His name is holy.

isv@Luke:1:50 @ His mercy lasts from generation to generationfor those who fear him.

isv@Luke:1:54 @ He helped his servant Israel,remembering to be merciful,

isv@Luke:1:56 @ Now Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back home.

isv@Luke:1:57 @ When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

isv@Luke:1:58 @ Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

isv@Luke:1:59 @ On the eighth day they went to circumcise the child. They were going to name him Zechariah after his father,

isv@Luke:1:60 @ but his mother said, “Absolutely not! He must be named John.”

isv@Luke:1:61 @ Their friends said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

isv@Luke:1:62 @ So they motioned to the baby's father to see what he wanted to name him.

isv@Luke:1:63 @ He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And everyone was amazed.

isv@Luke:1:65 @ Fear came over all their neighbors, and throughout the hill country of Judea all these things were being discussed.

isv@Luke:1:66 @ All who heard about it debated in their minds what had happened and said, “What will this child become?” For it was obvious that the hand of the Lord was with him.

isv@Luke:1:72 @ He has shown mercy to our ancestorsand remembered his holy covenant,

isv@Luke:1:78 @ Because of the tender mercy of our God,the dawn from on high has broken upon us,

isv@Luke:1:80 @ Now the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit. He lived in the wilderness until the day he appeared in Israel.

isv@Luke:2:3 @ So all the people went to their hometowns to be registered.

isv@Luke:2:6 @ While they were there, the time came for her to have her baby,

isv@Luke:2:21 @ After eight days had passed, the child was circumcised and named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

isv@Luke:2:22 @ When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

isv@Luke:2:25 @ Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.

isv@Luke:2:28 @ Simeon took the child in his arms and praised God, saying,

isv@Luke:2:34 @ Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall or rise. He will be a sign that will be disputed,

isv@Luke:2:37 @ and then as a widow for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, but continued to worship there night and day with times of fasting and prayer.

isv@Luke:2:38 @ Just then she came forward and began to thank God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

isv@Luke:2:39 @ After doing everything required by the law of the Lord, Joseph and Mary returned to their hometown of Nazareth in Galilee.

isv@Luke:2:40 @ Meanwhile, the child continued to grow and to become strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God's favor was with him.

isv@Luke:2:43 @ When the days of the festival were over, they left for home. The young man Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.

isv@Luke:2:49 @ He said to them,“Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I had to be in my Father's house?”

isv@Luke:2:52 @ Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing in wisdom and maturity, and in favor with God and his fellow man.

isv@Luke:3:2 @ and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

isv@Luke:3:11 @ He answered them, “The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same.”

isv@Luke:3:12 @ Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

isv@Luke:3:14 @ Even some soldiers were asking him, “And what should we do?”He told them, “Never extort money from anyone by threats or blackmail, and be satisfied with your pay.”

isv@Luke:3:22 @ and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!”

isv@Luke:3:24 @ the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

isv@Luke:3:26 @ the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

isv@Luke:3:28 @ the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

isv@Luke:3:30 @ the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

isv@Luke:3:31 @ the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Matattha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

isv@Luke:3:36 @ the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

isv@Luke:3:37 @ the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

isv@Luke:4:3 @ The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”

isv@Luke:4:6 @ He said to Jesus, “I will give you all this authority and the glory of these kingdoms. For it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please.

isv@Luke:4:7 @ So if you will worship me, all this will be yours.”

isv@Luke:4:13 @ After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, he left him until another time.

isv@Luke:4:14 @ Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit. Meanwhile, the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.

isv@Luke:4:16 @ Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. As was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read,

isv@Luke:4:18 @ “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to tellthe good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisonersand recovery of sight to the blind,to set oppressed people free,

isv@Luke:4:23 @ So he said to them,“You will probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, heal yourself! Do all the things here in your hometown that we hear you did in Capernaum.’”

isv@Luke:4:24 @ He added,“Truly I tell you, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown.

isv@Luke:4:25 @ In truth I tell you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the heaven was closed for three years and six months and there was a severe famine everywhere in the land.

isv@Luke:4:27 @ There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

isv@Luke:4:28 @ All the people in the synagogue became furious when they heard this.

isv@Luke:4:32 @ They were utterly amazed at his teaching, because his message was spoken with authority.

isv@Luke:4:33 @ In the synagogue was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. He screamed with a loud voice,

isv@Luke:4:34 @ “Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

isv@Luke:4:35 @ But Jesus rebuked him, saying,“Be quiet, and come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out of him without hurting him.

isv@Luke:4:36 @ Amazement came on all of them, and they kept saying to one another, “What kind of statement is this? For with authority and power he tells the unclean spirits what to do, and they come out!”

isv@Luke:4:41 @ Even demons came out of many people, screaming, “You are the Son of God!” But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.

isv@Luke:4:42 @ At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

isv@Luke:5:2 @ He saw two boats lying on the shore, but the fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets.

isv@Luke:5:6 @ After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.

isv@Luke:5:7 @ So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats until the boats began to sink.

isv@Luke:5:8 @ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees and said, “Leave me, Lord! I am a sinful man!”

isv@Luke:5:10 @ and so were James and John, Zebedee's sons and Simon's partners.Then Jesus said to Simon,“Stop being afraid. From now on you will be catching people.”

isv@Luke:5:12 @ One day while Jesus was in one of the cities, a man covered with leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face, begging him, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

isv@Luke:5:17 @ One day as Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the law happened to be sitting near by. The people had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present to heal them.

isv@Luke:5:18 @ Some men were bringing a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to take him into the house and place him in front of Jesus.

isv@Luke:5:24 @ ButI want you to knowthat the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.”Then he said to the paralyzed man,“I say to you: Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!”

isv@Luke:5:25 @ So the man immediately stood up in front of them and picked up what he had been lying on. Then he went home, praising God.

isv@Luke:5:26 @ Amazement seized all the people, and they began to praise God. They were filled with fear and declared, “We have seen wonderful things today!”

isv@Luke:5:27 @ After that, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax collector's desk. He said to him,“Follow me!”

isv@Luke:5:29 @ Then Levi gave a large banquet at his home for Jesus. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

isv@Luke:5:32 @ I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance.”

isv@Luke:5:35 @ But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and in those days they will fast.”

isv@Luke:5:36 @ Then he told them a parable:“No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, the new will tear, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

isv@Luke:6:1 @ Once, on the second Sabbath after the first, Jesus was walking through some grainfields. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

isv@Luke:6:2 @ Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

isv@Luke:6:3 @ Jesus answered them,“Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions became hungry?

isv@Luke:6:4 @ How was it that he went into the house of God and took and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”

isv@Luke:6:7 @ The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong.

isv@Luke:6:13 @ When daylight came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also called apostles:

isv@Luke:6:14 @ Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholemew,

isv@Luke:6:15 @ Matthew, Thomas, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the Zealot),

isv@Luke:6:16 @ Judas (the son of James), and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor).

isv@Luke:6:17 @ Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place, along with a huge crowd of his disciples and a large gathering of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

isv@Luke:6:18 @ They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Even those who were being tormented by unclean spirits were being healed.

isv@Luke:6:29 @ If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one as well, and if someone takes your coat, don't keep back your shirt, either.

isv@Luke:6:30 @ Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back.

isv@Luke:6:31 @ Whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them.

isv@Luke:6:34 @ If you lend to those from whom you expect to get something back, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back what they lend.

isv@Luke:6:36 @ Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

isv@Luke:6:38 @ Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use,you will be measured.”

isv@Luke:6:42 @ How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you don't see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you'll see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye.”

isv@Luke:6:46 @ “Why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but don't do what I tell you?

isv@Luke:6:47 @ I will show you what everyone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.

isv@Luke:6:48 @ He is like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.

isv@Luke:6:49 @ But the person who hears what I saybut doesn't act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that housequickly collapsed, and the ruin of that house was devastating.”

isv@Luke:7:3 @ When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and save his servant's life.

isv@Luke:7:6 @ So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, “Sir, stop troubling yourself. For I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

isv@Luke:7:7 @ That's why I didn't presume to come to you. But just say the word, and let my servant be healed.

isv@Luke:7:8 @ For I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one ‘Go’ and he goes, to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my servant ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

isv@Luke:7:10 @ Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant in perfect health.

isv@Luke:7:14 @ Then he went up and touched the open coffin, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”

isv@Luke:7:19 @ and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?”

isv@Luke:7:20 @ When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?’”

isv@Luke:7:21 @ At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits and had given sight to many who were blind.

isv@Luke:7:22 @ So he answered them,“Go and tell John what you have observed and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear again, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.

isv@Luke:7:23 @ How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!”

isv@Luke:7:24 @ When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John.“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

isv@Luke:7:27 @ Thisis the man about whom it is written,‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,who will prepare your way before you.’

isv@Luke:7:28 @ I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.”

isv@Luke:7:33 @ For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, ‘He has a demon!’

isv@Luke:7:34 @ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

isv@Luke:7:36 @ Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So he went to the Pharisee's home and took his place at the table.

isv@Luke:7:37 @ There was a woman who was a notorious sinner in that city. When she learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's home, she took an alabaster jar of perfume

isv@Luke:7:38 @ and knelt at his feet behind him. She was crying and began to wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet over and over again, anointing them constantly with the perfume.

isv@Luke:7:40 @ Jesus said to him,“Simon, I have something to say to you.”“Teacher,” he replied, “say it.”

isv@Luke:7:41 @ “Two men were in debt to a moneylender. One owed him 500 denarii,and the other fifty.

isv@Luke:7:44 @ Then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

isv@Luke:7:45 @ You didn't give me a kiss,but this woman, from the moment I came in, has not stopped kissing my feet.

isv@Luke:7:46 @ Youdidn't anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume.

isv@Luke:8:2 @ as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses: Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

isv@Luke:8:3 @ Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others. These women continued to support them out of their personal resources.

isv@Luke:8:5 @ “A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate them up.

isv@Luke:8:6 @ Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.

isv@Luke:8:8 @ But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced a hundred times as much as was planted.” As he said this, he called out,“Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!”

isv@Luke:8:9 @ Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

isv@Luke:8:11 @ “Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.

isv@Luke:8:12 @ The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

isv@Luke:8:13 @ The ones on the stony ground are the people who welcome the word with joy when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

isv@Luke:8:16 @ “No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in will see the light.

isv@Luke:8:17 @ For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing secret that will not become known and come to light.

isv@Luke:8:18 @ So pay attention to how you listen. For to the one who has something, more will be given. However, from the one who doesn't have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

isv@Luke:8:19 @ His mother and his brothers came to him, but they couldn't get near him because of the crowd.

isv@Luke:8:27 @ When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a certain man from the city met him. This man was controlled by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house but in the tombs.

isv@Luke:8:28 @ When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and said in a loud voice, “What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!”

isv@Luke:8:29 @ For Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

isv@Luke:8:30 @ Jesus asked him,“What's your name?”He answered, “Legion,” because many demons had gone into him.

isv@Luke:8:33 @ Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.

isv@Luke:8:35 @ So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

isv@Luke:8:39 @ “Go home and declare how much God has done for you.”So the man left and kept proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

isv@Luke:8:40 @ When Jesus came back, the crowd welcomed him, for everyone was expecting him.

isv@Luke:8:41 @ Just then a synagogue leader by the name of Jairus arrived. He fell at Jesus’ feet and kept begging him to come to his home,

isv@Luke:8:44 @ She came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his garment, and her bleeding stopped at once.

isv@Luke:8:45 @ Jesus asked,“Who touched me?”While everyone was denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing in on you.”

isv@Luke:8:46 @ Still Jesus said,“Somebody touched me, for I know that power has gone out of me.”

isv@Luke:8:47 @ When the woman saw that she couldn't hide, she came forward trembling. Bowing down in front of him, she explained in the presence of all the people why she had touched Jesus and how she had been instantly healed.

isv@Luke:8:49 @ While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader's home and said, “Your daughter is dead. Stop bothering the teacher anymore.”

isv@Luke:8:51 @ When he arrived at the house, he allowed no one to go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the child's father and mother.

isv@Luke:8:55 @ So her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then he directed that she be given something to eat.

isv@Luke:9:4 @ When you go into a home, stay there and leave from there.

isv@Luke:9:5 @ If people don't welcome you, when you leave that city, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

isv@Luke:9:7 @ Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening. He was puzzled because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

isv@Luke:9:8 @ by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

isv@Luke:9:10 @ The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them away with him privately to a city called Bethsaida.

isv@Luke:9:11 @ But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

isv@Luke:9:12 @ As the day was drawing to a close, the twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, for we are here in a deserted place.”

isv@Luke:9:13 @ But he said to them,“You give them something to eat.”They replied, “We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

isv@Luke:9:14 @ Now there were about 5,000 men. So he said to his disciples,“Have them sit down in groups of about fifty.”

isv@Luke:9:19 @ They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life.”

isv@Luke:9:23 @ Then he said to all of them,“If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continually.

isv@Luke:9:26 @ If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and the glory ofthe Father and the holy angels.

isv@Luke:9:27 @ Truly I tell you, some people who are standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God.”

isv@Luke:9:28 @ Now about eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John, and James with him and went up on a mountain to pray.

isv@Luke:9:30 @ Suddenly, two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.

isv@Luke:9:31 @ They appeared in glory and were discussing Jesus’ departure which he was about to bring to fulfillment in Jerusalem.

isv@Luke:9:32 @ Now Peter and the men with him had been overcome by sleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him.

isv@Luke:9:35 @ Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen. Keep listening to him!”

isv@Luke:9:36 @ After the voice had spoken, Jesus was alone. The disciples kept silent and at that time told no one about what they had seen.

isv@Luke:9:37 @ The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.

isv@Luke:9:45 @ But they didn't know what this meant. Indeed, the meaning was hidden from them so that they didn't understand it; and they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

isv@Luke:9:46 @ Now an argument started among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

isv@Luke:9:48 @ Then he said to them,“Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest.”

isv@Luke:9:49 @ John said, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us.”

isv@Luke:9:52 @ So he sent messengers on ahead of him. On their way they went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

isv@Luke:9:53 @ But the people didn't welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

isv@Luke:9:54 @ When his disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them, as Elijah did?

isv@Luke:9:59 @ He told another man,“Follow me.”But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

isv@Luke:9:61 @ Still another man said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at home.”

isv@Luke:10:6 @ If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting of peace will remain with him. But if that's not the case, your greetingwill come back to you.

isv@Luke:10:7 @ Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

isv@Luke:10:8 @ “Whenever you go into a town and the peoplewelcome you, eat whatever they serve you,

isv@Luke:10:10 @ But whenever you go into a town and peopledon't welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

isv@Luke:10:14 @ It will be easier for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you! 15And you, Capernaum! You won't be lifted up to heaven, will you? You'll go down to Hades!

isv@Luke:10:16 @ The person who listens to you listens to me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

isv@Luke:10:17 @ The seventy came back and joyously reported, “Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!”

isv@Luke:10:20 @ However, stop rejoicing because the spirits are submitting to you. Rather, rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

isv@Luke:10:21 @ In that hour Jesus was extremely joyful in the Holy Spirit and said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this is what was pleasing to you.

isv@Luke:10:22 @ All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knowswho the Father is except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

isv@Luke:10:32 @ Similarly, a Levite came to that place. When he saw the man,he also went by on the other side.

isv@Luke:10:33 @ But as he was traveling along, a Samaritan came across the man.When the Samaritansaw him, he was moved with compassion.

isv@Luke:10:35 @ The next day he took out two denariiand gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take good care of him. If you spend more than that, I'll repay you when I come back.’

isv@Luke:10:36 @ “Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits?”

isv@Luke:10:37 @ He said, “The one who showed mercy to him.”Jesus told him,“Go and do what he did.”

isv@Luke:10:38 @ Now as they were traveling along, Jesus went into a village. A woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

isv@Luke:10:39 @ She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.

isv@Luke:10:40 @ But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, “Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me.”

isv@Luke:11:2 @ So he told them,“Whenever you pray you are to say,‘Father,may your name be kept holy.May your kingdom come.

isv@Luke:11:5 @ Then he said to them,“Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

isv@Luke:11:6 @ A friend of mine on a trip has dropped in on me, and I don't have anything to serve him.’

isv@Luke:11:7 @ Suppose he answers from inside, ‘Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything!’

isv@Luke:11:15 @ But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

isv@Luke:11:20 @ But if I drive out demons by the fingerof God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

isv@Luke:11:21 @ “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own mansion, his property is safe.

isv@Luke:11:23 @ The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who doesn't gather with me scatters.”

isv@Luke:11:24 @ “Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest but doesn't find any. So it says, ‘I will go back to my home that I left.’

isv@Luke:11:30 @ For just as Jonah became a signto the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

isv@Luke:11:31 @ The queen of the south will stand up at the judgment with the people of this generation and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look, something greater than Solomon is here!

isv@Luke:11:32 @ The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look, something greater than Jonah is here!”

isv@Luke:11:33 @ “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hiding placeor under a basket,but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.

isv@Luke:11:37 @ After Jesus had said this, a Pharisee invited him to have a meal with him. So Jesus went and took his place at the table.

isv@Luke:11:38 @ The Pharisee was surprised to see that he didn't first wash before the meal.

isv@Luke:11:47 @ How terrible it will be for you! For you build monuments for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them!

isv@Luke:11:48 @ Soyou are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed those for whom you are building monuments.

isv@Luke:11:49 @ Thatis why the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles. They will kill some of them and persecute others,’

isv@Luke:11:54 @ watching him closely in an effort to trap him in something he might say.

isv@Luke:12:1 @ Meanwhile, the people had gathered by the thousands and were trampling on one another. Jesus began to speak first to his disciples.“Watch out for the yeast—that is, the hypocrisy—of the Pharisees!

isv@Luke:12:8 @ “But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.

isv@Luke:12:9 @ But whoever denies me before people will be denied before God's angels.

isv@Luke:12:10 @ Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

isv@Luke:12:13 @ Then someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”

isv@Luke:12:14 @ But Jesus said to him,“Mister,who appointed me to be a judge or arbitrator over you people?”

isv@Luke:12:36 @ Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him.

isv@Luke:12:37 @ How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! Truly I tell you, he will put an apron on, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them.

isv@Luke:12:38 @ How blessed they will be if he comes in the middle of the night or near dawnand finds them awake!

isv@Luke:12:39 @ But be sure of this: if the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched andwould not have let his house be broken into.

isv@Luke:12:42 @ The Lord said,“Who, then, is the faithful and careful manager whom his master will put in charge of giving all his other servants their share of food at the right time?

isv@Luke:12:43 @ How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

isv@Luke:12:45 @ “But if that servant says to himself,‘My master is taking a long time to come back,’ and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

isv@Luke:12:46 @ the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. Then his masterwill punish him severelyand assign him a place with unfaithful people.

isv@Luke:12:49 @ “I have come to bring fire on earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

isv@Luke:12:51 @ “Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division!

isv@Luke:12:54 @ Then Jesus said to the crowds,“When you see a cloud coming in the west, you immediately say, ‘There's going to be a storm,’ and that's what happens.

isv@Luke:12:56 @ You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, yet you don't know how to interpret the present time?”

isv@Luke:13:1 @ At that time, some people who were there told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

isv@Luke:13:13 @ Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

isv@Luke:13:14 @ But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, “There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

isv@Luke:13:15 @ The Lord replied to him,“You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey and lead it out of the stall to give it some water?

isv@Luke:13:17 @ Even as he was saying this, all of his opponents were blushing with shame. But the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.

isv@Luke:13:19 @ It is like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds in the sky nest in its branches.”

isv@Luke:13:21 @ It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed withthree measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

isv@Luke:13:23 @ Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”He said to them,

isv@Luke:13:25 @ After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can standoutside, knock on the door, and say again and again, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don't know where you come from.’

isv@Luke:13:27 @ But he will tell you, ‘I don't know where you come from. Get away from me, all you evildoers!’

isv@Luke:13:29 @ People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

isv@Luke:13:30 @ You see, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

isv@Luke:13:31 @ At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus, “Leave and get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!”

isv@Luke:13:35 @ Look! Your house is left to you deserted. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

isv@Luke:14:1 @ One Sabbath, Jesus went to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal. The guests were watching Jesus closely.

isv@Luke:14:5 @ Then he asked them,“If your sonor ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you would pull him out immediately, wouldn't you?”

isv@Luke:14:8 @ “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit down at the place of honor in case someone more important than you was invited by him.

isv@Luke:14:9 @ Then the host who invited both of you would come to you and say, ‘Give this person your place.’ In disgrace, you would have to take the place of least honor.

isv@Luke:14:10 @ But when you are invited, go and sit down at the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher,’ and you will be honored in the presence of all who eat with you.

isv@Luke:14:13 @ Instead, when you give a banquet, make it your habit to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

isv@Luke:14:17 @ When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, ‘Come! Everything is now ready.’

isv@Luke:14:18 @ Every single one of them began asking to be excused. The first said to him, ‘I bought a field, and I need to go out and inspect it. Please excuse me.’

isv@Luke:14:19 @ Another said, ‘I bought five pairs of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

isv@Luke:14:20 @ Still another said, ‘I recently got married, and that's why I can't come.’

isv@Luke:14:21 @ “So the servant went back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

isv@Luke:14:23 @ Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the streets and the lanes and make the people come in, so that my house may be full.

isv@Luke:14:24 @ For I tell all of you,none of those men who were invited will taste anything at my banquet.’”

isv@Luke:14:26 @ “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.

isv@Luke:14:27 @ Whoeverdoesn't carry his cross and follow me can't be my disciple.

isv@Luke:14:31 @ “Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can oppose the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

isv@Luke:14:33 @ In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.”

isv@Luke:15:2 @ But the Pharisees and the scribes kept complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

isv@Luke:15:6 @ Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’

isv@Luke:15:7 @ In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.”

isv@Luke:15:9 @ When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I lost!’

isv@Luke:15:10 @ In the same way, I tell you that there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents.”

isv@Luke:15:12 @ The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So the fatherdivided his property between them.

isv@Luke:15:17 @ “Then he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!

isv@Luke:15:19 @ I don't deserve to be called your son anymore. Treat me like one of your hired men.”’

isv@Luke:15:24 @ For my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

isv@Luke:15:27 @ The servanttold him, ‘Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.’

isv@Luke:15:28 @ “Then the older sonbecame angry and wouldn't go into the house.So his father came out and began to plead with him.

isv@Luke:15:29 @ But he answered his father, “Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.

isv@Luke:15:30 @ But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

isv@Luke:15:31 @ “His fathersaid to him, ‘My child, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

isv@Luke:15:32 @ But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.’”

isv@Luke:16:2 @ So he called for him and asked him, ‘What's this I hear about you? Give me a report about your management, because you can't be my manager any longer.’

isv@Luke:16:3 @ “Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do? My master is taking my position away from me. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg. 4I know what I'll do so that peoplewill welcome me into their homes when I'm dismissed from my job.’

isv@Luke:16:9 @ “I'm telling you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous riches,so that when they're gone you'll be welcomedinto eternal homes.

isv@Luke:16:16 @ “The law and the Prophets were prophesyinguntil the time ofJohn. Since then, the good news about the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is trying to enter it by force.

isv@Luke:16:20 @ A beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was brought to his gate.

isv@Luke:16:21 @ He was always craving to satisfy his hunger with what fellfrom the rich man's table. In fact, even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.

isv@Luke:16:24 @ So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.’

isv@Luke:16:25 @ But Abraham said, ‘My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings,while Lazarus received hardships.But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.

isv@Luke:16:30 @ But the rich manreplied, ‘No, father Abraham! Yet if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.’

isv@Luke:16:31 @ Then Abrahamsaid to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even if someone rises from the dead.’”

isv@Luke:17:1 @ Jesus said to his disciples,“It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person through whom they come!

isv@Luke:17:4 @ Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

isv@Luke:17:7 @ “Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and have something to eat’?

isv@Luke:17:8 @ Of course not. Instead, he would say to him, ‘Get dinner ready for me, and put on your apron and wait on me until I eat and drink. Then you can eat and drink.’

isv@Luke:17:12 @ As he was going into a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance

isv@Luke:17:13 @ and shouted, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

isv@Luke:17:15 @ But one of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.

isv@Luke:17:17 @ Jesus asked,“Ten men were made clean, weren't they? Where are the other nine?

isv@Luke:17:19 @ Then he told the man,“Get up, and go home! Your faith has made you well.”

isv@Luke:17:20 @ Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them,“The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.

isv@Luke:17:22 @ Then he said to the disciples,“The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

isv@Luke:17:27 @ Peoplewere eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.

isv@Luke:17:31 @ “The person who is on the housetop that day must not come down to get the belongings out of his house. The person in the field, too, must not turn back.

isv@Luke:17:32 @ Remember Lot's wife!

isv@Luke:17:34 @ I tell you, two people will be in the same bed that night. One will be taken, and the other will be left behind.

isv@Luke:18:1 @ Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

isv@Luke:18:3 @ In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

isv@Luke:18:5 @ Yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.’”

isv@Luke:18:8 @ I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

isv@Luke:18:9 @ Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:

isv@Luke:18:10 @ “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

isv@Luke:18:12 @ I fast twice a week, and I give a tenth of my entire income.’

isv@Luke:18:13 @ “But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, ‘O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!’

isv@Luke:18:14 @ I tell you, this man, rather than the other, went down to his home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted.”

isv@Luke:18:15 @ Now some people were even bringing their infants to Jesus to have him touch them. But when the disciples saw this, they sternly told the people not to do that.

isv@Luke:18:16 @ Jesus, however, called for them and said,“Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away. For the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

isv@Luke:18:19 @ Jesus said to him,“Why do you call me good? Nobody is good except for one—God.

isv@Luke:18:20 @ You know the commandments: ‘Never commit adultery.Never murder.Never steal.Never give false testimony.Honor your father and mother.’”

isv@Luke:18:22 @ When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“You still need one thing. Sell everything you have and give the moneyto the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me.”

isv@Luke:18:23 @ But when the official heard this he became sad, because he was very rich.

isv@Luke:18:25 @ Indeed, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God.”

isv@Luke:18:29 @ Jesus said to them,“Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

isv@Luke:18:30 @ who will not receive many times as much in this world, as well as eternal life in the age to come.”

isv@Luke:18:34 @ But they didn't understand any of this. What he said was hidden from them, and they didn't know what he meant.

isv@Luke:18:38 @ Then he shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

isv@Luke:18:39 @ The people at the front of the crowd sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

isv@Luke:18:40 @ Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

isv@Luke:18:41 @ “What do you want me to do for you?”He said, “Lord, I want to see again!”

isv@Luke:18:43 @ Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

isv@Luke:19:2 @ a man named Zacchaeus appeared. He was a leading tax collector, and a rich one at that!

isv@Luke:19:5 @ When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said,“Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today.”

isv@Luke:19:6 @ Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

isv@Luke:19:8 @ Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Lord, I'll give half of my possessions to the poor. I'll pay four times as much as I owe if I have cheated anyone in any way.”

isv@Luke:19:9 @ Then Jesus said to him,“Today salvation has come to this home, because he, too, is a descendant of Abraham.

isv@Luke:19:10 @ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

isv@Luke:19:11 @ As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

isv@Luke:19:13 @ He called ten of his servants and gave them ten coins.He said to them, ‘Invest this money until I come back.’

isv@Luke:19:15 @ “After he was appointed king, he came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so that he could find out what they had made by investing.

isv@Luke:19:16 @ The first servantcame and said, ‘Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.’

isv@Luke:19:18 @ “The second servantcame and said, ‘Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.’

isv@Luke:19:20 @ “Then the other servantcame and said, ‘Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

isv@Luke:19:26 @ ‘I tell you, to everyone who has something, more will be given, but from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

isv@Luke:19:27 @ But as for these enemies of mine who didn't want me to be their king—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence!’”

isv@Luke:19:29 @ When he came near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead

isv@Luke:19:38 @ They said, “How blessed is the kingwho comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven,and glory in the highest heaven!”

isv@Luke:19:39 @ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet.”

isv@Luke:19:41 @ When he came closer and saw the city, he began to cry over it,

isv@Luke:19:43 @ For the days will comewhen your enemies will build walls around you, surround you, and close you in on every side.

isv@Luke:19:44 @ They will level you to the ground—you and your children within you. They will not leave one stone on another within you, because you didn't recognize the time when God came to help you.”

isv@Luke:20:1 @ One day while he was teaching the people in the temple and telling them the good news, the high priests and the scribes came with the elders

isv@Luke:20:3 @ He answered them,“I, too, will ask you a question.Tell me:

isv@Luke:20:9 @ Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.

isv@Luke:20:10 @ At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

isv@Luke:20:11 @ He sent another servant, and they beat him, too, treated him shamefully, and sent him back empty-handed.

isv@Luke:20:14 @ But when the farmers saw him, they talked it over among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let's kill him so that the inheritance will be ours!’

isv@Luke:20:16 @ He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.” Those who heard him said, “That must never happen!”

isv@Luke:20:17 @ But Jesus R ‘The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone’?

isv@Luke:20:20 @ So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

isv@Luke:20:24 @ “Show me a denarius. Whose face and name does it have?”They said, “Caesar's.”

isv@Luke:20:26 @ So they couldn't catch him before the people in what he said. Amazed at his answer, they became silent.

isv@Luke:20:27 @ Now some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus

isv@Luke:20:31 @ and the third married her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

isv@Luke:20:39 @ Then some of the scribes replied, “Teacher, you have given a fine answer.”

isv@Luke:21:5 @ Now while some people were talking about the temple—how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God—he said,

isv@Luke:21:6 @ “As for these things that you see, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be torn down.”

isv@Luke:21:8 @ He said,“Be careful that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he’ and ‘The time is near.’ Don't go after them.

isv@Luke:21:9 @ When you hear of wars and revolutions, never be alarmed. For these things must take place first, but the end won't come right away.”

isv@Luke:21:12 @ “But before all these things take place, peoplewill arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

isv@Luke:21:14 @ So purpose in your hearts not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

isv@Luke:21:16 @ “You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.

isv@Luke:21:17 @ You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name.

isv@Luke:21:23 @ “How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the landand wrath on this people.

isv@Luke:21:24 @ They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”

isv@Luke:21:26 @ People will faint with fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.

isv@Luke:21:30 @ As soon as they produce leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near.

isv@Luke:21:31 @ Inthe same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the kingdom of God is near.

isv@Luke:21:35 @ like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the earth.

isv@Luke:21:36 @ So be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man.”

isv@Luke:22:7 @ Then the day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

isv@Luke:22:8 @ So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying,“Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal.”

isv@Luke:22:10 @ He said to them,“Just after you go into the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters

isv@Luke:22:11 @ and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?”’

isv@Luke:22:13 @ So they went and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

isv@Luke:22:14 @ Now when the hour came, he took his place at the table, along with the apostles.

isv@Luke:22:15 @ He said to them,“I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer.

isv@Luke:22:16 @ For I tell you, I will never again eat one until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

isv@Luke:22:18 @ For I tell you, from now on I will never drink the product of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

isv@Luke:22:19 @ Then he took a loaf of bread, gave thanks, broke it in pieces, and handed it to them, saying,“This is my body, which is given for you. Keep on doing this in memory of me.”

isv@Luke:22:20 @ He did the same with the cup after supper, saying,“This cup is the new covenant in my blood, poured out for you.

isv@Luke:22:21 @ Yet look! The hand of the man who is betraying me is with me on the table!

isv@Luke:22:24 @ Now an argument sprang up among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

isv@Luke:22:26 @ But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads should become like the one who serves.

isv@Luke:22:28 @ “You are the ones who have always stood by me in my trials.

isv@Luke:22:29 @ And I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom,

isv@Luke:22:34 @ But Jesus said,“I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know me.”

isv@Luke:22:37 @ For I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the criminals.’Indeed, what is written about me must be fulfilled.”

isv@Luke:22:40 @ When he came to the place, he said to them,“Keep on praying that you may not come into temptation.”

isv@Luke:22:42 @ “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”

isv@Luke:22:44 @ In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground.

isv@Luke:22:46 @ He said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep on praying that you may not come into temptation.”

isv@Luke:22:47 @ While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd came up. The man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them, and he came close to Jesus to kiss him.

isv@Luke:22:52 @ Then Jesus said to the high priests, the temple police, and the elders, who had come for him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit?

isv@Luke:22:53 @ While I was with you day after day in the temple, you didn't lay a hand on me. But this is your hour, when darkness reigns!”

isv@Luke:22:61 @ Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord and how he had said to him,“Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

isv@Luke:22:63 @ Then the men who were holding Jesus in custody began to make fun of him while they beat him.

isv@Luke:22:66 @ As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled and brought him before their Council.

isv@Luke:22:67 @ They said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.”But he said to them,“If I tell you, you won't believe me,

isv@Luke:22:68 @ and if I ask you a question, you won't answer me.

isv@Luke:23:4 @ Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, “I do not find anything blameworthy in this man.”

isv@Luke:23:7 @ When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

isv@Luke:23:8 @ Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

isv@Luke:23:9 @ So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.

isv@Luke:23:10 @ Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood by and continued to accuse him vehemently.

isv@Luke:23:12 @ So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.

isv@Luke:23:14 @ and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him “Not Guilty” of the charges you make against him.

isv@Luke:23:17 @ Now he was obligated to release someone for them at the festival.

isv@Luke:23:22 @ Then he spoke to them a third time: “What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go.”

isv@Luke:23:27 @ A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept beating their breasts and wailing for him.

isv@Luke:23:28 @ But Jesus turned to them and said,“Womenof Jerusalem, stop crying for me, but cry for yourselves and for your children.

isv@Luke:23:29 @ For the days are surely coming when peoplewill say, ‘How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

isv@Luke:23:35 @ Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. Even the leaders were mocking him and saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, whom he has chosen!”

isv@Luke:23:40 @ But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

isv@Luke:23:42 @ Then he went on to say, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!”

isv@Luke:23:43 @ Jesus said to him,“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

isv@Luke:23:44 @ It was already about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon

isv@Luke:23:48 @ When all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they beat their breasts and turned back.

isv@Luke:23:49 @ But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.

isv@Luke:23:50 @ Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man—

isv@Luke:23:55 @ So the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

isv@Luke:23:56 @ Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

isv@Luke:24:4 @ While they were puzzling over this, two men in dazzling robes suddenly stood beside them.

isv@Luke:24:5 @ Because the women were terrified and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men asked them, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is living?

isv@Luke:24:6 @ He is not here but has been raised. Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee,

isv@Luke:24:7 @ ‘the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day.’”

isv@Luke:24:8 @ Then they remembered his words.

isv@Luke:24:10 @ The women who told the apostles about it were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and some others.

isv@Luke:24:11 @ But these words seemed nonsense to them, and they wouldn't believe them.

isv@Luke:24:12 @ Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. He stooped down and saw only the linen cloths. Then he went home wondering about what had happened.

isv@Luke:24:13 @ On the same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

isv@Luke:24:18 @ The one whose name was Cleopas answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know what happened there these days?”

isv@Luke:24:22 @ Even some of our women have startled us! They were at the tomb early this morning

isv@Luke:24:23 @ and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had actually seen a vision of angels who said he was alive.

isv@Luke:24:24 @ Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn't see him.”

isv@Luke:24:28 @ As they came near the village where they were going, he acted as though he were going on farther.

isv@Luke:24:33 @ That same hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem and found the eleven and their companions all together.

isv@Luke:24:39 @ Look at my hands and my feet, for it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

isv@Luke:24:41 @ While they still could not believe it for joy and were full of amazement, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”

isv@Luke:24:44 @ Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled.”

isv@Luke:24:45 @ Then he opened their minds so that they might come to understand the Scriptures.

isv@Luke:24:47 @ and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

isv@John:1:6 @ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

isv@John:1:7 @ He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.

isv@John:1:8 @ He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

isv@John:1:11 @ He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him.

isv@John:1:12 @ However, to all who received him, to those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

isv@John:1:13 @ who were born, not merely in a physical sense, or from a fleshly impulse, or from man's desire, but of God.

isv@John:1:14 @ The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, full of grace and truth.

isv@John:1:15 @ John told the truth about him when he cried out, “This is the person about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’”

isv@John:1:17 @ For while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

isv@John:1:27 @ the one who is coming after me, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie.”

isv@John:1:30 @ This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’

isv@John:1:31 @ I didn't recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”

isv@John:1:33 @ I didn't recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The person on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

isv@John:1:39 @ He told them,“Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

isv@John:1:41 @ Andrew first found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “Christ”).

isv@John:1:43 @ The next day Jesus decided to go away into Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.”

isv@John:1:44 @ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.

isv@John:1:46 @ Nathaniel said to him, “Out of Nazareth? What good can that be?”Philip told him, “Come and see!”

isv@John:1:48 @ Nathaniel said to him, “How do you know me?”Jesus answered him,“Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

isv@John:2:4 @ Jesus said to her,“How does that concern us, woman? My hour has not yet come.”

isv@John:2:8 @ Then he said to them,“Now draw some out and take it to the man in charge of the banquet.” So they took it.

isv@John:2:9 @ When the man in charge of the banquet tasted the water that had become wine (without knowing where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called for the bridegroom

isv@John:2:17 @ His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

isv@John:2:22 @ After he had been raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and the statement that Jesus had made.

isv@John:2:23 @ While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing.

isv@John:3:1 @ Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus.

isv@John:3:2 @ He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.”

isv@John:3:4 @ Nicodemus said to him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He can't go back into his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?”

isv@John:3:8 @ The windblows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. That's the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

isv@John:3:13 @ “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven.

isv@John:3:18 @ Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's unique Son.

isv@John:3:19 @ And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

isv@John:3:20 @ For everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.

isv@John:3:21 @ But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that all may seethat his actions have been done in God.”

isv@John:3:22 @ After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside. He spent some time there with them and began baptizing.

isv@John:3:29 @ It is the bridegroom who gets the bride, yet the bridegroom's friend, who merely stands by and listens for him, is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom's voice. That's why this joy of mine is now complete.

isv@John:3:30 @ He must become more important, but I must become less important.”

isv@John:3:31 @ The one who comes from above is over everything. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is over everything.

isv@John:3:34 @ For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure.

isv@John:4:5 @ So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

isv@John:4:7 @ A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her,“Please give me a drink.”

isv@John:4:9 @ The Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.

isv@John:4:10 @ Jesus answered her,“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Please give me a drink,’ you would have been the one to ask him, and he would have given you living water.”

isv@John:4:13 @ Jesus answered her,“Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again.

isv@John:4:14 @ But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

isv@John:4:15 @ The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I won't get thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”

isv@John:4:16 @ He said to her,“Go and call your husband, and come back here.”

isv@John:4:21 @ Jesus said to her,“Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you Samaritanswill worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

isv@John:4:22 @ You don't know what you're worshiping. We know what we're worshiping, for salvation comes from the Jews.

isv@John:4:25 @ The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will tell us everything.”

isv@John:4:29 @ “Come and see a man who told me everything I've ever done! Could he possibly be the Christ?”

isv@John:4:31 @ Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, have something to eat.”

isv@John:4:34 @ Jesus told them,“My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.

isv@John:4:39 @ Now many of the Samaritans of that town believed in Jesus because of the woman's testimony when she testified, “He told me everything I've ever done.”

isv@John:4:40 @ So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days.

isv@John:4:45 @ When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival. For they, too, had gone to the festival.

isv@John:4:46 @ So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Meanwhile, in Capernaum there was a government official whose son was ill.

isv@John:4:47 @ When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him repeatedly to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

isv@John:4:49 @ The official said to him, “Sir, please come down before my little boy dies.”

isv@John:4:50 @ Jesus said to him,“Go home. Your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus told him and started on his way.

isv@John:4:51 @ While he was on his way down, his servants met him and told him that his child was alive.

isv@John:5:3 @ and under these a large number of sick people were lying—blind, lame, or paralyzed—waiting for the movement of the water.

isv@John:5:4 @ For at certain times an angel of the Lord would go down into the pool and stir up the water. And the one who stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.

isv@John:5:6 @ When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him,“Do you want to get well?”

isv@John:5:7 @ The sick man answered him, “Sir, I don't have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I'm trying to get there, someone else steps down ahead of me.”

isv@John:5:9 @ The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.

isv@John:5:11 @ But he answered them, “The man who made me well told me,‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

isv@John:5:14 @ Later on, Jesus found him in the temple and told him,“See, you have become well. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”

isv@John:5:22 @ For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

isv@John:5:24 @ “Truly, truly I tell you, the one who hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life.

isv@John:5:27 @ And he has given him authority to pass judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

isv@John:5:29 @ and will come out—those who have done what is good to the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection of condemnation.

isv@John:5:30 @ I can do nothing on my own accord. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.”

isv@John:5:32 @ There is another who testifies about me, and I knowthat the testimony he gives about me is true.

isv@John:5:33 @ You have sent messengersto John, and he has testified to the truth.

isv@John:5:36 @ But I have a greater testimony than John's, for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

isv@John:5:37 @ Moreover, the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his appearance,

isv@John:5:39 @ You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.

isv@John:5:40 @ But you are not willing to come to me to have life.

isv@John:5:43 @ I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him.

isv@John:5:44 @ How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?

isv@John:5:46 @ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, for it was about me that he wrote.

isv@John:6:10 @ Jesus said,“Have the people sit down.” Now there was plenty of grass in that place. So the men sat down, numbering about 5,000.

isv@John:6:14 @ When the people saw the sign that he had done, they kept saying, “Truly this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!”

isv@John:6:15 @ Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the hillside by himself.

isv@John:6:16 @ When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

isv@John:6:17 @ got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

isv@John:6:19 @ They had rowed about three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat. They became terrified.

isv@John:6:21 @ So they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

isv@John:6:26 @ Jesus replied to them,“Truly, truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.

isv@John:6:33 @ For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

isv@John:6:34 @ Then they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread all the time.”

isv@John:6:35 @ Jesus said to them,“I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never become hungry, and the one who believes in me will never become thirsty.

isv@John:6:36 @ I told you that you have seen me, yet you do not believe.

isv@John:6:37 @ Everything the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never turn away.

isv@John:6:38 @ For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

isv@John:6:39 @ And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day.

isv@John:6:41 @ Then the Jews began grumbling about him because he said,“I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

isv@John:6:42 @ They kept saying, “This is Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn't it, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

isv@John:6:44 @ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him to life on the last day.

isv@John:6:45 @ It is written in the Prophets, ‘And all of them will be taught by God.’Everyone who has listened to the Father and has learned anything comes to me.

isv@John:6:46 @ Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who comes from God. This one has seen the Father.

isv@John:6:47 @ Truly, truly I tell you, the one who believes in mehas eternal life.

isv@John:6:50 @ This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die.

isv@John:6:51 @ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

isv@John:6:56 @ The person who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

isv@John:6:57 @ Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will also live because of me.

isv@John:6:58 @ This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

isv@John:6:60 @ When many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?”

isv@John:6:64 @ But there are some among you who do not believe.” For from the beginning Jesus knew those who wouldn't believe, as well as the one who would betray him.

isv@John:6:65 @ So he said,“That's why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father.”

isv@John:7:6 @ Jesus told them,“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.

isv@John:7:7 @ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.

isv@John:7:8 @ Go up to the festival yourselves. I am not yetgoing to this festival, for my time has not yet fully come.”

isv@John:7:12 @ And there was a great deal of discussion about him among the crowds.Some were saying, “He is a good man,” while others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd!”

isv@John:7:16 @ Jesus replied to them,“My teaching is not mine but comes from the one who sent me.

isv@John:7:19 @ Moses gave you the law, didn't he? Yet none of you is keeping the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

isv@John:7:21 @ Jesus answered them,“I performed one work, and all of you are astonished.

isv@John:7:23 @ If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man perfectly well on the Sabbath?

isv@John:7:24 @ Stop judging by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment!”

isv@John:7:25 @ Then some of the people of Jerusalem began saying, “This is the man they are trying to kill, isn't it?

isv@John:7:27 @ We know where this man comes from. But when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”

isv@John:7:28 @ At this point Jesus, still teaching in the temple, shouted,“So you know me and know where I have come from? I have not come on my own accord. But the one who sent me is true, and he is the one you do not know.

isv@John:7:29 @ I know him because I have come from him and he sent me.”

isv@John:7:30 @ Then they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.

isv@John:7:31 @ However, many in the crowd believed in him, saying, “When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than this man has done, will he?”

isv@John:7:33 @ Then Jesus said,“I will be with you only a little while longer, and then I am going back to the one who sent me.

isv@John:7:34 @ You will look for me but will not find me.And where I am, you cannot come.”

isv@John:7:36 @ What does this statement mean that he made,‘You will look for me but will not find me,’ and‘Where I will be, you cannot come’?”

isv@John:7:37 @ On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted,“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to meand drink!

isv@John:7:38 @ The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart.”

isv@John:7:40 @ When they heard these words, some in the crowd were saying, “This really is the Prophet,”

isv@John:7:41 @ while others were saying, “This is the Christ!”But some were saying, “The Christ doesn't come from Galilee, does he?

isv@John:7:44 @ Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

isv@John:7:52 @ They answered him, “You aren't from Galilee, too, are you? Search and see that no prophet comes from Galilee.”

isv@John:7:53 @ Then each of them went to his own home.

isv@John:8:2 @ At daybreak he appeared again in the temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

isv@John:8:5 @ Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women to death. What do you say?”

isv@John:8:11 @ She said, “No one, sir.”Then Jesus said,“I don't condemn you either. Go home, and from now on do not sin any more.”

isv@John:8:12 @ Later on Jesus spoke to them again, saying,“I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

isv@John:8:14 @ Jesus answered them,“Even though I am testifying about myself, my testimony is validbecause I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

isv@John:8:16 @ Yet even if I should judge, my judgment would be valid,for it is not I alone who judges, but I and the one who sent me.

isv@John:8:18 @ I am testifying about myself, and the Father who sent me is testifying about me.”

isv@John:8:19 @ Then they said to him, “Where is this Father of yours?”Jesus replied,“You do not know me or my Father. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.”

isv@John:8:20 @ He spoke these words in the treasury, while he was teaching in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

isv@John:8:21 @ Later on he said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot come where I am going.”

isv@John:8:22 @ So the Jews said, “He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said,‘You cannot come where I am going’?”

isv@John:8:26 @ I have much to say about you and to condemn you for.But the one who sent me is truthful,and what I have heard from him I declare to the world.”

isv@John:8:28 @ So Jesus told them,“When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me.

isv@John:8:29 @ Moreover, the one who sent me is with me. He has never left me alone because I always do what pleases him.”

isv@John:8:37 @ “I know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me because my word finds no reception among you.

isv@John:8:40 @ But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would not have done that.

isv@John:8:42 @ Jesus told them,“If God were your Father, you would have loved me, because I came from God and am here. For I have not come on my own accord, but he sent me.

isv@John:8:45 @ But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me.

isv@John:8:46 @ Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?

isv@John:8:49 @ Jesus answered,“I don't have a demon. On the contrary, I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

isv@John:8:54 @ Jesus answered,“If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’

isv@John:9:4 @ Imust work the works of the one who sent mewhile it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.

isv@John:9:7 @ and told him,“Go and wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated “Sent One”). So he went off and washed and came back seeing.

isv@John:9:9 @ Some were saying, “It is he,” while others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.”He himself kept saying, “It is I!”

isv@John:9:11 @ He said, “The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So off I went and washed, and I received my sight.”

isv@John:9:16 @ Some of the Pharisees began to remark, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.”But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

isv@John:9:24 @ So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”

isv@John:9:27 @ He answered them, “I've already told you, but you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples, too, do you?”

isv@John:9:29 @ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from.”

isv@John:9:30 @ The man answered them, “This is an amazing thing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

isv@John:9:36 @ He answered, “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.”

isv@John:9:39 @ Then Jesus said,“I have come into this world for judgment, so that those who are blind may see, and those who see may become blind.”

isv@John:9:40 @ Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and said to him, “We aren't blind, too, are we?”

isv@John:10:1 @ “Truly, truly I tell you, the person who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit.

isv@John:10:3 @ It is to him the gatekeeper opens the gate, and it is his voice the sheep hear. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

isv@John:10:8 @ All who came before meare thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them.

isv@John:10:9 @ I am the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

isv@John:10:10 @ The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

isv@John:10:14 @ I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

isv@John:10:15 @ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay downmy life for the sheep.

isv@John:10:17 @ This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.

isv@John:10:18 @ No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is a command that I have received from my Father.”

isv@John:10:25 @ Jesus answered them,“I have told you, but you do not believe it. The works that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,

isv@John:10:27 @ My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

isv@John:10:29 @ What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it from the Father's hand.

isv@John:10:32 @ Jesus replied to them,“I have shown you many good works from myFather. For which of them are you going to stone me?”

isv@John:10:33 @ The Jews answered him, “We are not going to stone you for a good work but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!”

isv@John:10:35 @ If he called those to whom the word of God came ‘gods’ (and the Scripture cannot be set aside),

isv@John:10:37 @ If I am not doing my Father's works, do not believe me.

isv@John:10:38 @ But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understandthat the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

isv@John:10:41 @ Many people came to him and kept saying, “John never performed a sign, but all the things that John said about this man were true!”

isv@John:11:2 @ Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill.

isv@John:11:4 @ But when Jesus heard it, he said,“This illness is not meant to end in death. It is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

isv@John:11:19 @ and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

isv@John:11:20 @ As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.

isv@John:11:25 @ Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life.The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.

isv@John:11:26 @ Indeed, everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?”

isv@John:11:27 @ She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world.”

isv@John:11:30 @ Now Jesus had not yet arrived at the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him.

isv@John:11:32 @ As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

isv@John:11:33 @ When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.

isv@John:11:34 @ He said,“Where have you put him?”They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”

isv@John:11:37 @ But some of them said, “Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?”

isv@John:11:38 @ Groaning deeply again, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

isv@John:11:41 @ So they removed the stone.Then Jesus looked upward and said,“Father, I thank you for hearing me.

isv@John:11:42 @ I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”

isv@John:11:43 @ After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

isv@John:11:44 @ The dead man came out, his hands and feet tied with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a handkerchief. Jesus told them,“Untie him, and let him go.”

isv@John:11:45 @ Many of the Jews who had come with Mary and had observed what Jesus did believed in him.

isv@John:11:46 @ Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

isv@John:11:48 @ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our temple and our nation.”

isv@John:11:56 @ They kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? Surely he won't come to the festival, will he?”

isv@John:12:3 @ Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus’ feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

isv@John:12:5 @ “Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute?”

isv@John:12:8 @ For you will always have the destitute with you, but you will not always have me.”

isv@John:12:9 @ When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

isv@John:12:12 @ The next day the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem.

isv@John:12:13 @ So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comesin the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”

isv@John:12:16 @ At first his disciples didn't understand these things. However, when Jesus had been glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that people had done these things to him.

isv@John:12:18 @ This accounts for the crowd going out to meet him, for they had heard that he had performed this sign.

isv@John:12:20 @ Now some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.

isv@John:12:23 @ Jesus said to them,“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

isv@John:12:26 @ If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”

isv@John:12:27 @ “Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.

isv@John:12:28 @ Father, glorify your name.”Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!”

isv@John:12:30 @ Jesus replied, “This voice has come for your benefit, not for mine.

isv@John:12:31 @ Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin.Now will the ruler of this world be thrown out.

isv@John:12:32 @ As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself.”

isv@John:12:35 @ Jesus said to them,“The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

isv@John:12:36 @ As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

isv@John:12:37 @ Although he had performed numerous signs in their presence, they did not believe in him,

isv@John:12:38 @ so that the word that the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said: “Lord, who has believed our message,and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

isv@John:12:42 @ Yet many people, even some of the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not admit it for fear that they would be thrown out of the synagogue.

isv@John:12:44 @ Then Jesus said loudly,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me but in the one who sent me.

isv@John:12:45 @ The one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

isv@John:12:46 @ I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me will not remain in the darkness.

isv@John:12:47 @ If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save it.

isv@John:12:48 @ The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has something to judge him: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

isv@John:12:49 @ For I have not spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and how to speak.

isv@John:12:50 @ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”

isv@John:13:1 @ Now before the Passover Festival, Jesus realized that his hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

isv@John:13:2 @ By supper time, the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.

isv@John:13:3 @ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God,

isv@John:13:5 @ Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.

isv@John:13:6 @ Then he came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

isv@John:13:8 @ Peter said to him, “You must never wash my feet!”Jesus answered him,“Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

isv@John:13:10 @ Jesus told him,“The person who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is entirely clean. And you menare clean, though not all of you.”

isv@John:13:13 @ You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right because that is what I am.

isv@John:13:16 @ Truly, truly I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.

isv@John:13:18 @ I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: ‘The one who ate bread with mehas lifted up his heel againstme.’

isv@John:13:20 @ Truly, truly I tell you, the one who receives whomever I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.”

isv@John:13:21 @ After saying this, Jesus was deeply troubled in spirit and declared solemnly,“Truly, truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me!”

isv@John:13:29 @ Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute.

isv@John:13:30 @ So Judas took the piece of bread and immediately went outside. And it was night.

isv@John:13:33 @ Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the JewsI now tell you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

isv@John:13:34 @ I am giving you a new commandment to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

isv@John:13:36 @ Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?”Jesus answered him,“I am going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later on.”

isv@John:13:38 @ Jesus answered him,“Would you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly I tell you, a rooster will certainly not crow until you have denied me three times.”

isv@John:14:1 @ “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believein God, believe also in me.

isv@John:14:3 @ And if I am going away to prepare a place for you, I will come again and will welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.

isv@John:14:6 @ Jesus said to him,“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

isv@John:14:7 @ If you have known me, you will also know my Father. From now on you know him and have seen him.”

isv@John:14:9 @ Jesus said to him,“Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

isv@John:14:10 @ You believe, don't you, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own. It is the Father who dwells in me who does his works.

isv@John:14:11 @ Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe mebecause of the works themselves.

isv@John:14:12 @ “Truly, truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father.

isv@John:14:13 @ I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

isv@John:14:14 @ If you ask mefor anything in my name, I will do it.”

isv@John:14:15 @ “If you love me, keepmy commandments.

isv@John:14:18 @ I am not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you.

isv@John:14:19 @ “In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

isv@John:14:20 @ On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you.

isv@John:14:21 @ The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him.”

isv@John:14:23 @ Jesus answered him,“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. Then my Father will love him, and we will go to him and make our home within him.

isv@John:14:24 @ The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word that you hear is not mine, but comes from the Father who sent me.

isv@John:14:26 @ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of all that I have told you.

isv@John:14:28 @ You have heard me tell you, ‘I am going away, but I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am.

isv@John:14:30 @ I will not talk with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

isv@John:14:31 @ But I am doing what the Father has commanded me to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place.”

isv@John:15:2 @ He removes every branch in me that does not produce fruit, and he cleanses every branch that does produce fruit so that it might produce more fruit.

isv@John:15:4 @ “Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.

isv@John:15:5 @ I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in himproduces much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

isv@John:15:6 @ Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up. People gather such branchesand throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

isv@John:15:7 @ If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be yours.

isv@John:15:9 @ Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love.

isv@John:15:10 @ If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

isv@John:15:12 @ “This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you.

isv@John:15:16 @ “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last,so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

isv@John:15:17 @ I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another.”

isv@John:15:18 @ “If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.

isv@John:15:20 @ Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

isv@John:15:21 @ They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

isv@John:15:22 @ If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

isv@John:15:23 @ The person who hates me also hates my Father.

isv@John:15:24 @ If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

isv@John:15:25 @ But this happened so thatthe word written in their law might be fulfilled: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

isv@John:15:26 @ “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.

isv@John:15:27 @ You will testify also, because you have been with me from the beginning.

isv@John:16:3 @ They will do this because they have not known the Father or me.

isv@John:16:4 @ But I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you this in the beginning, because I was with you.”

isv@John:16:5 @ “But now I am going to the one who sent me. Yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

isv@John:16:7 @ However, I am telling you the truth. It is for your advantage that I am going away, for if I do not go away the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

isv@John:16:8 @ When he comes, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment—

isv@John:16:9 @ of sin, because they do not believe in me;

isv@John:16:10 @ of righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;

isv@John:16:11 @ and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

isv@John:16:13 @ Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own accord, but will speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.

isv@John:16:14 @ He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

isv@John:16:16 @ In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again.”

isv@John:16:17 @ At this point, some of his disciples said to each another, “What does he mean by telling us,‘In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again,’ and‘because I am going to the Father’?”

isv@John:16:18 @ They kept saying, “What is this‘in a little while’ that he keeps talking about? We don't know what he means.”

isv@John:16:19 @ Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him a question, so he said to them,“Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again’?

isv@John:16:21 @ Whena woman is in labor she has pain, for her hour has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.

isv@John:16:23 @ On that day, you will not ask me for anything. Truly, truly I tell you, whatever you ask the Father for in my name, he will give it to you.

isv@John:16:24 @ So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.”

isv@John:16:26 @ On that day, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

isv@John:16:27 @ For the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

isv@John:16:28 @ I left the Father and have come into the world. NowI am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

isv@John:16:30 @ Now we know that you know everything and do not need to have anyone ask you questions. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God.”

isv@John:16:32 @ Listen, the hour is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

isv@John:16:33 @ Ihave told you this so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble, but be courageous—I have overcome the world!”

isv@John:17:1 @ After Jesus had said this, he looked up to heaven and said,“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son may glorify you.

isv@John:17:4 @ I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.

isv@John:17:5 @ So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.

isv@John:17:6 @ I have made your name known to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

isv@John:17:7 @ Now they realize that everything you gave me comes from you,

isv@John:17:8 @ because the words that you gave me I have given to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. And they have believed that you sent me.

isv@John:17:9 @ I am asking on their behalf. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you gave me, for they are yours.

isv@John:17:11 @ I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name, the namethat you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

isv@John:17:12 @ While I was with them, I protected them by your name that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destinedfordestruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

isv@John:17:18 @ Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

isv@John:17:20 @ “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message,

isv@John:17:21 @ that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be onein us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

isv@John:17:22 @ I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.

isv@John:17:23 @ I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.

isv@John:17:24 @ Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

isv@John:17:25 @ “Righteous Father, the world has never known you. Yet I have known you, and these men have known that you sent me.

isv@John:17:26 @ I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for memay be in them and I myself may be in them.”

isv@John:18:2 @ Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place because Jesus often met there with his disciples.

isv@John:18:3 @ So Judas took a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the high priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

isv@John:18:8 @ Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.”

isv@John:18:9 @ This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken,“I did not lose a single one of those you gave me.”

isv@John:18:10 @ Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

isv@John:18:11 @ Jesus told Peter,“Put your sword back into its sheath. Shouldn't I drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

isv@John:18:18 @ Meanwhile, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had built and were warming themselves because it was cold. Peter was also standing with them, keeping himself warm.

isv@John:18:20 @ Jesus answered him,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the temple, where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.

isv@John:18:21 @ Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I said. These are the people who know what I said.”

isv@John:18:23 @ Jesus answered him,“If I have said anything wrong, tell me what it was.But if I have told the truth, why do you hit me?”

isv@John:18:25 @ Meanwhile, Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren't one of his disciples, too, are you?”He denied it by saying, “I am not!”

isv@John:18:27 @ Peter again denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.

isv@John:18:28 @ Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early in the morning, and the Jews did not go into the headquarters for fear that they might become unclean and be unable to eat the Passover meal.

isv@John:18:29 @ So Pilate came out to them and said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

isv@John:18:34 @ Jesus replied,“Are you asking this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about me?”

isv@John:18:35 @ Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? It is your own nation and high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?”

isv@John:18:36 @ Jesus answered,“My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my servants would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jews.But for now my kingdom is not from here.”

isv@John:18:37 @ Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?”Jesus answered,“You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

isv@John:18:39 @ But you have a custom that I release one person for you at Passover. Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

isv@John:19:2 @ The soldiers twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, put it on his head, and threw a purple robe on him.

isv@John:19:5 @ Then Jesus came outside, wearing the victor's crown of thorns and the purple robe.Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

isv@John:19:8 @ When Pilate heard this, he became even more afraid.

isv@John:19:10 @ So Pilate said to him, “Aren't you going to speak to me? You realize, don't you, that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you?”

isv@John:19:11 @ Jesus answered him,“You have no authority over me at all, except what was given to you from above. That's why the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

isv@John:19:13 @ When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place called The Pavement, which in Hebrew is called Gabbatha.

isv@John:19:25 @ Meanwhile, standing near Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

isv@John:19:27 @ Then he said to the disciple,“Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.

isv@John:19:31 @ Since it was the Preparation Day, the Jews did not want to leave the bodies on the crosses during the Sabbath, for that was a particularly important Sabbath. So they asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed.

isv@John:19:33 @ But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

isv@John:19:34 @ Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately came out.

isv@John:19:38 @ Later on, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, and he came and removed his body.

isv@John:19:39 @ Nicodemus, the man who had first come to Jesus at night, also arrived, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds.

isv@John:20:4 @ The two of them were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and came to the tomb first.

isv@John:20:10 @ So the disciples went back to their homes.

isv@John:20:11 @ Meanwhile, Mary stood crying outside the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked into the tomb.

isv@John:20:15 @ Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away.”

isv@John:20:16 @ Jesus said to her,“Mary!”She turned around and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means “Teacher”).

isv@John:20:17 @ Jesus told her,“Don't hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

isv@John:20:19 @ It was the evening of the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked because they were afraid of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them,“Peace be with you.”

isv@John:20:21 @ Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”

isv@John:20:24 @ Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called the Twin, wasn't with them when Jesus came.

isv@John:20:26 @ A week later his disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were shut, Jesus came, stood among them, and said,“Peace be with you.”

isv@John:20:29 @ Jesus said to him,“Is it because you have seen me that you have believed? How blessed are those who have never seen me and yet have believed!”

isv@John:20:30 @ Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not recorded in this book.

isv@John:20:31 @ But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.

isv@John:21:6 @ He told them,“Throw the net on the right hand side of the boat, and you'll catchsome.” So they threw it out and were unable to haul it in because it was so full of fish.

isv@John:21:8 @ But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about a hundred yards away from the shore.

isv@John:21:9 @ When they arrived at the shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish lying on it, and some bread.

isv@John:21:10 @ Jesus told them,“Bring me some of the fish you've just caught.”

isv@John:21:12 @ Then Jesus said to them,“Come, have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?”, for they knew it was the Lord.

isv@John:21:13 @ Jesus went and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.

isv@John:21:14 @ This was now the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he had been raised from the dead.

isv@John:21:15 @ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”Jesus told him,“Feed my lambs.”

isv@John:21:16 @ Then he said to him a second time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”Jesus told him,“Take care of my sheep.”

isv@John:21:17 @ He said to him a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”Peter was deeply hurt that he had said to him a third time,“Do you love me?”So he said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!”Jesus told him,“Feed my sheep.

isv@John:21:18 @ “Truly, truly I tell you, when you were young, you would fasten your belt and go wherever you liked. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten your belt and take you where you don't want to go.”

isv@John:21:19 @ Now he said this to show by what kind of death he would glorify God.After saying this, he told him,“Keep following me.”

isv@John:21:22 @ Jesus said to him,“If it is my will for him to remain until I come, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!”

isv@John:21:23 @ So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wasn't going to die, but,“If it is my will for him to remain until I come, how does that concern you?”

isv@Acts:1:4 @ While he was meeting with them, he ordered them,“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the Father's promise, about which you heard me speak.

isv@Acts:1:6 @ Now those who had come together began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”

isv@Acts:1:7 @ He answered them,“It is not for you to know what times or periods the Father has set by his own authority.

isv@Acts:1:8 @ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

isv@Acts:1:10 @ While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, two men in white robes were standing right beside them.

isv@Acts:1:11 @ They asked, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven.”

isv@Acts:1:13 @ When they came into the city, they went to the upstairs room where they had been staying. They were Peter and John; James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James.

isv@Acts:1:14 @ With one mind all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

isv@Acts:1:15 @ At that time Peter got up among the brothers (there were about 120 people present) and said,

isv@Acts:1:18 @ (Now this man bought a field with the money he got for his crime. Falling on his face, he burst open in the middle, and all his intestines gushed out.

isv@Acts:1:19 @ This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that this field is called in their language Hakeldama, that is, “The Field of Blood”.)

isv@Acts:1:20 @ “For in the Book of Psalms it is written, ‘Let his estate be desolate, and let no one live on it,’and ‘Let someone else take over his office.’

isv@Acts:1:21 @ Therefore, one of the men who has associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus came and went among us,

isv@Acts:1:22 @ beginning with the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us, must become a witness with us to his resurrection.”

isv@Acts:1:23 @ So they nominated two men—Joseph called Barsabbas, who also was called Justus, and Matthias.

isv@Acts:1:24 @ Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the hearts of all people. Show us which one of these two men you have chosen

isv@Acts:2:1 @ When the day of Pentecost came, all of them were together in one place.

isv@Acts:2:2 @ Suddenly, a sound like the roaring of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

isv@Acts:2:3 @ They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated, and one rested on each of them.

isv@Acts:2:6 @ When that sound came, the crowd rushed together and was startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language.

isv@Acts:2:9 @ We are Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

isv@Acts:2:10 @ Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the district of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome.

isv@Acts:2:12 @ All of them continued to be stunned and puzzled, and they kept asking one another, “What can this mean?”

isv@Acts:2:14 @ Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them, “Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand something, so pay close attention to my words.

isv@Acts:2:15 @ These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it's only nine o'clock in the morning.

isv@Acts:2:17 @ ‘In the last days, God says,I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy,your young men will see visions,and your old men will dream dreams.

isv@Acts:2:18 @ In those days I will even pour out my Spiriton my slaves, men and women alike,and they will prophesy.

isv@Acts:2:21 @ Then whoever calls on the name of the Lordwill be saved.’

isv@Acts:2:22 @ “Fellow Israelites, listen to these words! Jesus from Nazareth was a man accredited to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs that God performed through him among you, as you yourselves know.

isv@Acts:2:23 @ This very man, after he was arrested according to the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

isv@Acts:2:25 @ For David says about him, ‘I always see the Lord in front of me,for he is at my right handso that I cannot be shaken.

isv@Acts:2:28 @ You have made the ways of life known to me,and you will fill me with gladness in your presence.’

isv@Acts:2:38 @ Peter answered them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

isv@Acts:2:41 @ So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 persons were added to them.

isv@Acts:2:42 @ They continually devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

isv@Acts:2:43 @ A sense of fear came over everyone, and many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles.

isv@Acts:2:46 @ They had a single purpose and went to the temple every day. They ate at each other's homes and shared their food with glad and humble hearts.

isv@Acts:3:3 @ When he saw that Peter and John were about to go into the temple, he asked them to give him something.

isv@Acts:3:5 @ So the man watched them closely, expecting to get something from them.

isv@Acts:3:6 @ However, Peter said, “I don't have any silver or gold, but I'll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, walk!”

isv@Acts:3:7 @ Then Peter took hold of his right hand and began to help him up. Immediately his feet and ankles became strong,

isv@Acts:3:10 @ they knew that he was the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

isv@Acts:3:11 @ While he was holding on to Peter and John, all the people came running together to them in what was called Solomon's Colonnade. They were dumbfounded.

isv@Acts:3:16 @ It is his name, that is, by the faith of his name, that has healed this man whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that comes through him has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.

isv@Acts:3:20 @ so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, the Christ whom he appointed long ago.

isv@Acts:3:21 @ Heaven must receive him until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through the voice of his holy prophets.

isv@Acts:3:22 @ In fact, Moses said,‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you.

isv@Acts:4:1 @ While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.

isv@Acts:4:4 @ But many of those who heard their message believed, and the number of men grew to about 5,000.

isv@Acts:4:5 @ The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes met in Jerusalem

isv@Acts:4:7 @ They made them stand in front of them and began asking, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

isv@Acts:4:9 @ If we are being questioned today for a good deed to someone who was sick or to learn how this man was healed,

isv@Acts:4:10 @ you and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom you crucified but God raised from the dead.

isv@Acts:4:11 @ He is ‘the stone that was rejected by you builders,which has become the cornerstone.’

isv@Acts:4:12 @ There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.”

isv@Acts:4:13 @ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and found out that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and realized that they had been with Jesus.

isv@Acts:4:16 @ They said, “What should we do with these men? For it's obvious to everybody living in Jerusalem that an unmistakable sign has been done by them, and we can't deny it.

isv@Acts:4:17 @ But to keep it from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them never again to speak to anyone in this name.”

isv@Acts:4:18 @ So they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

isv@Acts:4:22 @ For the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

isv@Acts:4:26 @ The kings of the earth take their stand,and rulers meet together against the Lordand against his Christ.’

isv@Acts:4:27 @ “For in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate actually met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

isv@Acts:4:30 @ as you stretch out your hand to heal and to perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

isv@Acts:4:31 @ When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken, and all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

isv@Acts:4:36 @ Now Joseph, a Levite and a native of Cyprus, who was named Barnabas by the apostles (the name means “a son of encouragement”),

isv@Acts:5:1 @ But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold some property.

isv@Acts:5:2 @ With his wife's full knowledge he kept back some of the money for himself and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

isv@Acts:5:3 @ Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?

isv@Acts:5:4 @ As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have conceived such a thing in your heart? You did not lie to men but to God!”

isv@Acts:5:6 @ The young men got up, wrapped him up, carried him outside, and buried him.

isv@Acts:5:7 @ After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

isv@Acts:5:8 @ So Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?”She answered, “Yes, that was the price.”

isv@Acts:5:9 @ Then Peter said to her, “How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you outside as well.”

isv@Acts:5:10 @ She instantly fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband.

isv@Acts:5:12 @ Now many signs and wonders were continuously being performed by the apostles among the people. And they were all together in Solomon's Colonnade.

isv@Acts:5:14 @ Nevertheless, still more believers, a vast number of both men and women, were being added to the Lord.

isv@Acts:5:15 @ As a result, people kept carrying their sick into the streets and placing them on stretchers and cots so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he went by.

isv@Acts:5:20 @ “Go and stand in the temple and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life.”

isv@Acts:5:21 @ After they heard this, they went into the temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.

isv@Acts:5:22 @ When the temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,

isv@Acts:5:25 @ Then someone came and told them, “Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”

isv@Acts:5:26 @ So the commander of the temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.

isv@Acts:5:28 @ He said, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in his name, didn't we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man's blood on us!”

isv@Acts:5:29 @ But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

isv@Acts:5:33 @ When they heard this, they became furious and wanted to kill them.

isv@Acts:5:34 @ But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and ordered the men to be taken outside for a little while.

isv@Acts:5:35 @ Then he said to them, “Fellow Israelites, consider carefully what you propose to do to these men.

isv@Acts:5:36 @ For in days gone by Theudas appeared, claiming that he was important, and about 400 men joined him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and disappeared.

isv@Acts:5:37 @ After that man, at the time of the census, Judas the Galilean appeared and got people to follow him. He, too, died, and all his followers were scattered.

isv@Acts:5:38 @ “I'm telling you to keep away from these men for now. Leave them alone, because if this plan or movement is of human origin, it will fail.

isv@Acts:5:40 @ After calling in the apostles and beating them, they ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus and let them go.

isv@Acts:5:41 @ They left the Council, rejoicing to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.

isv@Acts:6:3 @ Therefore, brothers, appoint seven men among you who have a good reputation, who are full of the Spirit and wisdom, and we will put them in charge of this work.

isv@Acts:6:5 @ This suggestion pleased the whole group. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.

isv@Acts:6:6 @ They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

isv@Acts:6:7 @ So the word of God continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly. Even a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

isv@Acts:6:9 @ But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.

isv@Acts:6:11 @ So they secretly got some men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

isv@Acts:7:2 @ Stephen replied, “Listen, brothers and fathers! The glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.

isv@Acts:7:7 @ ‘But I will punish the nation they serve,’ said God, ‘and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.’

isv@Acts:7:8 @ Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. Then Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

isv@Acts:7:9 @ “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him as a slave into Egypt. However, God was with him

isv@Acts:7:13 @ On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.

isv@Acts:7:14 @ Then Joseph sent word and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him—seventy-five persons in all.

isv@Acts:7:17 @ “Now as the time approached for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people multiplied and grew more numerous in Egypt,

isv@Acts:7:18 @ until another king, who had not known Joseph, became ruler of Egypt.

isv@Acts:7:20 @ “At this time Moses was born. He was beautiful in the sight of God, and for three months he was cared for in his father's house.

isv@Acts:7:22 @ So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in speech and action.

isv@Acts:7:26 @ The next day he showed himself to some of them while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why should you harm each other?’

isv@Acts:7:28 @ You don't want to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’

isv@Acts:7:29 @ At this statement Moses fled and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. There he had two sons.

isv@Acts:7:30 @ “When forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

isv@Acts:7:32 @ ‘I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses became terrified and didn't dare to look.

isv@Acts:7:34 @ I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and have heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

isv@Acts:7:35 @ “This same Moses, whom they rejected by saying ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’, was the man whom God sent to be both their ruler and deliverer with the help of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

isv@Acts:7:37 @ It was this Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up a prophet for you from among your own brothers, just as he did me.’

isv@Acts:7:42 @ “So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the heavenly bodies. As it is written in the book of the Prophets: ‘O house of Israel,you didn't offer me slaughtered animals andsacrifices those forty years in the wilderness, did you?

isv@Acts:7:45 @ Our ancestors brought it here with Joshua when they replaced the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, and it was here until the time of David.

isv@Acts:7:49 @ “‘Heaven is my throne,and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me,’ declares the Lord, “or what place is there in which I can rest?

isv@Acts:7:52 @ Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.

isv@Acts:7:54 @ While they were listening to these things, they became more and more furious and began to grind their teeth at him.

isv@Acts:7:58 @ They threw him out of the city and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

isv@Acts:8:2 @ Devout men buried Stephen as they mourned loudly for him.

isv@Acts:8:3 @ But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

isv@Acts:8:6 @ The crowds, hearing his message and seeing the signs that he was doing, paid close attention to what was said by Philip.

isv@Acts:8:7 @ Unclean spirits screamed with a loud voice as they came out of the many people they had possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

isv@Acts:8:9 @ Now in that city there was a man named Simon. He was practicing occult arts and thrilling the people of Samaria, claiming to be a great man.

isv@Acts:8:11 @ They paid careful attention to him because he had thrilled them for a long time with his occultic performances.

isv@Acts:8:12 @ But when Philip proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and of the name of Jesus Christ, men and women believed and were baptized.

isv@Acts:8:13 @ Even Simon believed, and after he was baptized he became devoted to Philip. He was amazed to see the signs and great miracles that were happening.

isv@Acts:8:16 @ Before this he had not come on any of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

isv@Acts:8:19 @ and said, “Give me this power too, so that when I lay my hands on someone he will receive the Holy Spirit.”

isv@Acts:8:24 @ Simon answered, “Both of you pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you have said will happen to me.”

isv@Acts:8:27 @ So he got up and went. Now an Ethiopian eunuch was there. He was a member of the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and was in charge of all her treasures. He had come to Jerusalem to worship

isv@Acts:8:28 @ and was returning home. He was seated in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

isv@Acts:8:31 @ He replied, “How can I unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him.

isv@Acts:8:34 @ The eunuch said to Philip, “I ask you, about whom is the prophet speaking—about himself or about someone else?”

isv@Acts:8:36 @ As they were going along the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, there's some water. What keeps me from being baptized?”

isv@Acts:8:39 @ When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch went on his way rejoicing and did not see Philip again.

isv@Acts:8:40 @ But Philip found himself at Azotus. As he was passing through the region, he kept proclaiming the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

isv@Acts:9:2 @ and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

isv@Acts:9:4 @ He dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

isv@Acts:9:7 @ Meanwhile, the men who were traveling with him were standing speechless, for they heard the voice but didn't see anyone.

isv@Acts:9:10 @ Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,“Ananias!”He answered, “Here I am, Lord.”

isv@Acts:9:11 @ The Lord said to him,“Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he is praying.

isv@Acts:9:12 @ He has seen in a visiona man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so he would see again.”

isv@Acts:9:14 @ He is here with authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on your name.”

isv@Acts:9:15 @ But the Lord said to him,“Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the descendants of Israel.

isv@Acts:9:16 @ For I am going to show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake.”

isv@Acts:9:17 @ So Ananias left and went to that house. He laid his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were traveling, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

isv@Acts:9:18 @ All at once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

isv@Acts:9:19 @ and after taking some food he felt strong again. For several days he stayed with the disciples in Damascus.

isv@Acts:9:20 @ He immediately started to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This is the Son of God.”

isv@Acts:9:21 @ All who heard him were astonished and said, “This is the man who harassed those who called on his name in Jerusalem, isn't it? Didn't he come here to bring them in chains to the high priests?”

isv@Acts:9:24 @ but their plot became known to Saul. They were even watching the gates day and night to murder him,

isv@Acts:9:27 @ Barnabas, however, took him and presented him to the apostles, telling them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

isv@Acts:9:28 @ So he went in and out among them in Jerusalem, speaking courageously in the name of the Lord.

isv@Acts:9:31 @ So the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace. As it continued to be built up and to live in the fear of the Lord, it kept increasing in numbers through the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

isv@Acts:9:32 @ Now when Peter was going around among all of the disciples, he also came down to the saints living in Lydda.

isv@Acts:9:33 @ There he found a man named Aeneas who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.

isv@Acts:9:36 @ In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity, which she was always doing.

isv@Acts:9:37 @ At that time she got sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upstairs room.

isv@Acts:9:38 @ As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him and begged him, “Come to us without delay!”

isv@Acts:9:42 @ This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

isv@Acts:9:43 @ Meanwhile, Peter stayed in Joppa for several days with Simon, a leatherworker.

isv@Acts:10:1 @ Now in Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.

isv@Acts:10:2 @ He was a devout man who feared God, as did everyone in his home. He gave many gifts to the poor among the people and always prayed to God.

isv@Acts:10:4 @ He stared at the angel in terror and asked, “What is it, Lord?”He answered him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial before God.

isv@Acts:10:5 @ Send men now to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter.

isv@Acts:10:10 @ He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

isv@Acts:10:11 @ and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

isv@Acts:10:13 @ Then a voice told him,“Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.”

isv@Acts:10:15 @ Again a voice came to him a second time,“You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean.”

isv@Acts:10:16 @ This happened three times. Then the sheet was quickly taken into heaven.

isv@Acts:10:17 @ While Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men sent by Cornelius asked for Simon's house and went to the gate.

isv@Acts:10:19 @ Peter was still thinking about the vision when the Spirit said to him, “Look! Three men are looking for you.

isv@Acts:10:21 @ So Peter went to the men and said, “I'm the man you're looking for. Why are you here?”

isv@Acts:10:22 @ The men replied, “Cornelius, a centurion and an upright and God-fearing man who is respected by the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his home to hear what you have to say.”

isv@Acts:10:23 @ So Peter invited them in, and they were his guests. The next day he got up and went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went along with him.

isv@Acts:10:25 @ When Peter was about to go in, Cornelius met him, bowed down at his feet, and began to worship him.

isv@Acts:10:28 @ He said to them, “You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,

isv@Acts:10:29 @ and that is why I didn't hesitate when I was sent for. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”

isv@Acts:10:30 @ Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my home. All at once a man in radiant clothes stood in front of me

isv@Acts:10:31 @ and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

isv@Acts:10:32 @ So send messengers to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, to come to you. He is a guest in the home of Simon, a leatherworker, by the sea.’

isv@Acts:10:33 @ So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say.”

isv@Acts:10:43 @ To him all the prophets testify that everyone who believes in him receives the forgiveness of sins through his name.”

isv@Acts:10:44 @ While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all the people who were listening to his message.

isv@Acts:10:45 @ Then the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too.

isv@Acts:10:47 @ “No one can stop us from using water to baptize these people who have received the Holy Spirit in the same way that we did, can he?”

isv@Acts:10:48 @ So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

isv@Acts:11:3 @ They said, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

isv@Acts:11:5 @ “I was in the town of Joppa praying when in a trance I saw a vision: Something like a large linen sheet was coming down from heaven, being lowered by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

isv@Acts:11:7 @ I also heard a voice telling me,‘Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.’

isv@Acts:11:9 @ Then the voice from heaven answered a second time,‘You must stop calling common what God has made clean!’

isv@Acts:11:10 @ This happened three times. Then everything was pulled up to heaven again.

isv@Acts:11:11 @ “At that very moment three men arrived at the house where we were staying. They had been sent to me from Caesarea.

isv@Acts:11:12 @ The Spirit told me to go with them and not to treat them differently. These six brothers went with me, too, and we went into the man's house.

isv@Acts:11:13 @ Then he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his home and saying, ‘Send messengers to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter.

isv@Acts:11:14 @ He will speak words to you by which you and your entire home will be saved.’

isv@Acts:11:16 @ Then I remembered the word of the Lord—how he had said,‘John baptized withwater, but you will be baptized withthe Holy Spirit.’

isv@Acts:11:17 @ Now if God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to try to stop God?”

isv@Acts:11:20 @ But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene who came to Antioch and began talking to the Hellenistic Jews too, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.

isv@Acts:11:22 @ News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and so they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch.

isv@Acts:11:27 @ At that time some prophets from Jerusalem came down to Antioch.

isv@Acts:11:28 @ One of them named Agabus got up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world. This happened during the reign of Claudius.

isv@Acts:12:1 @ About that time, Herod arrested some people who belonged to the church and mistreated them.

isv@Acts:12:2 @ He even had James the brother of John killed with a sword.

isv@Acts:12:8 @ Then the angel said to him, “Tuck in your shirt and put on your sandals!” He did this. Then the angel told him, “Put on your coat and follow me!”

isv@Acts:12:10 @ They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened by itself for them, and they went outside and proceeded one block when the angel suddenly left him.

isv@Acts:12:11 @ Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I'm sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hands of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting!”

isv@Acts:12:13 @ When he knocked at the outer gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

isv@Acts:12:16 @ Meanwhile, Peter kept on knocking and knocking. When they opened the gate, they saw him and were amazed.

isv@Acts:12:17 @ He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet, and then he told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He added, “Tell this to James and the brothers.” Then he left and went somewhere else.

isv@Acts:12:18 @ When morning came, there was no little commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

isv@Acts:12:20 @ Now Herod had a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who took care of the king's bedroom, they asked for peace because their country depended on the king's country for food.

isv@Acts:12:23 @ Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

isv@Acts:13:1 @ Now Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch.

isv@Acts:13:2 @ While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me to do the work for which I called them.”

isv@Acts:13:6 @ They went through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish occult practitioner and false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

isv@Acts:13:8 @ But Elymas the occult practitioner (that is the meaning of his name) continued to oppose them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

isv@Acts:13:11 @ The hand of the Lord is against you now, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a while!” At that moment a dark mist came over him, and he went around looking for someone to lead him by the hand.

isv@Acts:13:13 @ Then Paul and his men set sail from Paphos and arrived in Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and went back to Jerusalem.

isv@Acts:13:15 @ After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders asked them, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you may speak.”

isv@Acts:13:16 @ Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen!

isv@Acts:13:20 @ for about 450 years. After that he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.

isv@Acts:13:25 @ When John was finishing his work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one. No, but he is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.’

isv@Acts:13:26 @ “My brothers, descendants of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the message of this salvation has been sent.

isv@Acts:13:31 @ and for many days he appeared to those who had come with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These are now his witnesses to the people.

isv@Acts:13:33 @ he has fulfilled for us, their descendants, by raising Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’

isv@Acts:13:38 @ “Therefore, brothers, you must understand that through him the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

isv@Acts:13:41 @ ‘Look, you mockers!Be amazed and die! For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you would not believeeven if someone told you!’”

isv@Acts:13:42 @ As Paul and Barnabas were leaving, the people kept urging them to tell them the same things the next Sabbath.

isv@Acts:13:43 @ When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

isv@Acts:13:45 @ But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to object to the statements made by Paul and even to abuse him.

isv@Acts:13:47 @ For that is what the Lord ordered us to do: ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles to be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.’”

isv@Acts:13:48 @ When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

isv@Acts:13:50 @ But the Jews stirred up devout women of high social standing and the officials in the city, started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their territory.

isv@Acts:13:52 @ Meanwhile, the disciples continued to be full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

isv@Acts:14:3 @ They stayed there a considerable time and continued to speak boldly for the Lord, who kept affirming his word of grace and granting signs and wonders to be done by them.

isv@Acts:14:4 @ But the people of the city were divided. Some were with the Jews, while others were with the apostles.

isv@Acts:14:11 @ When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us!”

isv@Acts:14:12 @ They began to call Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

isv@Acts:14:15 @ “Men, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings with natures like your own. We are telling you the good news to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

isv@Acts:14:19 @ But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowds by persuasion. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking he was dead.

isv@Acts:14:20 @ But the disciples formed a circle around him, and he got up and went back to town. The next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

isv@Acts:14:24 @ Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

isv@Acts:14:26 @ From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had completed.

isv@Acts:14:28 @ Then they spent a long time with the disciples.

isv@Acts:15:1 @ Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the law of Moses, you can't be saved.”

isv@Acts:15:2 @ Paul and Barnabas had quite a dispute and argument with them. So Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.

isv@Acts:15:4 @ When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done through them.

isv@Acts:15:5 @ But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “They must be circumcised and ordered to keep the law of Moses.”

isv@Acts:15:6 @ So the apostles and the elders met to consider this statement.

isv@Acts:15:7 @ After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose me to be the one among you through whom the Gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

isv@Acts:15:13 @ After they had finished speaking, James responded by saying, “Brothers, listen to me.

isv@Acts:15:14 @ Simeon has explained how God first showed his concern for the Gentiles by taking from among them a people for his name.

isv@Acts:15:16 @ ‘After this, I will come backand set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again

isv@Acts:15:17 @ so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the Gentiles who are called by my name, declares the Lord. He is the one who has been doing these things

isv@Acts:15:22 @ Then the apostles, the elders, and the whole church decided to choose some of their men to send with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. These were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the brothers.

isv@Acts:15:24 @ We have heard that some men, coming from us without instructions from us, have said things to trouble you and have unsettled your minds.

isv@Acts:15:25 @ So we have unanimously decided to choose men and send them to you with our dear Barnabas and Paul,

isv@Acts:15:27 @ We have therefore sent Judas and Silas to tell you the same things by word of mouth.

isv@Acts:15:28 @ For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any burden but these essential requirements:

isv@Acts:15:30 @ So the men were sent on their way and arrived in Antioch. They gathered the congregation together and delivered the letter.

isv@Acts:15:31 @ When the people read it, they were pleased with the encouragement it brought them.

isv@Acts:15:33 @ After staying there for some time, they were sent back with a greeting from the brothers to those who had sent them.

isv@Acts:15:35 @ Both Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch and taught and proclaimed the word of the Lord, as did many others.

isv@Acts:15:36 @ Some days after this, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let's go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they're doing.”

isv@Acts:15:39 @ The disagreement was so sharp that they parted ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus,

isv@Acts:15:40 @ while Paul chose Silas and left after the brothers had commended him to the grace of the Lord.

isv@Acts:16:1 @ He also went to Derbe and Lystra. Here there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, although his father was a Greek.

isv@Acts:16:9 @ During the night Paul had a vision. A man from Macedonia was standing there and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”

isv@Acts:16:10 @ As soon as he had seen the vision, we immediately looked for a way to go to Macedonia, for we were convinced that God had called us to tell them the good news.

isv@Acts:16:13 @ On the Sabbath day we went out of the gate and along the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and began talking to the women who had gathered there.

isv@Acts:16:14 @ A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods from the city of Thyatira, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.

isv@Acts:16:15 @ When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, “If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she continued to insist that we do so.

isv@Acts:16:16 @ Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a great deal of money by predicting the future.

isv@Acts:16:17 @ She would follow Paul and us and shout, “These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!”

isv@Acts:16:18 @ She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to the spirit, and said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out that very moment.

isv@Acts:16:20 @ They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews

isv@Acts:16:26 @ Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened.

isv@Acts:16:32 @ Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and everyone in his home.

isv@Acts:16:33 @ At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately.

isv@Acts:16:35 @ When day came, the magistrates sent guards and said, “Release those men.”

isv@Acts:16:36 @ The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent word to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”

isv@Acts:16:37 @ But Paul told them, “They have had us beaten publicly without a trial and have thrown us into jail, even though we are Roman citizens. Now are they going to throw us out secretly? Certainly not! Have them come and escort us out.”

isv@Acts:16:39 @ So they came, apologized to them, and escorted them out. Then they asked them to leave the city.

isv@Acts:17:1 @ They traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

isv@Acts:17:4 @ Some of them were persuaded to join Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

isv@Acts:17:5 @ But the Jews became jealous, and they took some contemptible characters who used to hang out in the public square, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason's home and searched it for Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the people.

isv@Acts:17:6 @ When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, “These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,

isv@Acts:17:7 @ and Jason has welcomed them as his guests. All of them oppose the emperor's decrees by saying that there is another king—Jesus!”

isv@Acts:17:10 @ That night the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

isv@Acts:17:11 @ These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

isv@Acts:17:12 @ Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.

isv@Acts:17:13 @ But when the Jews in Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul also in Berea, they went there to upset and incite the crowds.

isv@Acts:17:14 @ Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

isv@Acts:17:15 @ The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to Athens and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left.

isv@Acts:17:18 @ Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, “What is this blabbermouth trying to say?” while others said, “He seems to be preaching about foreign gods.” This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

isv@Acts:17:20 @ It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means.”

isv@Acts:17:21 @ Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time in nothing else than repeating or listening to the latest ideas.

isv@Acts:17:22 @ So Paul stood up in front of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.

isv@Acts:17:27 @ so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.

isv@Acts:17:28 @ For we live, move, and exist because of him, as some of your own poets have said: ‘For we are his children, too.’

isv@Acts:17:30 @ Though God has overlooked those times of ignorance, he now commands everyone everywhere to repent,

isv@Acts:17:32 @ When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

isv@Acts:17:33 @ And so Paul left the meeting.

isv@Acts:17:34 @ Some men joined him and became believers. With them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and some others along with them.

isv@Acts:18:2 @ There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

isv@Acts:18:3 @ and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.

isv@Acts:18:7 @ Then he left that place and went to the home of a man named Titius Justus, who worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.

isv@Acts:18:14 @ Paul was about to open his mouth when Gallio said to the Jews, “If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews.

isv@Acts:18:15 @ But since it is a question about words, names, and your own law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters.”

isv@Acts:18:21 @ As he told them goodbye, he said, “I will come back to you again if it is God's will.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

isv@Acts:18:23 @ After spending some time there, he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

isv@Acts:18:24 @ Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria and an eloquent man, one powerful in the Scriptures.

isv@Acts:18:26 @ He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

isv@Acts:18:27 @ When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote and urged the disciples to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

isv@Acts:19:1 @ It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul passed through the inland districts and came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there

isv@Acts:19:4 @ Then Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

isv@Acts:19:5 @ On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

isv@Acts:19:6 @ When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

isv@Acts:19:7 @ There were about twelve men in all.

isv@Acts:19:9 @ But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way before the people, he left them, took his disciples away from them, and had daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

isv@Acts:19:13 @ Then some Jews who went around trying to drive out demons attempted to use the name of the Lord Jesus on those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches!”

isv@Acts:19:14 @ Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.

isv@Acts:19:17 @ When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, fear came on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

isv@Acts:19:18 @ Many who became believers kept coming and confessing and telling about their practices.

isv@Acts:19:21 @ After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go through Macedonia and Achaia and then to go on to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have gone there, I must also see Rome.”

isv@Acts:19:23 @ Now just about that time a great commotion broke out concerning the Way.

isv@Acts:19:24 @ A silversmith named Demetrius provided a large income for the skilled workers by making silver shrines of Artemis.

isv@Acts:19:25 @ He called a meeting of these men and others who were engaged in similar trades and said, “Men, you well know that we get a good income from this business.

isv@Acts:19:28 @ When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

isv@Acts:19:31 @ Even some officials of the province of Asia who were his friends sent him a message urging him not to risk his life in the theater.

isv@Acts:19:32 @ Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, some another. For the assembly was confused, and most of them didn't know why they were meeting.

isv@Acts:19:33 @ Some of the crowd concluded it was because of Alexander, since the Jews had pushed him to the front. So Alexander motioned for silence and tried to make a defense before the people.

isv@Acts:19:35 @ When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven?

isv@Acts:19:37 @ For you have brought these men here, although they neither rob temples nor blaspheme our goddess.

isv@Acts:19:38 @ So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there.

isv@Acts:20:5 @ These men went on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

isv@Acts:20:7 @ On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

isv@Acts:20:8 @ Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.

isv@Acts:20:9 @ A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in a window, began to sink off into a deep sleep as Paul kept speaking longer and longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

isv@Acts:20:10 @ But Paul went down, bent over him, took him into his arms, and said, “Stop being alarmed, for his life is in him.”

isv@Acts:20:11 @ Then he went back upstairs, broke the bread, and ate. He talked with them for a long time, until dawn, and then left.

isv@Acts:20:14 @ When he met us in Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.

isv@Acts:20:15 @ We sailed from there and on the following day arrived off Chios. The next day we crossed over to Samos and stayed at Trogyllium. The day after that we came to Miletus.

isv@Acts:20:16 @ Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in Asia, as he was in a hurry to get to Jerusalem for the day of Pentecost, if that was possible.

isv@Acts:20:17 @ From Miletus he sent messengers to Ephesus to ask the elders of the church to meet with him.

isv@Acts:20:18 @ When they came to him, he said to them, “You know how I lived among you the entire time from the first day I set foot in Asia.

isv@Acts:20:19 @ I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

isv@Acts:20:22 @ “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

isv@Acts:20:23 @ except that in town after town the Holy Spirit assures me that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.

isv@Acts:20:29 @ I know that when I'm gone savage wolves will come among you and not spare the flock.

isv@Acts:20:30 @ Indeed, some of your own men will come forward and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.

isv@Acts:20:31 @ So be alert! Remember that for three years, night and day, I never stopped warning each of you with tears.

isv@Acts:20:32 @ “I am now entrusting you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

isv@Acts:20:34 @ You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who were with me.

isv@Acts:20:35 @ In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said,‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

isv@Acts:21:3 @ We came in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on our left we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre because the ship was to unload its cargo there.

isv@Acts:21:6 @ and said goodbye to each other. Then we went aboard the ship, and they went back home.

isv@Acts:21:8 @ The next day we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the seven, and stayed with him.

isv@Acts:21:10 @ After we had been there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judea.

isv@Acts:21:11 @ He came to us, took Paul's belt, and tied his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

isv@Acts:21:13 @ Then Paul replied, “What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!”

isv@Acts:21:16 @ Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us. They took us to the home of Mnason to be his guests. He was from Cyprus and had been an early disciple.

isv@Acts:21:17 @ When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us warmly.

isv@Acts:21:18 @ The next day Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were present.

isv@Acts:21:22 @ What is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

isv@Acts:21:23 @ So do what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.

isv@Acts:21:24 @ Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay the expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself constantly observe and guard the law.

isv@Acts:21:25 @ As for the Gentiles who have become believers, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should keep away from food that has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

isv@Acts:21:26 @ Then Paul took the men and the next day purified himself with them. Then he went into the temple to announce the time when the days of purification would be over and when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.

isv@Acts:21:28 @ yelling, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere to turn against our people, the law, and this place. More than that, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and desecrated this holy place.”

isv@Acts:21:32 @ Immediately he took some soldiers and officers and ran down to them. When they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

isv@Acts:21:33 @ Then the tribune came up, grabbed Paul, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He then asked who Paul was and what he had done.

isv@Acts:21:34 @ Some of the crowd shouted this and some that. Since he couldn't learn the facts because of the confusion, he ordered him to be taken into the barracks.

isv@Acts:21:37 @ Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?”He asked, “Do you know Greek?

isv@Acts:21:38 @ You're not the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led 4,000 assassins into the desert, are you?”

isv@Acts:21:39 @ Paul replied, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you to let me speak to the people.”

isv@Acts:22:2 @ When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet, and he continued,

isv@Acts:22:4 @ I persecuted this Way even to the death and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

isv@Acts:22:5 @ as the high priest and the whole Council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was going there to tie up those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

isv@Acts:22:6 @ “But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

isv@Acts:22:7 @ I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?’

isv@Acts:22:8 @ I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus from Nazareth,whom you are persecuting.’

isv@Acts:22:9 @ The men who were with me saw the light but didn't understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

isv@Acts:22:10 @ “Then I asked, ‘What am I to do, Lord?’ The Lord told me,‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are destined to do.’

isv@Acts:22:11 @ Since I could not see because of the brightness of the light, the men who were with me took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.

isv@Acts:22:13 @ came to me. He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ At that moment I could see him.

isv@Acts:22:16 @ What are you waiting for now? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.’

isv@Acts:22:18 @ and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry up and get out of Jerusalem at once, because the peoplewon't accept your testimony about me.’

isv@Acts:22:21 @ Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

isv@Acts:22:27 @ So the tribune went and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”“Yes,” he said.

isv@Acts:22:29 @ Immediately those who were about to examine him stepped back, and the tribune was afraid when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had tied him up.

isv@Acts:22:30 @ The next day, since the Tribune wanted to find out exactly what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the high priests and the entire Council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

isv@Acts:23:2 @ Then the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near him to strike him on the mouth.

isv@Acts:23:3 @ At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! How can you sit there and judge me according to the law and yet in violation of the law order me to be struck?”

isv@Acts:23:4 @ The men standing near him asked, “Do you mean to insult God's high priest?”

isv@Acts:23:6 @ When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the Council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”

isv@Acts:23:9 @ There was a great deal of shouting until some of the scribes who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and argued forcefully, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

isv@Acts:23:11 @ That night the Lord stood near him and said,“Have courage! For just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, you must testify in Rome, too.”

isv@Acts:23:12 @ In the morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and took an oath not to eat or drink anything before they had killed Paul.

isv@Acts:23:13 @ More than forty men formed this conspiracy.

isv@Acts:23:16 @ But the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, so he came and got into the barracks and told Paul.

isv@Acts:23:17 @ Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune, because he has something to tell him.”

isv@Acts:23:18 @ So he took him, brought him to the tribune, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

isv@Acts:23:19 @ The tribune took him by the hand, stepped aside to be alone with him, and asked, “What have you got to tell me?”

isv@Acts:23:25 @ He wrote a letter with this message:

isv@Acts:23:29 @ I found that, although he was charged with questions about their law, there was no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.

isv@Acts:23:30 @ Since a plot against the man has been reported to me, I am at once sending him to you and have also ordered his accusers to present their charges against him before you.”

isv@Acts:23:32 @ The next day they let the horsemen ride on with him while they returned to their barracks.

isv@Acts:23:33 @ When these came to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

isv@Acts:24:1 @ Five days later, the high priest Ananias arrived with some elders and Tertullius, an attorney, and they presented their case against Paul before the governor.

isv@Acts:24:12 @ They never found me debating with anyone in the temple or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or throughout the city,

isv@Acts:24:13 @ and they cannot prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.

isv@Acts:24:15 @ I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish—that there is to be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked.

isv@Acts:24:17 @ After many years I have come back to my people to bring gifts for the poor and to offer sacrifices.

isv@Acts:24:18 @ They found me in the temple doing these things just as I had completed the purification ceremony. No crowd or noisy mob was present.

isv@Acts:24:19 @ But some Jews from Asia were there, and they should be here before you to accuse me if they have anything against me.

isv@Acts:24:20 @ Otherwise, these men themselves should tell what wrong they found when I stood before the Council—

isv@Acts:24:22 @ Felix was rather well informed about the Way, and so he adjourned the trial with the comment, “When Tribune Lysias arrives, I will decide your case.”

isv@Acts:24:23 @ He ordered the centurion to guard Paul but to let him have some freedom and not to keep any of his friends from caring for his needs.

isv@Acts:24:24 @ Some days later, Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him talk about faith in Christ Jesus.

isv@Acts:24:25 @ As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, “For the present you may go. When I get a chance, I will send for you again.”

isv@Acts:24:26 @ At the same time he was hoping to get money from Paul, and so he would send for him frequently to talk with him.

isv@Acts:25:2 @ The high priests and Jewish leaders informed him of their charges against Paul, urging

isv@Acts:25:5 @ “Therefore,” he said, “have your authorities come down with me and present their charges against him, if there is anything wrong with the man.”

isv@Acts:25:7 @ When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.

isv@Acts:25:9 @ Then Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried there before me on these charges?”

isv@Acts:25:10 @ But Paul said, “I am standing before the emperor's judgment seat where I ought to be tried. I haven't done anything wrong to the Jews, as you know very well.

isv@Acts:25:11 @ If I am guilty and have done something that deserves death, I don't refuse to die. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to the emperor!”

isv@Acts:25:13 @ After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to welcome Festus.

isv@Acts:25:15 @ When I went to Jerusalem, the high priests and the Jewish elders informed me about him and asked me to condemn him.

isv@Acts:25:16 @ I answered them that it was not the Roman custom to hand over a man for punishment until the accused met his accusers face to face and had an opportunity to defend himself against the charge.

isv@Acts:25:17 @ “So they came here with me, and the next day without any delay I sat down in the judge's seat and ordered the man to be brought in.

isv@Acts:25:18 @ When his accusers stood up, they didn't accuse him of any of the crimes I was expecting.

isv@Acts:25:19 @ Instead, they had several arguments with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died but whom Paul kept claiming was alive.

isv@Acts:25:23 @ The next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived with much fanfare and went into the auditorium along with the tribunes and the leading men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

isv@Acts:25:24 @ Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all you men who are present with us! You see this man about whom the whole Jewish nation petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

isv@Acts:25:26 @ I have nothing reliable to write our Sovereign about him, so I have brought him to all of you, and especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I will have something to write after he is cross-examined.

isv@Acts:25:27 @ For it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

isv@Acts:26:3 @ since you are especially familiar with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen patiently to me.

isv@Acts:26:5 @ They have known for a long time, if they would but testify to it, that I lived as a Pharisee by the standard of the strictest sect of our religion.

isv@Acts:26:9 @ Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

isv@Acts:26:11 @ I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even to distant cities.

isv@Acts:26:13 @ On the road at noon, O King, I saw from heaven a light that was brighter than the sun flash around me and those who were traveling with me.

isv@Acts:26:14 @ All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in the Hebrew language,‘Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the goads.’

isv@Acts:26:18 @ You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they might receive the forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

isv@Acts:26:21 @ For this reason the Jews grabbed me in the temple and kept trying to kill me.

isv@Acts:26:28 @ Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you so quickly persuade me to become a Christian?”

isv@Acts:26:29 @ Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I wish to God that not only you but everyone listening to me today would become what I am—except for these chains!”

isv@Acts:26:31 @ As they were leaving, they began to say to each other, “This man isn't doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment.”

isv@Acts:27:1 @ When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they transferred Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the emperor's division.

isv@Acts:27:7 @ We sailed slowly for a number of days and with difficulty arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the wind was against us, we sailed on the sheltered side of Crete off Cape Salome.

isv@Acts:27:8 @ Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

isv@Acts:27:9 @ Much time had been lost, and because navigation had become dangerous and the day of fasting had already past, Paul began to warn them

isv@Acts:27:10 @ by saying, “Men, I see that in this voyage there will be hardship and a heavy loss not only of the cargo and ship but also of our lives.”

isv@Acts:27:12 @ Since the harbor was not a good place to spend the winter, most of the men favored putting out to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. It is a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest.

isv@Acts:27:19 @ On the third day they threw the ship's equipment overboard with their own hands.

isv@Acts:27:21 @ After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete. You would have avoided this hardship and damage.

isv@Acts:27:23 @ For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by me

isv@Acts:27:25 @ So have courage, men, for I trust God that it will turn out just as he told me.

isv@Acts:27:26 @ However, we will have to run aground on some island.”

isv@Acts:27:29 @ Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

isv@Acts:27:31 @ Paul told the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

isv@Acts:27:33 @ Right up to daybreak Paul kept urging all of them to eat something, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.

isv@Acts:27:34 @ So I urge you to eat something, for it will help you survive, since none of you will lose a hair from his head.”

isv@Acts:27:35 @ After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.

isv@Acts:27:36 @ All of them were encouraged and had something to eat.

isv@Acts:27:39 @ When day came, they couldn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach on which they planned to run the ship ashore if possible.

isv@Acts:27:40 @ So they cut the anchors free and left them in the sea. At the same time they untied the ropes that held the steering oars, raised the foresail to the wind, and headed for the beach.

isv@Acts:27:44 @ The rest were to follow, some on planks and others on various pieces of the ship. In this way all of them got to shore safely.

isv@Acts:28:2 @ The people who lived there were unusually kind to us. It had started to rain and was cold, and so they made a fire and welcomed all of us around it.

isv@Acts:28:5 @ But he shook the snake into the fire and wasn't harmed.

isv@Acts:28:6 @ They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

isv@Acts:28:7 @ The governor of the island, whose name was Publius, owned estates in that part of the island, and he welcomed us and entertained us with great hospitality for three days.

isv@Acts:28:13 @ Then we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. A day later a south wind began to blow, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

isv@Acts:28:14 @ There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

isv@Acts:28:15 @ The brothers there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and felt encouraged.

isv@Acts:28:16 @ When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

isv@Acts:28:18 @ They examined me and wanted to let me go because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

isv@Acts:28:19 @ But the Jews objected and forced me to appeal to the emperor, even though I have no countercharge to bring against my own people.

isv@Acts:28:21 @ They told him, “We haven't received any letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or mentioned anything bad about you.

isv@Acts:28:23 @ So they set a day to meet with him and came in large numbers to see him where he was staying. From morning until evening he continued to explain the kingdom of God to them, trying to convince them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the Prophets.

isv@Acts:28:24 @ Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others wouldn't believe.

isv@Acts:28:25 @ They disagreed with one another as they were leaving, and Paul added a statement: “How well did the Holy Spirit speak to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!

isv@Acts:28:27 @ For this people's heart has become dull,and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyesso that they may never see with their eyes, and listen with their ears,and understand with their heart and turn and let me heal them.”’

isv@Acts:28:30 @ For two whole years he lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him.

isv@Romans:1:5 @ Through him we received grace and a commission as an apostle to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of his name.

isv@Romans:1:7 @ To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be holy. May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours!

isv@Romans:1:9 @ For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you

isv@Romans:1:10 @ in my prayers at all times, asking that somehow by God's will I may at last succeed in coming to you.

isv@Romans:1:11 @ For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,

isv@Romans:1:13 @ I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.

isv@Romans:1:15 @ That is why I am so eager to proclaim the gospel to you who live in Rome, too.

isv@Romans:1:16 @ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who believes, of the Jew first and of the Greek as well.

isv@Romans:1:22 @ Though claiming to be wise, they became fools

isv@Romans:1:25 @ They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

isv@Romans:1:27 @ In the same way, their males also abandoned the natural sexual function of females and burned with lust for one another. Males committed indecent acts with males, and received in themselves the appropriate penalty for their perversion.

isv@Romans:1:29 @ They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

isv@Romans:1:32 @ Although they know God's just requirement—that those who practice such things deserve to die—they not only do these things but even applaud others who practice them.

isv@Romans:2:1 @ Therefore, you have no excuse—every one of you who judges. For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, practice the very same things.

isv@Romans:2:2 @ Now we know that God's judgment against those who practice such is based on truth.

isv@Romans:2:3 @ So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on those who practice these things and then do them yourself, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

isv@Romans:2:5 @ But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

isv@Romans:2:13 @ For it is not merely those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight. No, it is those who do the law, who will be justified.

isv@Romans:2:24 @ As it is written, “God's name is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

isv@Romans:2:25 @ For circumcision is valuable if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

isv@Romans:2:26 @ So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won't it?

isv@Romans:2:28 @ For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something external and physical.

isv@Romans:2:29 @ No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.

isv@Romans:3:3 @ What if some of them were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness cannot cancel God's faithfulness, can it?

isv@Romans:3:8 @ Or can we say—as some people slander us by claiming that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

isv@Romans:3:9 @ What, then, does this mean? Are we Jews any better off? Not at all! For we have already accused everyone, both Jews and Greeks, of being under the power of sin.

isv@Romans:3:12 @ All have turned away.Together they have become worthless.No one shows kindness, not even one person!

isv@Romans:3:20 @ Therefore, no human being will be justified in God's sight by means of the works prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the full knowledge of sin.

isv@Romans:3:25 @ whom God offered as a place where atonement by Christ's blood could occur through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because he had waited patiently to deal with sins committed in the past.

isv@Romans:3:26 @ He wanted to demonstrate at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the person who has the faithfulness of Jesus.

isv@Romans:3:30 @ since there is only one God who will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised by that same faith.

isv@Romans:4:2 @ For if Abraham was justified by works, he would have had something to boast about—though not before God.

isv@Romans:4:4 @ Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.

isv@Romans:4:5 @ However, to someone who does not work, but simply believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

isv@Romans:4:9 @ Now does this blessedness come to the circumcised alone, or also to the uncircumcised? For we say, “Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness.”

isv@Romans:4:13 @ For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law, but through the righteousness produced by faith.

isv@Romans:4:18 @ Hoping in spite of hopeless circumstances, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” just as he had been told: “This is how many descendants you will have.”

isv@Romans:4:20 @ nor did he doubt God's promise out of a lack of faith. Instead, he became strong in faith and gave glory to God,

isv@Romans:4:24 @ but also for us. Our faith will be regarded in the same way, if we believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

isv@Romans:5:6 @ For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

isv@Romans:5:7 @ For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.

isv@Romans:5:14 @ Nevertheless, death ruled from the time of Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the same way Adam did when he disobeyed. He is a type of the one who would come.

isv@Romans:5:16 @ Nor can the free gift be compared to what came through the man who sinned. For the sentence that followed one man's offense brought condemnation, but the free gift brought justification, even after many offenses.

isv@Romans:6:5 @ For if we have become united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

isv@Romans:6:11 @ In the same way, you too must continually consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

isv@Romans:6:13 @ Stop offering the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.

isv@Romans:6:15 @ What, then, does this mean? Should we go on sinning because we are not under law but under grace? Of course not!

isv@Romans:6:16 @ Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

isv@Romans:6:17 @ But thank God that, though you were once slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching with which you were entrusted!

isv@Romans:6:18 @ And since you have been freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.

isv@Romans:6:19 @ I am speaking in human terms because of the frailty of your flesh. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.

isv@Romans:6:21 @ What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death.

isv@Romans:6:22 @ But now that you have been freed from sin and have become God's slaves, the benefit you reap is sanctification, and the result is eternal life.

isv@Romans:7:4 @ In the same way, my brothers, through Christ's body you also died as far as the law is concerned, so that you may belong to another person, the one who was raised from the dead, and may bear fruit for God.

isv@Romans:7:7 @ What should we say, then? Is the law sinful? Of course not! In fact, I wouldn't have known sin if it had not been for the law. For I wouldn't have known what it means to covet if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”

isv@Romans:7:8 @ But sin seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

isv@Romans:7:9 @ At one time I was alive without any connection to the law. But when the commandment came, sin sprang to life,

isv@Romans:7:10 @ and I died. I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

isv@Romans:7:11 @ For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and used it to kill me.

isv@Romans:7:12 @ So then, the law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy, just, and good.

isv@Romans:7:13 @ Now, did something good bring me death? Of course not! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used something good to cause my death, so that through the commandment sin might become more sinful than ever.

isv@Romans:7:14 @ For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am mere flesh, sold as a slave to sin.

isv@Romans:7:17 @ As it is, I am no longer the one who is doing it, but it is the sin that lives in me.

isv@Romans:7:18 @ For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.

isv@Romans:7:20 @ But if I do what I don't want to do, I am no longer the one who is doing it, but it is the sin that lives in me.

isv@Romans:7:21 @ So I find this to be a law: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.

isv@Romans:7:23 @ but I see in my body a different law waging war with the law in my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin that exists in my body.

isv@Romans:7:24 @ What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

isv@Romans:8:2 @ For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

isv@Romans:8:4 @ so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

isv@Romans:8:18 @ For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us.

isv@Romans:8:22 @ For we know that all creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

isv@Romans:8:26 @ In the same way, the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself intercedes with groans too deep for words,

isv@Romans:8:29 @ For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

isv@Romans:8:38 @ For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

isv@Romans:9:5 @ To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, Christ descended, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

isv@Romans:9:7 @ and not all of Abraham's descendants are his true descendants. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you.”

isv@Romans:9:9 @ For this is the language of promise: “At this time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

isv@Romans:9:10 @ Not only that, but Rebecca became pregnant by our ancestor Isaac.

isv@Romans:9:15 @ For he says to Moses, “I will be merciful to the person I want to be merciful to, and I will be kind to the person I want to be kind to.”

isv@Romans:9:16 @ Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.

isv@Romans:9:17 @ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for this very purpose,to demonstrate my power in you and that my name might be proclaimedin all the earth.”

isv@Romans:9:18 @ Therefore, God has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.

isv@Romans:9:19 @ You may ask me, “Then why does God still find fault with anybody? For who can resist his will?”

isv@Romans:9:20 @ On the contrary, who are you—mere man that you are—to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, “Why did you make me like this?”

isv@Romans:9:21 @ A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump.

isv@Romans:9:22 @ Now if God wants to demonstrate his wrath and reveal his power, can't he be extremely patient with the objects of his wrath that are made for destruction?

isv@Romans:9:23 @ Can't he also reveal his glorious riches to the objects of his mercy that he has prepared ahead of time for glory—

isv@Romans:9:27 @ Isaiah also calls out concerning Israel, “Although the descendants of Israelare as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore,only a few will be saved.

isv@Romans:9:29 @ It is just as Isaiah predicted: “If the Lord of the Heavenly Armieshad not left us some descendants,we would have become like Sodomand would have been compared to Gomorrah.”

isv@Romans:9:30 @ What can we say, then? Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, have attained righteousness, a righteousness that comes through faith.

isv@Romans:9:33 @ As it is written, “Look! I am placing a stone in Zionthat people will stumble over and a large rock that will make them fall,and the one who believes in him will never be ashamed.”

isv@Romans:10:3 @ For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's righteousness.

isv@Romans:10:5 @ For Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from the law as follows: “The person who obeys these things will find life in them.”

isv@Romans:10:6 @ But the righteousness that comes from faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),

isv@Romans:10:8 @ But what does it say? “The message is near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart.” This is the message of faith that we proclaim:

isv@Romans:10:11 @ For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be ashamed.”

isv@Romans:10:12 @ For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, because they all have the same Lord, who gives richly to all who call on him.

isv@Romans:10:13 @ For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

isv@Romans:10:14 @ How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching?

isv@Romans:10:16 @ But not everyone has obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah asks, “Lord, who has believed our message?”

isv@Romans:10:17 @ Consequently, faith comes from listening, and listening comes through the word of Christ.

isv@Romans:10:20 @ And Isaiah boldly says, “I was found by those who were not looking for me;I was revealed to those who were not asking for me.”

isv@Romans:11:5 @ So it is at the present time: there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

isv@Romans:11:7 @ What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was striving for, but those who were chosen obtained it. However, the rest were hardened.

isv@Romans:11:9 @ And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling block and a punishment for them.

isv@Romans:11:11 @ And so I ask, “They have not stumbled so as to fall, have they?” Of course not! On the contrary, because of their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make the Jews jealous.

isv@Romans:11:12 @ Now if their stumbling means riches for the world, and if their fall means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!

isv@Romans:11:14 @ in the hope that I can make my people jealous and save some of them.

isv@Romans:11:15 @ For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

isv@Romans:11:17 @ Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,

isv@Romans:11:18 @ do not boast about being better than the other branches. If you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

isv@Romans:11:25 @ For I do not want you to be ignorant of this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are. A partial hardening has come on Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

isv@Romans:11:26 @ In this way, all Israel will be saved. As it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion;he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

isv@Romans:11:30 @ For just as you disobeyed God in the past but now have received his mercy because of their disobedience,

isv@Romans:11:31 @ in order they too have disobeyed in the present so that they may receive mercy because of the mercy shown to you.

isv@Romans:11:32 @ For God has locked all people in the prison of their own disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

isv@Romans:11:33 @ O how deep are God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge! How impossible to explain his judgments or to understand his ways!

isv@Romans:11:34 @ “Who has known the mind of the Lord?Or who has become his adviser?

isv@Romans:11:35 @ Who has given him somethingonly to have him pay it back?”

isv@Romans:11:36 @ For all things are from him, by him, and for him. Glory belongs to him forever! Amen.

isv@Romans:12:1 @ I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.

isv@Romans:12:2 @ Do not be conformed to this world, but continually be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is—what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.

isv@Romans:12:3 @ For by the grace given to me I ask every one of you not to think of yourself more highly than you should think, rather to think of yourself with sober judgment on the measure of faith that God has assigned each of you.

isv@Romans:12:4 @ For we have many parts in one body, but these parts do not all have the same function.

isv@Romans:12:5 @ In the same way, even though we are many people, we are one body in Christ and individual parts connected to each other.

isv@Romans:12:19 @ Do not take revenge, dear fiends, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me. I will pay them back, declares the Lord.”

isv@Romans:13:2 @ so that whoever resists the authorities opposes what God has established, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

isv@Romans:13:9 @ For the commandments, “You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not covet,” and every other commandment are summed up in this statement: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

isv@Romans:13:10 @ Love never does anything that is harmful to its neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.

isv@Romans:13:11 @ This is necessary because you know the times—that it's time for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we became believers.

isv@Romans:14:4 @ Who are you to criticize someone else's servant? His own Lord will determine whether he stands or falls. And stand he will, because God is able to make him stand.

isv@Romans:14:5 @ One person decides that one day is better than another, while another person decides that all days are the same. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.

isv@Romans:14:9 @ For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he might become the Lord of both the dead and the living.

isv@Romans:14:10 @ Why, then, do you criticize your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For all of us will stand before the judgment seat of God.

isv@Romans:14:11 @ For it is written, “As certainly as I live, declares the Lord,every knee will bow to me,and every tongue will praise God.”

isv@Romans:14:21 @ The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble or become upset or weak.

isv@Romans:15:3 @ For even Christ did not please himself. Instead, as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

isv@Romans:15:4 @ For everything that was written long ago was written for our instruction, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.

isv@Romans:15:5 @ Now may God, the source of endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other as you follow Christ Jesus,

isv@Romans:15:8 @ For I tell you that Christ became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth in order to confirm the promises given to our forefathers,

isv@Romans:15:9 @ so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “That is why I will praise you among the Gentiles;I will sing praises to your name.”

isv@Romans:15:15 @ However, on some points I have written to you rather boldly, both as a reminder to you and because of the grace given me by God

isv@Romans:15:18 @ For I am bold enough to tell you only about what Christ has accomplished through me in the bringing of Gentiles to obedience. By my words and actions,

isv@Romans:15:19 @ by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God's Spirit, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum.

isv@Romans:15:20 @ My one ambition is to proclaim the gospel where the name of Christ is not known, lest I build on someone else's foundation.

isv@Romans:15:23 @ But now, having no further opportunities in these regions, I have the desire to come to you, as I have had for many years.

isv@Romans:15:24 @ Now that I am on my way to Spain, I hope to see you when I come your way and, after I have enjoyed your company for a while, to be sent on by you.

isv@Romans:15:29 @ And I know that when I come to you I will come with the full blessing of Christ.

isv@Romans:15:30 @ Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit produces, to join me in my struggle, earnestly praying to God for me

isv@Romans:15:32 @ and that by the will of God I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.

isv@Romans:15:33 @ Now may the God of peace be with all of you! Amen.

isv@Romans:16:1 @ Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant in the church at Cenchreae.

isv@Romans:16:2 @ Welcome her in the Lord as is appropriate for saints, and provide her with anything she may need from you, for she has assisted many people, including me.

isv@Romans:16:7 @ Greet Andronicus and Junias, my fellow Jews who are in prison with me and are prominent among the apostles. They were in Christ before I was.

isv@Romans:16:13 @ Greet Rufus, the one chosen by the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

isv@Romans:16:14 @ Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

isv@Romans:16:17 @ Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and sinful enticements in opposition to the teaching you have learned. Stay away from them!

isv@Romans:16:19 @ For your obedience has become known to everyone, and I am full of joy for you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

isv@Romans:16:23 @ Gaius, who is host to me and the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.

isv@Romans:16:25 @ Now to the one who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus Christ, by revealing the secret that was kept in silence in long ages past

isv@Romans:16:27 @ to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen.

isv@1Corinthians:1:2 @ to the church of God in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who continually call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours.

isv@1Corinthians:1:5 @ For in him you have become rich in every way—in speech and knowledge of every kind.

isv@1Corinthians:1:6 @ In this way, our testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you.

isv@1Corinthians:1:8 @ He will keep you strong until the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

isv@1Corinthians:1:10 @ Brothers, I urge all of you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to be in agreement and not to have divisions among you, so that you may be perfectly united in your understanding and opinions.

isv@1Corinthians:1:11 @ My brothers, some members of Chloe's family have made it clear to me that there are quarrels among you.

isv@1Corinthians:1:12 @ This is what I mean: Each of you is saying, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

isv@1Corinthians:1:13 @ Has Christ been divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? You weren't baptized in Paul's name, were you?

isv@1Corinthians:1:15 @ lest anyone can say that you were baptized in my name.

isv@1Corinthians:1:17 @ For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

isv@1Corinthians:1:18 @ For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.

isv@1Corinthians:1:27 @ But God chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed.

isv@1Corinthians:1:28 @ And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,

isv@1Corinthians:1:30 @ It is because of him that you are in union with Christ Jesus, who for us has become wisdom from God, as well as our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

isv@1Corinthians:2:1 @ When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret with rhetorical language or wisdom.

isv@1Corinthians:2:3 @ It was in weakness, fear, and great trembling that I came to you.

isv@1Corinthians:2:4 @ My message and my preaching were not accompanied by clever words of wisdom, but by a display of the Spirit's power,

isv@1Corinthians:2:6 @ However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.

isv@1Corinthians:2:11 @ Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except by his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.

isv@1Corinthians:2:12 @ Now, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we can understand the things that were freely given to us by God.

isv@1Corinthians:3:1 @ Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in Christ.

isv@1Corinthians:3:4 @ For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” you are merely human, aren't you?

isv@1Corinthians:3:5 @ What is Apollos anyhow? Or what is Paul? Mere servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.

isv@1Corinthians:3:8 @ The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own work.

isv@1Corinthians:3:10 @ As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.

isv@1Corinthians:3:13 @ the workmanship of each person will become evident, for the day will show what it is, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's work.

isv@1Corinthians:3:18 @ Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.

isv@1Corinthians:3:21 @ So let no one boast about men. For everything belongs to you,

isv@1Corinthians:4:3 @ It is a very small thing to me that I should be examined by you or by any human court. In fact, I don't even examine myself.

isv@1Corinthians:4:4 @ For my conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who examines me.

isv@1Corinthians:4:5 @ Therefore, stop judging before the proper time, before the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the motives of our hearts. Then each person will receive his praise from God.

isv@1Corinthians:4:8 @ You already have all you want! You have already become rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you really were kings so that we could be kings with you!

isv@1Corinthians:4:9 @ For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.

isv@1Corinthians:4:11 @ To this very hour we are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless.

isv@1Corinthians:4:13 @ When slandered, we answer with kind words. Up to this moment we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

isv@1Corinthians:4:14 @ I'm not writing this to make you feel ashamed, but to warn you as my dear children.

isv@1Corinthians:4:15 @ You may have 10,000 guardians in Christ, but not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

isv@1Corinthians:4:16 @ So I urge you to become imitators of me.

isv@1Corinthians:4:17 @ That's why I sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and dependable child in the Lord and will help you remember my way of life in Christ Jesus as I teach it everywhere in every church.

isv@1Corinthians:4:18 @ Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

isv@1Corinthians:4:19 @ But I will come to you soon if it's the Lord's will. Then I'll discover not only what these arrogant people are saying but also what power they have,

isv@1Corinthians:4:21 @ Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

isv@1Corinthians:5:3 @ Even though I am away from you physically, I am with you in spirit. I have already passed judgment on the man who did this, as though I were present with you.

isv@1Corinthians:5:4 @ When you are gathered together in the name of our Lord Jesus and my spirit and the power of our Lord Jesus are present,

isv@1Corinthians:5:10 @ not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or greedy people, robbers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

isv@1Corinthians:6:3 @ You know that we will rule angels, not to mention things in this life, don't you?

isv@1Corinthians:6:5 @ I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?

isv@1Corinthians:6:11 @ That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

isv@1Corinthians:6:12 @ Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not allow anything to control me.

isv@1Corinthians:6:13 @ Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will put an end to both of them. The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

isv@1Corinthians:6:16 @ You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

isv@1Corinthians:6:17 @ But the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

isv@1Corinthians:7:3 @ A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband.

isv@1Corinthians:7:4 @ A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

isv@1Corinthians:7:5 @ Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

isv@1Corinthians:7:7 @ I would like everyone to be like me. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that.

isv@1Corinthians:7:8 @ I say to those who are unmarried, especially to widows: It is good for them to remain like me.

isv@1Corinthians:7:19 @ Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying God's commandments is everything.

isv@1Corinthians:7:21 @ Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that bother you. Of course, if you have a chance to become free, take advantage of the opportunity.

isv@1Corinthians:7:22 @ For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is Christ's slave.

isv@1Corinthians:7:25 @ Now concerning virgins, although I do not have any command from the Lord, I will give you my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

isv@1Corinthians:7:29 @ This is what I mean, brothers: The time has been shortened. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,

isv@1Corinthians:8:2 @ If anyone thinks he knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.

isv@1Corinthians:8:6 @ yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything came into being and for whom we live. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything came into being and through whom we live.

isv@1Corinthians:8:7 @ But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idols that they still think they are eating food offered to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it becomes contaminated.

isv@1Corinthians:8:9 @ But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

isv@1Corinthians:8:13 @ Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from falling.

isv@1Corinthians:9:3 @ This is my defense to those who would examine me:

isv@1Corinthians:9:8 @ I am not saying this on human authority, am I? The law says the same thing, doesn't it?

isv@1Corinthians:9:14 @ In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who proclaim the gospel should make their living from the gospel.

isv@1Corinthians:9:15 @ But I have not used any of these rights, and I'm not writing this so that they may be applied in my case. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

isv@1Corinthians:9:16 @ For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for this obligation has been laid on me. How terrible it would be for me if I didn't preach the gospel!

isv@1Corinthians:9:20 @ To the Jews I became like a Jew in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became like a man under the law, in order to win those under the law (although I myself am not under the law).

isv@1Corinthians:9:21 @ To those who do not have the law I became like a man who does not have the law, in order to win those who do not have the law (although I am not free from God's law, but am under the law of Christ).

isv@1Corinthians:9:22 @ To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

isv@1Corinthians:9:26 @ That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I box, not like someone punching the air.

isv@1Corinthians:9:27 @ No, I keep on beating my body and making it my slave so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.

isv@1Corinthians:10:3 @ and they all ate the same spiritual food,

isv@1Corinthians:10:4 @ and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they continually drank from the spiritual Rock that went with them, and that Rock was Christ.

isv@1Corinthians:10:6 @ Now these things became examples for us so that we won't set our hearts on evil as they did.

isv@1Corinthians:10:7 @ Let us stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play.”

isv@1Corinthians:10:8 @ Let us stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.

isv@1Corinthians:10:9 @ Let us stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.

isv@1Corinthians:10:10 @ You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by the destroying angel.

isv@1Corinthians:10:19 @ Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything?

isv@1Corinthians:10:20 @ Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons.

isv@1Corinthians:10:25 @ Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it on the ground of conscience,

isv@1Corinthians:10:28 @ However, if someone says to you, “This was offered in sacrifice,” don't eat it, both out of consideration for the one who told you and because of conscience.

isv@1Corinthians:10:29 @ I mean, of course, his conscience, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by someone else's conscience?

isv@1Corinthians:11:1 @ Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

isv@1Corinthians:11:2 @ I praise you for remembering me in everything and for carefully following the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

isv@1Corinthians:11:4 @ Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head,

isv@1Corinthians:11:5 @ and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, which is the same as having her head shaved.

isv@1Corinthians:11:8 @ For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;

isv@1Corinthians:11:12 @ For as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But everything comes from God.

isv@1Corinthians:11:20 @ When you gather in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.

isv@1Corinthians:11:22 @ You have homes in which to eat and drink, don't you? Or do you despise God's church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

isv@1Corinthians:11:24 @ gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying,“This is my body that isfor you. Keep doing this in memory of me.”

isv@1Corinthians:11:25 @ He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying,“This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me.”

isv@1Corinthians:11:26 @ For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

isv@1Corinthians:11:29 @ For the one who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

isv@1Corinthians:11:34 @ If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.

isv@1Corinthians:12:4 @ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the Spirit is the same;

isv@1Corinthians:12:5 @ and there are varieties of ministries, but the Lord is the same;

isv@1Corinthians:12:6 @ and there are varieties of results, but God is the same, and it is he who produces all the results in everyone.

isv@1Corinthians:12:8 @ To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

isv@1Corinthians:12:9 @ to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit;

isv@1Corinthians:12:11 @ But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person.

isv@1Corinthians:12:17 @ If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

isv@1Corinthians:12:18 @ But at this very time God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body just as he wanted to.

isv@1Corinthians:12:25 @ so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.

isv@1Corinthians:13:1 @ If I speak in the tongues of humans and angels but have no love, I have become a reverberating gong or a clashing cymbal.

isv@1Corinthians:13:10 @ But when what is complete comes, then what is incomplete will be done away with.

isv@1Corinthians:13:11 @ When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways.

isv@1Corinthians:14:3 @ But the person who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding, encouragement, and comfort.

isv@1Corinthians:14:6 @ Indeed, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what good will I be to you unless I speak to you in some revelation, knowledge, prophecy, or teaching?

isv@1Corinthians:14:7 @ In the same way, lifeless instruments like the flute or harp produce sounds. But if there's no difference in the notes, how can a person tell what tune is being played?

isv@1Corinthians:14:9 @ In the same way, unless you speak an intelligible message with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? You'll be talking into the air!

isv@1Corinthians:14:10 @ There are, I suppose, many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

isv@1Corinthians:14:11 @ If I don't know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

isv@1Corinthians:14:12 @ In the same way, since you're so desirous of spiritual gifts, you must keep on desiring them for the upbuilding of the church.

isv@1Corinthians:14:15 @ What does this mean? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing psalms with my spirit, but I will also sing psalms with my mind.

isv@1Corinthians:14:16 @ Otherwise, if you say a blessing with your spirit, how can an otherwise uneducated person say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you're saying?

isv@1Corinthians:14:21 @ In the law it is written, “Through people of strange tonguesand through the mouths of foreigners I will speak to this people,but even then they will not listen to me,”declares the Lord.

isv@1Corinthians:14:22 @ Tongues, then, are meant to be a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers, while prophecy is meant, not for unbelievers, but for believers.

isv@1Corinthians:14:23 @ Now if the whole church gathers in the same place and everyone is speaking in tongues, when uneducated people or unbelievers come in, they will say that you are out of your mind, won't they?

isv@1Corinthians:14:24 @ But if everyone is prophesying, when an unbeliever or an uneducated person comes in he will be convicted by all and examined by all.

isv@1Corinthians:14:25 @ The secrets in his heart will become known, and so he will bow down to the ground and worship God, declaring, “God is truly among you!”

isv@1Corinthians:14:26 @ What, then, does this mean, brothers? When you gather, everyone has a psalm, teaching, revelation, tongue, or interpretation. Everything must be done for upbuilding.

isv@1Corinthians:14:27 @ If anyone speaks in a tongue, only two or three at the most should do so, one at a time, and somebody must interpret.

isv@1Corinthians:14:34 @ the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the law also says.

isv@1Corinthians:14:35 @ If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is inappropriate for a woman to speak out in church.

isv@1Corinthians:15:1 @ Now I'm making known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand,

isv@1Corinthians:15:2 @ and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you—unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

isv@1Corinthians:15:6 @ After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

isv@1Corinthians:15:7 @ Next he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,

isv@1Corinthians:15:8 @ and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.

isv@1Corinthians:15:10 @ But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others—not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

isv@1Corinthians:15:12 @ Now if we preach that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you keep claiming there is no resurrection of the dead?

isv@1Corinthians:15:14 @ and if Christ has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.

isv@1Corinthians:15:20 @ But at this moment Christ stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.

isv@1Corinthians:15:21 @ For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

isv@1Corinthians:15:23 @ However, this will happen to each person in the proper order: first Christ, then those who belong to Christ when he comes.

isv@1Corinthians:15:24 @ Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has done away with every ruler and every authority and power.

isv@1Corinthians:15:28 @ But when everything has been put under him, then the Son himself will also become subject to the one who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

isv@1Corinthians:15:32 @ If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

isv@1Corinthians:15:34 @ Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you—I say this to your shame—are without a true knowledge of God.

isv@1Corinthians:15:35 @ But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?”

isv@1Corinthians:15:36 @ You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies,

isv@1Corinthians:15:37 @ and what you plant is not the form that it will be, but a bare kernel, whether it is wheat or something else.

isv@1Corinthians:15:39 @ Not all flesh is the same. Humans have one kind of flesh, animals in general have another, birds have another, and fish have still another.

isv@1Corinthians:15:45 @ This, indeed, is what is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

isv@1Corinthians:15:46 @ The spiritual does not come first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

isv@1Corinthians:15:47 @ The first man came from the dust of the earth; the second man came from heaven.

isv@1Corinthians:15:50 @ Brothers, this is what I mean: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and what decays cannot inherit what does not decay.

isv@1Corinthians:15:51 @ Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed—

isv@1Corinthians:15:52 @ in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed.

isv@1Corinthians:16:2 @ On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside and save some of your money in proportion to what you have, so that no collections will have to be made when I come.

isv@1Corinthians:16:3 @ When I arrive, I will send with letters the men you approve to take your gift to Jerusalem.

isv@1Corinthians:16:4 @ If it is worthwhile for me to go, too, they can go with me.

isv@1Corinthians:16:6 @ and will probably stay with you or even spend the winter. Then you can send me on my way, wherever I decide to go.

isv@1Corinthians:16:7 @ I do not want to see you now just in passing, because I hope to spend some time with you if the Lord permits.

isv@1Corinthians:16:9 @ because a door has opened wide for me to do effective work, although many people are opposing me.

isv@1Corinthians:16:10 @ If Timothy comes, see to it that he does not have anything to be afraid of while he is with you, for he is doing the Lord's work as I am.

isv@1Corinthians:16:11 @ Therefore, no one should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me, because I am expecting him along with the brothers.

isv@1Corinthians:16:12 @ Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but he was not inclined to go just now. However, he will come when the time is right.

isv@1Corinthians:16:15 @ Now I urge you, brothers—for you know that the members of the family of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to serving the saints—

isv@1Corinthians:16:17 @ I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus came here, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.

isv@1Corinthians:16:18 @ They refreshed my spirit—and yours, too. Therefore, appreciate men like that.

isv@1Corinthians:16:22 @ If anyone doesn't love the Lord, let him be condemned! May our Lord come!

isv@2Corinthians:1:3 @ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,

isv@2Corinthians:1:6 @ If we suffer, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are suffering.

isv@2Corinthians:1:15 @ It was because of this confidence that I planned to come to you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

isv@2Corinthians:1:16 @ I planned to leave you in order to go to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, and let you send me on to Judea.

isv@2Corinthians:1:17 @ When I planned this, I did not do it lightly, did I? Are my plans so fickle that I can say “Yes” and “No” at the same time?

isv@2Corinthians:1:19 @ For God's Son, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No.” But with him it is always “Yes.”

isv@2Corinthians:1:20 @ For all God's promises are “Yes” in him. And so through him we can say “Amen,” to the glory of God.

isv@2Corinthians:1:22 @ who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

isv@2Corinthians:2:2 @ After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad?

isv@2Corinthians:2:3 @ This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence in all of you that my gladness would be for all of you.

isv@2Corinthians:2:5 @ But if anyone has caused grief, he didn't cause me any grief. To some extent—I don't want to emphasize this too much—it has affected all of you.

isv@2Corinthians:2:6 @ This punishment by the majority is severe enough for such a man.

isv@2Corinthians:2:10 @ When you forgive someone, I do, too. Indeed, what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I did in the presence of Christ for your benefit,

isv@2Corinthians:2:12 @ When I went to Troas on behalf of the gospel of Christ, a door in fact stood wide open for me in the Lord.

isv@2Corinthians:2:16 @ To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?

isv@2Corinthians:2:17 @ At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, in Christ we speak with sincerity, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God.

isv@2Corinthians:3:1 @ Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? Unlike some people, we do not need letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?

isv@2Corinthians:3:5 @ By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,

isv@2Corinthians:3:7 @ Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses’ face (because the glory was fading away from it),

isv@2Corinthians:3:11 @ For if that which fades away came through glory, how much more does that which is permanent have glory?

isv@2Corinthians:3:14 @ However, their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil is still there when they read the old covenant. Only in union with Christ is that veil removed.

isv@2Corinthians:3:18 @ As all of us reflect the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, we are being transformed into the same image with ever-increasing glory by the Lord's Spirit.

isv@2Corinthians:4:1 @ Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

isv@2Corinthians:4:2 @ Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

isv@2Corinthians:4:5 @ For we do not preach ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as merely your servants for Jesus’ sake.

isv@2Corinthians:4:7 @ But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.

isv@2Corinthians:4:13 @ Now since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with what is written—“I believed, and so I spoke”—we also believe, and so we speak.

isv@2Corinthians:5:1 @ We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.

isv@2Corinthians:5:6 @ Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord.

isv@2Corinthians:5:9 @ So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.

isv@2Corinthians:5:10 @ For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what he deserves for what he has done in his body, whether good or worthless.

isv@2Corinthians:5:12 @ We are not recommending ourselves to you again but are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who are proud of outward things rather than inward character.

isv@2Corinthians:5:17 @ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and—look!—all things have become new!

isv@2Corinthians:5:18 @ All of this comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

isv@2Corinthians:5:19 @ For in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their sins against them, and he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

isv@2Corinthians:5:21 @ God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become God's righteousness in him.

isv@2Corinthians:6:2 @ For he says, “At the right time I heard you, and on a day of salvation I helped you.”Listen, now is really the “right time”! Now is the “day of salvation”!

isv@2Corinthians:6:4 @ Instead, in every way we demonstrate that we are God's servants by tremendous endurance in the midst of difficulties, hardships, and calamities;

isv@2Corinthians:6:5 @ in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger;

isv@2Corinthians:6:16 @ What agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: “I will live and walk among them.I will be their God,and they will be my people.”

isv@2Corinthians:6:17 @ Therefore, “Get away from themand separate yourselves from them,”declares the Lord, “and don't touch anything unclean.Then I will welcome you.

isv@2Corinthians:7:2 @ Make room for us in your hearts! We have not treated anyone unjustly, harmed anyone, or cheated anyone.

isv@2Corinthians:7:5 @ For even when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest. We suffered in a number of ways. Outwardly there were conflicts, inwardly there were fears.

isv@2Corinthians:7:7 @ and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing for me, your sorrow, and your eagerness to take my side, and this made me even happier.

isv@2Corinthians:7:11 @ See what great earnestness godly sorrow has produced in you! How ready you are to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how full of longing and enthusiasm, how eager to seek justice! In every way you have demonstrated that you are innocent in this matter.

isv@2Corinthians:7:14 @ For if I have been doing some boasting about you to him, I have never been ashamed of it. Moreover, since everything we told you was true, our boasting to Titus has also proved to be true.

isv@2Corinthians:7:15 @ His heart goes out to you even more as he remembers how obedient all of you were and how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

isv@2Corinthians:8:6 @ So we urged Titus to finish this work of kindness among you in the same way that he had started it.

isv@2Corinthians:8:9 @ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Although he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

isv@2Corinthians:8:10 @ I am giving you my opinion on this matter because it will be helpful to you. Last year you were not only willing to do something, but had already started to do it.

isv@2Corinthians:8:14 @ At the present time, your surplus fills their need, so that their surplus may fill your need. In this way things are fair.

isv@2Corinthians:8:16 @ But thanks be to God, who placed in the heart of Titus the same dedication to you that I have.

isv@2Corinthians:8:17 @ He welcomed my request and eagerly went to visit you by his own free will.

isv@2Corinthians:9:4 @ Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find out that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—in this undertaking.

isv@2Corinthians:9:5 @ Therefore, I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to visit you ahead of me, to make arrangements in advance for this gift you promised, and to have it ready as something given generously and not forced.

isv@2Corinthians:9:6 @ Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

isv@2Corinthians:9:11 @ In every way you will grow richer and become even more generous, and this will produce thanksgiving to God because of us.

isv@2Corinthians:10:2 @ I beg you that when I come I will not need to be courageous by daring to oppose some people who think that we are living according to the flesh.

isv@2Corinthians:10:4 @ For the weapons of our warfare are not those of the flesh. Instead, they have the power of God to demolish fortresses. We tear down arguments

isv@2Corinthians:10:8 @ So if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave us to build you up and not to tear you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

isv@2Corinthians:10:10 @ For someone is saying, “His letters are impressive and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”

isv@2Corinthians:10:11 @ Someone like this should take note of the following: What we say by letter when we are absent is what we will do when present!

isv@2Corinthians:10:12 @ We would not dare put ourselves in the same class with or compare ourselves to those who recommend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves to themselves, they show how foolish they are.

isv@2Corinthians:10:14 @ For it is not as though we were overstepping our limits when we came to you. We were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

isv@2Corinthians:10:16 @ Then we can preach the gospel in the regions far beyond you without boasting about things already accomplished by someone else.

isv@2Corinthians:10:18 @ It is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person whom the Lord commends.

isv@2Corinthians:11:1 @ I wish you would put up with a little foolishness of mine. Yes, do put up with me!

isv@2Corinthians:11:3 @ However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

isv@2Corinthians:11:4 @ For if someone comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or should you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you are all too willing to listen.

isv@2Corinthians:11:9 @ When I was with you and needed something, I did not bother any of you, because our brothers who came from Macedonia supplied everything I needed. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

isv@2Corinthians:11:10 @ As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, my boasting will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

isv@2Corinthians:11:16 @ I will say it again: No one should think that I am a fool. But if you do, then treat me like a fool so that I can also boast a little.

isv@2Corinthians:11:21 @ I am ashamed to admit it, but we have been too weak for that. Whatever anyone else dares to claim—I am talking like a fool—I can claim it, too.

isv@2Corinthians:11:23 @ Are they Christ's servants? I am insane to talk like this, but I am a far better one! I have been involved in far greater efforts, far more imprisonments, countless beatings, and have faced death more than once.

isv@2Corinthians:11:24 @ Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes minus one.

isv@2Corinthians:11:25 @ Three times I was beaten with a stick, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, and I drifted on the sea for a day and a night.

isv@2Corinthians:11:29 @ Who is weak without me being weak, too? Who is caused to stumble without me becoming indignant?

isv@2Corinthians:11:32 @ In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me,

isv@2Corinthians:12:4 @ was snatched away to Paradise and heard things that cannot be expressed in words, things that no human being has a right even to mention.

isv@2Corinthians:12:6 @ However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.

isv@2Corinthians:12:7 @ To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.

isv@2Corinthians:12:8 @ I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me,

isv@2Corinthians:12:9 @ but he has told me,“My grace is all you need, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

isv@2Corinthians:12:11 @ I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your “super-apostles,” even if I am nothing.

isv@2Corinthians:12:12 @ The signs of an apostle were performed among you with utmost patience—signs, wonders, and works of power.

isv@2Corinthians:12:13 @ How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for help? Forgive me for this wrong!

isv@2Corinthians:12:14 @ Here I am ready to visit you for a third time, and I will not bother you for help. I do not want your things but you. Children should not have to support their parents, but parents their children.

isv@2Corinthians:12:15 @ I will be very glad to spend my money and myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

isv@2Corinthians:12:16 @ Granting that I have not been a burden to you, was I a clever schemer who trapped you by some trick?

isv@2Corinthians:12:17 @ I did not take advantage of you through any of the men I sent you, did I?

isv@2Corinthians:12:18 @ I encouraged Titus to visit you, and I sent along with him the brother you know so well. Titus didn't take advantage of you, did he? We conducted ourselves with the same spirit, didn't we? We took the very same steps, didn't we?

isv@2Corinthians:12:19 @ Have you been thinking all along that we are trying to defend ourselves before you? We are speaking before God in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is meant to build you up.

isv@2Corinthians:12:20 @ I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, angry feelings, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

isv@2Corinthians:12:21 @ I am afraid that when I come my God may again humble me before you and that I may have to grieve over many who formerly lived in sin and have not repented of their impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity that they once practiced.

isv@2Corinthians:13:1 @ This will be the third time I am coming to you. “Every accusation must be verified by two or three witnesses.”

isv@2Corinthians:13:2 @ I have already warned those who sinned previously and all the rest. Although I am absent now, I am warning them as I did on my second visit: If I come back, I will not spare you,

isv@2Corinthians:13:3 @ since you want proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is making his power felt among you.

isv@2Corinthians:13:10 @ For this reason I am writing this while I am away from you: When I come I do not want to be severe in using the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not to tear you down.

isv@Galatians:1:1 @ From Paul—an apostle not sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead—

isv@Galatians:1:2 @ and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches in Galatia.

isv@Galatians:1:5 @ To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

isv@Galatians:1:8 @ But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!

isv@Galatians:1:11 @ For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.

isv@Galatians:1:15 @ But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleased

isv@Galatians:1:16 @ to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with another human being at any time,

isv@Galatians:1:17 @ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.

isv@Galatians:1:18 @ Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.

isv@Galatians:1:19 @ But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.

isv@Galatians:1:24 @ So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me.

isv@Galatians:2:1 @ Then fourteen years later I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.

isv@Galatians:2:2 @ I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders I set before them the gospel I proclaim among the Gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run for nothing.

isv@Galatians:2:3 @ But not even Titus, who was with me, was forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

isv@Galatians:2:5 @ But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.

isv@Galatians:2:6 @ Now those who were reputed to be important added nothing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God pays no attention to outward appearances.)

isv@Galatians:2:8 @ For the one who worked through Peter by making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me by sending me to the Gentiles.

isv@Galatians:2:9 @ So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

isv@Galatians:2:10 @ The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.

isv@Galatians:2:11 @ But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong.

isv@Galatians:2:12 @ For until some men came from James, he was in the habit of eating with the Gentiles, but after they came he drew back and would not associate himself with them, being afraid of the circumcision party.

isv@Galatians:2:17 @ Now if we, while trying to be justified in Christ, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that Christ is a minister of sin? Of course not!

isv@Galatians:2:18 @ For if I rebuild something that I tore down, I demonstrate that I am a wrongdoer.

isv@Galatians:2:20 @ I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

isv@Galatians:2:21 @ I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

isv@Galatians:3:6 @ In the same way, Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

isv@Galatians:3:8 @ Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, “Through you all nations will be blessed.”

isv@Galatians:3:12 @ But the law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, “The person who keeps the commandments will have life in them.”

isv@Galatians:3:13 @ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written, “A curse on everyone who is hung on a tree!”

isv@Galatians:3:14 @ This happened in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

isv@Galatians:3:15 @ Brothers, let me use an example from everyday life. Once a person's will has been ratified, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.

isv@Galatians:3:17 @ This is what I mean: The law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant previously ratified by God so as to nullify the promise.

isv@Galatians:3:18 @ For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by the promise. But it was by a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.

isv@Galatians:3:19 @ Why, then, was the law given? It was added because of transgressions until the descendant came to whom the promise was given. It was put into effect through angels by means of an intermediary.

isv@Galatians:3:20 @ Now an intermediary involves more than one party, but God has acted on his own.

isv@Galatians:3:21 @ So is the law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the law.

isv@Galatians:3:23 @ Now before this faith came, we were held in custody and carefully guarded under the law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.

isv@Galatians:3:24 @ And so the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

isv@Galatians:3:25 @ But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under the control of a guardian.

isv@Galatians:4:2 @ Instead, he is placed under the control of guardians and trustees until the time set by the father.

isv@Galatians:4:3 @ It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.

isv@Galatians:4:4 @ But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

isv@Galatians:4:9 @ But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

isv@Galatians:4:11 @ I am afraid for you, lest somehow my work for you has been wasted!

isv@Galatians:4:12 @ I beg you, brothers, to become like me, since I became like you. You did not do anything wrong to me.

isv@Galatians:4:13 @ You know that it was because I was ill that I brought you the gospel the first time.

isv@Galatians:4:14 @ Even though my condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. On the contrary, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.

isv@Galatians:4:15 @ What, then, happened to your positive attitude? For I testify that if it had been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

isv@Galatians:4:16 @ So have I now become your enemy for telling you the truth?

isv@Galatians:4:17 @ These people are devoted to you, but not in a good way. They want you to avoid me so that you will be devoted to them.

isv@Galatians:4:19 @ My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until Christ is formed in you.

isv@Galatians:4:21 @ Tell me, those of you who want to live under the law: Are you really listening to what the law says?

isv@Galatians:4:24 @ This is being said as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. The one woman, Hagar, is from Mount Sinai, and her children are born into slavery.

isv@Galatians:4:27 @ For it is written, “Rejoice, you childless woman,who cannot give birth to any children! Break into song and shout,you who feel no pains of childbirth! For the children of the deserted womanare more numerous than the childrenof the woman who has a husband.”

isv@Galatians:5:8 @ Such influence does not come from the one who calls you.

isv@Galatians:5:10 @ I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view of the matter. However, the one who is troubling you will suffer God's judgment, whoever he is.

isv@Galatians:5:11 @ As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching the necessity of circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

isv@Galatians:5:14 @ For the whole law is summarized in a single statement: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

isv@Galatians:6:1 @ Brothers, if a person is caught doing something wrong, those of you who are spiritual should restore that person in a spirit of gentleness. Watch out for yourself so that you are not tempted as well.

isv@Galatians:6:3 @ For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.

isv@Galatians:6:4 @ Each person must approve his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not those of his neighbor.

isv@Galatians:6:9 @ Let us not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest—if we do not give up.

isv@Galatians:6:14 @ But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!

isv@Galatians:6:16 @ Now may peace be on all those who live by this principle, and may mercy be on the Israel of God.

isv@Galatians:6:17 @ From now on let no one make trouble for me, for I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body.

isv@Galatians:6:18 @ May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers! Amen.

isv@Ephesians:1:4 @ just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love

isv@Ephesians:1:10 @ to usher in the fullness of the times and to gather up all things in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth.

isv@Ephesians:1:16 @ I never stop giving thanks for you as I mention you in my prayers.

isv@Ephesians:1:21 @ He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

isv@Ephesians:2:4 @ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us

isv@Ephesians:2:8 @ For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

isv@Ephesians:2:11 @ So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles by birth and were called “the uncircumcision” by what is called “the circumcision” made in the flesh by hands.

isv@Ephesians:2:12 @ At that time you were without Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

isv@Ephesians:2:15 @ He rendered the law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, so that he might create in himself one new humanity from the two, thus making peace,

isv@Ephesians:2:17 @ He came and proclaimed peace for you who were far away and for you who were near.

isv@Ephesians:2:19 @ That is why you are no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,

isv@Ephesians:3:2 @ Surely you have heard about the responsibility of administering God's grace that was given to me on your behalf,

isv@Ephesians:3:3 @ and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past.

isv@Ephesians:3:6 @ The Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of what was promised in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

isv@Ephesians:3:7 @ I have become a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power.

isv@Ephesians:3:8 @ To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the Gentiles the immeasurable wealth of Christ

isv@Ephesians:3:13 @ So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which are your glory.

isv@Ephesians:3:15 @ from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name.

isv@Ephesians:3:17 @ and that Christ would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love,

isv@Ephesians:3:21 @ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever! Amen.

isv@Ephesians:4:3 @ Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of peace.

isv@Ephesians:4:4 @ There is one body and one Spirit. In the same way, you were called to the one hope of your calling.

isv@Ephesians:4:7 @ Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

isv@Ephesians:4:9 @ Now what does this “he went up” mean except that he also had gone down into the lower parts of the earth?

isv@Ephesians:4:10 @ The one who went down is the same one who went up above all the heavens so that he might fill everything.

isv@Ephesians:4:11 @ And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,

isv@Ephesians:4:13 @ until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in Christ.

isv@Ephesians:4:16 @ in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body's growth is promoted so that it builds itself up in love.

isv@Ephesians:4:19 @ Since they have lost all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to sensuality and practice every kind of sexual perversion without restraint.

isv@Ephesians:4:20 @ However, that is not the way you came to know Christ.

isv@Ephesians:4:22 @ Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old man, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

isv@Ephesians:4:25 @ Therefore, stripping off falsehood, “let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

isv@Ephesians:4:28 @ The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might have something to give to the needy.

isv@Ephesians:4:29 @ Let no filthy talk come out of your mouths, but only what is good for building up as the need may be. This way you will give grace to those who hear you.

isv@Ephesians:5:3 @ Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

isv@Ephesians:5:6 @ Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

isv@Ephesians:5:12 @ For it is shameful even to mention what is done by people in secret.

isv@Ephesians:5:13 @ But everything that is exposed to the light becomes visible,

isv@Ephesians:5:16 @ making the best use of time because the days are evil.

isv@Ephesians:5:20 @ You will always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

isv@Ephesians:5:28 @ In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

isv@Ephesians:5:31 @ “That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

isv@Ephesians:6:2 @ “Honor your father and mother.” This is a very important commandment with a promise:

isv@Ephesians:6:7 @ Serve willingly, as if you were serving the Lord and not merely people.

isv@Ephesians:6:9 @ Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

isv@Ephesians:6:17 @ also take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

isv@Ephesians:6:18 @ Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request there is. For the same reason be alert with every kind of effort and request for all the saints.

isv@Ephesians:6:19 @ Pray also for me, so that, when I open my mouth, the right words will be given to me. Then I will boldly make known the secret of the gospel,

isv@Ephesians:6:21 @ So that you may know what has happened to me and how I am doing, Tychicus, our dear brother and a faithful minister in the Lord, will tell you everything.

isv@Philippians:1:3 @ I thank my God every time I remember you,

isv@Philippians:1:7 @ For it is only right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart. Both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, all of you are partners with me in grace.

isv@Philippians:1:10 @ so that you may be able to determine what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,

isv@Philippians:1:11 @ having been filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

isv@Philippians:1:12 @ Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually turned out for the progress of the gospel.

isv@Philippians:1:13 @ As a result, it has become clear to the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that I am in prison because of Christ.

isv@Philippians:1:14 @ Moreover, because of my imprisonment most of the brothers have been made confident in the Lord to speak God's word more boldly and courageously than ever before.

isv@Philippians:1:15 @ Some are preaching Christ because of their envy and rivalry, while others do so because of their good will.

isv@Philippians:1:17 @ The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition and without sincerity, thinking that they will stir up trouble for me during my imprisonment.

isv@Philippians:1:18 @ But what does it matter? Just this, that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and because of this I rejoice. Yes, I will continue to rejoice,

isv@Philippians:1:19 @ because I know that this will result in my deliverance through your prayers and the help that comes from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

isv@Philippians:1:20 @ This is according to my eager expectation and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of. Instead, because of my boldness Christ will be exalted in my body, now as always, whether I live or die.

isv@Philippians:1:21 @ For to me, to go on living is Christ, and to die is gain.

isv@Philippians:1:27 @ The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you—that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

isv@Philippians:1:30 @ You have the same struggle that you saw in me and now hear that I am still having.

isv@Philippians:2:1 @ Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any comfort of love, if there is any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is any compassion and sympathy,

isv@Philippians:2:2 @ then fill me with joy by having the same attitude, sharing the same love, being united in spirit, and keeping one purpose in mind.

isv@Philippians:2:5 @ Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus:

isv@Philippians:2:6 @ In God's own form existed he,And shared with God equality,Deemed nothing needed grasping.

isv@Philippians:2:9 @ Now lifted up by God to heaven,A name above all others given,This matchless name possessing.

isv@Philippians:2:10 @ And so, when Jesus’ name is called,The knees of everyone should fallWhere'er they are residing.

isv@Philippians:2:15 @ so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

isv@Philippians:2:18 @ In the same way, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

isv@Philippians:2:22 @ But you know his proven worth—how like a son with his father he served with me in the gospel.

isv@Philippians:2:23 @ Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things are going to turn out for me.

isv@Philippians:2:24 @ Indeed, I am confident in the Lord that I will come to visit you soon.

isv@Philippians:2:25 @ Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus—my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need—back to you.

isv@Philippians:2:27 @ Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.

isv@Philippians:2:29 @ So welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and make sure you honor such people highly.

isv@Philippians:2:30 @ For he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

isv@Philippians:3:1 @ So then, my brothers, keep on rejoicing in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you; indeed, it is for your safety.

isv@Philippians:3:7 @ But whatever things were assets to me, these I now consider a loss for the sake of Christ.

isv@Philippians:3:9 @ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

isv@Philippians:3:10 @ I want to know Christ—what his resurrection power is like and what it means to share in his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,

isv@Philippians:3:12 @ It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by Christ Jesus.

isv@Philippians:3:17 @ Join together in imitating me, brothers, and pay close attention to those who live by the example we have given you.

isv@Philippians:3:19 @ Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.

isv@Philippians:4:2 @ I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to have the same attitude in the Lord.

isv@Philippians:4:3 @ Yes, I also ask you, my true partner, to help these women. They have struggled with me in the gospel along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

isv@Philippians:4:4 @ Keep on rejoicing in the Lord at all times. I will say it again: Keep on rejoicing!

isv@Philippians:4:8 @ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is acceptable, whatever is commendable, if there is anything of excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy—keep thinking about these things.

isv@Philippians:4:9 @ Likewise, keep practicing these things: what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.

isv@Philippians:4:10 @ Now I rejoice in the Lord greatly, because once again you have shown your concern for me. Of course, you were concerned for me but you did not have an opportunity to show it.

isv@Philippians:4:13 @ I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

isv@Philippians:4:15 @ You Philippians also know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church participated with me in the matter of giving and receiving except for you.

isv@Philippians:4:20 @ Glory belongs to our God and Father forever and ever! Amen.

isv@Philippians:4:21 @ Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send their greetings to you.

isv@Philippians:4:23 @ May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit! Amen.

isv@Colossians:1:5 @ based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel

isv@Colossians:1:6 @ that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.

isv@Colossians:1:22 @ he has now reconciled by the death of his physical body so that he might present you holy, blameless, and without fault before him.

isv@Colossians:1:23 @ However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

isv@Colossians:1:25 @ I became its servant according to God's commission that was given to me for you, so that I might fulfill the ministry of the word of God.

isv@Colossians:1:29 @ I work hard and struggle to do this according to his energy that powerfully works in me.

isv@Colossians:2:1 @ For I want you to know how much I struggle for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have never seen me face to face.

isv@Colossians:2:2 @ Because they are united in love, I pray that their hearts may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of the full knowledge of Christ, who is the secret of God.

isv@Colossians:2:11 @ In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without human hands by stripping off the corrupt nature in the circumcision performed by Christ.

isv@Colossians:2:15 @ And when he had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.

isv@Colossians:2:17 @ These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to Christ.

isv@Colossians:2:19 @ He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that comes from God.

isv@Colossians:2:23 @ These things have the appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion, humility, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value against self-indulgence.

isv@Colossians:3:12 @ Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

isv@Colossians:3:17 @ And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

isv@Colossians:3:21 @ Fathers, do not make your children resentful, lest they become discouraged.

isv@Colossians:3:23 @ Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.

isv@Colossians:4:3 @ At the same time also pray for us—that God would open before us a door for the word so that we may tell the secret about Christ, for which I have been imprisoned.

isv@Colossians:4:5 @ Behave wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of your time.

isv@Colossians:4:7 @ Tychicus will tell you everything that has happened to me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

isv@Colossians:4:10 @ Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. You have received instructions about him. If he comes to you, welcome him.

isv@Colossians:4:11 @ Jesus, who is called Justus, also greets you. These are the only ones of the circumcision who are fellow workers for the kingdom of God. They have been an encouragement to me.

isv@Colossians:4:18 @ This greeting is by my own hand—“Paul.” Remember my imprisonment. May grace be with you! Amen.

isv@1Thessalonians:1:2 @ We always thank God for all of you when we mention you in our prayers.

isv@1Thessalonians:1:3 @ In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is enduring.

isv@1Thessalonians:1:5 @ for the gospel we brought did not come to you in words only, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. Indeed, you know what kind of people we proved to be while we were with you, acting on your behalf.

isv@1Thessalonians:1:6 @ You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces.

isv@1Thessalonians:1:7 @ As a result, you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

isv@1Thessalonians:1:8 @ From you the word of the Lord has spread out not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where your faith in God has become known. As a result, we do not need to say anything.

isv@1Thessalonians:1:9 @ For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God

isv@1Thessalonians:1:10 @ and to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead to come back from heaven. This Jesus is the one who rescues us from the coming wrath.

isv@1Thessalonians:2:1 @ For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not a waste of time.

isv@1Thessalonians:2:5 @ As you know, we did not come with words of flattery or with a scheme to make money. God is our witness!

isv@1Thessalonians:2:9 @ You remember, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not become a burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.

isv@1Thessalonians:2:10 @ You and God are witnesses of how pure, honest, and blameless our conduct was among you who believe.

isv@1Thessalonians:2:14 @ For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in union with Christ Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from the people of your own country as they did from those Jews

isv@1Thessalonians:2:16 @ because they try to keep us from telling the Gentiles how they can be saved. The result is that they are always adding to the measure of their sins. However, wrath has come on them at last!

isv@1Thessalonians:2:18 @ That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, time and again wanted to come, but Satan blocked our way.

isv@1Thessalonians:3:4 @ In fact, when we were with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to suffer persecution. And as you know, that is what happened.

isv@1Thessalonians:3:5 @ But when I could stand it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you in some way, and that our work had been a waste of time.

isv@1Thessalonians:3:6 @ But Timothy has just now come back to us from you and has told us the good news about your faith and love. He also told us that you always have fond memories of us and want to see us, just as we want to see you.

isv@1Thessalonians:3:13 @ Then your hearts will be strong in holiness and blameless in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his saints.

isv@1Thessalonians:4:15 @ For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died.

isv@1Thessalonians:4:16 @ With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

isv@1Thessalonians:4:17 @ Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

isv@1Thessalonians:5:1 @ Now you do not need to have anything written to you about times and dates, brothers,

isv@1Thessalonians:5:2 @ for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

isv@1Thessalonians:5:3 @ When people say, “There is peace and security,” destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.

isv@1Thessalonians:5:8 @ But since we belong to the day, let us be sober. We must put on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

isv@1Thessalonians:5:23 @ May the God of peace himself make you holy in every way. And may your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

isv@1Thessalonians:5:28 @ May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you! Amen.

isv@2Thessalonians:1:3 @ At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love of every one of you for each other is increasing.

isv@2Thessalonians:1:5 @ This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.

isv@2Thessalonians:1:9 @ Such people will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction by being separated from the Lord's presence and from his glorious power

isv@2Thessalonians:1:10 @ when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed—including you, because you believed our testimony.

isv@2Thessalonians:1:12 @ That way the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.

isv@2Thessalonians:2:2 @ not to be so quickly upset or alarmed when someone claims that we said either by some spirit, conversation, or letter that the Day of the Lord has already come.

isv@2Thessalonians:2:3 @ Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day cannot come unless the rebellion takes place first and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed.

isv@2Thessalonians:2:5 @ Don't you remember that I repeatedly told you about these things when I was still with you?

isv@2Thessalonians:2:6 @ You know what it is that is now holding him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes.

isv@2Thessalonians:2:13 @ At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.

isv@2Thessalonians:3:6 @ In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they received from us.

isv@2Thessalonians:3:11 @ We hear that some of you are living in idleness. You are not busy working—you are busy interfering in other people's lives!

isv@2Thessalonians:3:14 @ If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of him. Have nothing to do with him so that he will feel ashamed.

isv@2Thessalonians:3:16 @ Now may the Lord of peace give you his peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.

isv@2Thessalonians:3:18 @ May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.

isv@1Timothy:1:2 @ to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord be yours!

isv@1Timothy:1:6 @ Some people have left these qualities behind and have turned to fruitless discussion.

isv@1Timothy:1:11 @ that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

isv@1Timothy:1:12 @ I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who gives me strength, that he has considered me faithful and has appointed me to his service.

isv@1Timothy:1:13 @ In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,

isv@1Timothy:1:14 @ and the grace of our Lord overflowed toward me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

isv@1Timothy:1:15 @ This saying is trustworthy and deserves complete acceptance: To this world Christ Jesus came,Sinful people to reclaim.I am the worst of them.

isv@1Timothy:1:16 @ But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, Christ Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life.

isv@1Timothy:1:17 @ Now to the King Eternal—the immortal, invisible, and only God—be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

isv@1Timothy:1:19 @ with faith and a good conscience. By ignoring their consciences, some people have destroyed their faith like a wrecked ship.

isv@1Timothy:1:20 @ These include Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.

isv@1Timothy:2:4 @ who wants all people to be saved and to come to a full knowledge of the truth.

isv@1Timothy:2:5 @ There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings—a human, Christ Jesus.

isv@1Timothy:2:6 @ He gave himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was acknowledged at the right time.

isv@1Timothy:2:8 @ Therefore, I want the men to offer prayers in every place, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative.

isv@1Timothy:2:9 @ Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not by braiding their hair or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,

isv@1Timothy:2:10 @ but through good works. This is proper for women who claim to have reverence for God.

isv@1Timothy:2:13 @ For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

isv@1Timothy:2:14 @ And it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became a lawbreaker.

isv@1Timothy:2:15 @ However, women will be saved by having children, if they continue to have faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment.

isv@1Timothy:3:2 @ Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, a lover of strangers, and teachable.

isv@1Timothy:3:3 @ He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or a lover of money.

isv@1Timothy:3:6 @ He must not be a recent convert, or he might become arrogant and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

isv@1Timothy:3:10 @ But they must first be tested. Then, if they prove to be blameless, they may become deacons.

isv@1Timothy:3:14 @ I hope to come to you soon. However, I'm writing this to you

isv@1Timothy:4:1 @ Now the Spirit says clearly that in the last times some people will abandon the faith by following deceitful spirits, the teachings of demons,

isv@1Timothy:4:7 @ Do not have anything to do with godless myths and fables of old women, but train yourself in godliness.

isv@1Timothy:5:1 @ Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men like brothers,

isv@1Timothy:5:2 @ older women like mothers, and younger women like sisters, with absolutely purity.

isv@1Timothy:5:7 @ Continue to give these instructions so that they may be blameless.

isv@1Timothy:5:8 @ If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

isv@1Timothy:5:10 @ She must be well known for her good works as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints’ feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

isv@1Timothy:5:13 @ At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.

isv@1Timothy:5:14 @ Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.

isv@1Timothy:5:15 @ For some widows have already turned away to follow Satan.

isv@1Timothy:5:24 @ The sins of some people are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment. The sins of others follow them there.

isv@1Timothy:5:25 @ In the same way, good works are obvious, and those that are not cannot remain hidden.

isv@1Timothy:6:1 @ All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.

isv@1Timothy:6:4 @ he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions,

isv@1Timothy:6:6 @ Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.

isv@1Timothy:6:10 @ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with much pain.

isv@1Timothy:6:14 @ to keep this command stainless and blameless until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ.

isv@1Timothy:6:15 @ At the right time God will make him known. He is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

isv@1Timothy:6:16 @ He alone has endless life and lives in inaccessible light. No one has ever seen him, nor can anyone see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him! Amen.

isv@1Timothy:6:17 @ Tell those who are rich in the present world not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

isv@1Timothy:6:21 @ Although some claim to have it, they have abandoned the faith. May grace be with all of you!

isv@2Timothy:1:2 @ to Timothy, my dear child. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord be yours!

isv@2Timothy:1:3 @ I constantly thank my God—whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you in my prayers night and day,

isv@2Timothy:1:6 @ For this reason, I am reminding you to fan into flames the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands.

isv@2Timothy:1:8 @ Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God's power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.

isv@2Timothy:1:9 @ He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own works but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

isv@2Timothy:1:12 @ That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I'm convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until that day.

isv@2Timothy:1:13 @ Hold on to the pattern of healthy teachings that you have heard from me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

isv@2Timothy:1:15 @ You know that everyone in Asia has abandoned me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

isv@2Timothy:1:16 @ May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often took care of me and was not ashamed that I was a prisoner.

isv@2Timothy:1:17 @ Instead, when he arrived in Rome he searched diligently for me and found me.

isv@2Timothy:1:18 @ May the Lord grant that he finds mercy from the Lord on that day. You know very well how much he assisted me in Ephesus.

isv@2Timothy:2:2 @ What you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.

isv@2Timothy:2:3 @ Join me in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

isv@2Timothy:2:6 @ Furthermore, it is the hard working farmer who should have the first share of the crops.

isv@2Timothy:2:8 @ Meditate on Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead and is a descendant of David. This is the gospel I tell others.

isv@2Timothy:2:15 @ Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.

isv@2Timothy:2:16 @ However, avoid pointless discussions. For people will become more and more ungodly,

isv@2Timothy:2:17 @ and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.

isv@2Timothy:2:19 @ However, God's solid foundation still stands. It has this inscription on it: “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” and “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”

isv@2Timothy:2:20 @ In a large house there are not only utensils made of gold and silver, but also those made of wood and clay. Some are for special use, while others are for ordinary use.

isv@2Timothy:2:21 @ Therefore, if anyone stops associating with these people, he will become a special utensil, set apart for the owner's use, prepared for every good work.

isv@2Timothy:2:23 @ Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid discussions, because you know they breed arguments.

isv@2Timothy:2:25 @ and gentle in refuting his opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

isv@2Timothy:3:1 @ You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come.

isv@2Timothy:3:6 @ For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.

isv@2Timothy:3:7 @ These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth.

isv@2Timothy:3:8 @ Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit.

isv@2Timothy:3:9 @ But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone.

isv@2Timothy:3:11 @ and my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

isv@2Timothy:4:2 @ to proclaim the message. Be ready to do this whether or not the time is convenient. Refute, warn, and encourage with the utmost patience when you teach.

isv@2Timothy:4:3 @ For the time will come when people will not put up with healthy doctrine but with itching ears will surround themselves with teachers who cater to their own needs.

isv@2Timothy:4:6 @ For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for my departure has come.

isv@2Timothy:4:8 @ The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

isv@2Timothy:4:9 @ Do your best to come to me soon.

isv@2Timothy:4:10 @ For Demas, having fallen in love with this present world, has abandoned me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

isv@2Timothy:4:11 @ Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry.

isv@2Timothy:4:13 @ When you come, bring the coat I left with Carpus in Troas, as well as the scrolls and especially the parchments.

isv@2Timothy:4:14 @ Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will pay him back for what he did.

isv@2Timothy:4:15 @ You, too, must watch out for him, for he violently opposed our message.

isv@2Timothy:4:16 @ At my first trial no one came to my defense. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them!

isv@2Timothy:4:17 @ However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

isv@2Timothy:4:18 @ The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will take me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory belongs to him forever and ever! Amen.

isv@2Timothy:4:21 @ Do your best to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

isv@2Timothy:4:22 @ May the Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with all of you! Amen.

isv@Titus:1:3 @ At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

isv@Titus:1:6 @ An elder must be blameless. He must be the husband of one wife and have children who are believers and who are not accused of having wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.

isv@Titus:1:7 @ Because an overseer is God's administrator, he must be blameless. He must not be arrogant or irritable. He must not drink too much, be a violent person, or use shameful ways to make money.

isv@Titus:1:9 @ He must be devoted to the trustworthy message that is in agreement with our teaching, so that he may be able to encourage others with healthy doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

isv@Titus:1:11 @ They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

isv@Titus:1:12 @ One of their very own prophets said, “Liars ever, men of Crete,Savage brutes that live to eat.”

isv@Titus:1:13 @ That testimony is true. For this reason, refute them sharply so that they may become healthy in the faith

isv@Titus:2:2 @ Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faithfulness, love, and endurance.

isv@Titus:2:3 @ Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.

isv@Titus:2:4 @ They should encourage the younger women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

isv@Titus:2:6 @ Likewise, encourage the younger men to be sensible.

isv@Titus:2:8 @ Use wholesome speech that cannot be condemned. Then any opponent will be ashamed because he cannot say anything bad about us.

isv@Titus:3:2 @ They are not to insult anyone or be argumentative. Instead, they are to be gentle and show perfect courtesy to everyone.

isv@Titus:3:9 @ But avoid foolish controversies, arguments about genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law. These things are useless and worthless.

isv@Titus:3:12 @ As soon as I send Artemas to you, or perhaps Tychicus, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

isv@Titus:3:15 @ All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. May grace be with all of you! Amen.

isv@Philemon:1:4 @ I always thank my God when I mention you in my prayers,

isv@Philemon:1:6 @ I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every blessing that is ours in Christ.

isv@Philemon:1:7 @ For I have received considerable joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed, brother, through you.

isv@Philemon:1:10 @ appeal to you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

isv@Philemon:1:11 @ Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful both to you and to me.

isv@Philemon:1:13 @ I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel.

isv@Philemon:1:14 @ Yet I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be something forced, but voluntary.

isv@Philemon:1:16 @ no longer as a slave but better than a slave—as a dear brother, especially to me, but even more so to you, both as a person and as a believer.

isv@Philemon:1:17 @ So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

isv@Philemon:1:19 @ I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. (I will not mention to you that you owe me your very life.)

isv@Philemon:1:22 @ Meanwhile, prepare a guest room for me, too, for I am hoping through your prayers to be returned to you.

isv@Philemon:1:25 @ May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit! Amen.

isv@Hebrews:1:1 @ God, having spoken in former times in fragmentary and varied fashion to our forefathers by the prophets,

isv@Hebrews:1:4 @ and became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is better than theirs.

isv@Hebrews:1:5 @ For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?

isv@Hebrews:1:7 @ Now about the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds,and his servants flames of fire.”

isv@Hebrews:1:11 @ They will come to an end,but you will remain forever.They will all wear out like clothes.

isv@Hebrews:1:12 @ You will roll them up like a robe,and they will be changed like clothes. But you remain the same,and your years will never end.”

isv@Hebrews:2:2 @ For if the message spoken by angels was reliable, and every violation and act of disobedience received its just punishment,

isv@Hebrews:2:3 @ how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

isv@Hebrews:2:6 @ Instead, someone has declared somewhere, “What is man that you should remember him,or the son of man that you should care for him?

isv@Hebrews:2:8 @ and put everything under his feet.”Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him.

isv@Hebrews:2:9 @ But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

isv@Hebrews:2:11 @ For both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

isv@Hebrews:2:12 @ when he says, “I will announce your name to my brothers. I will praise you within the congregation.”

isv@Hebrews:2:13 @ And again, “I will trust him.” And again, “I am here with the children God has given me.”

isv@Hebrews:2:14 @ Therefore, since the children have flesh and blood, he himself also shared the same things, so that by his death he might destroy the one who has the power of death (that is, the devil)

isv@Hebrews:2:16 @ For it is clear that he did not come to help angels. No, he came to help Abraham's descendants.

isv@Hebrews:2:17 @ Thus he had to become like his brothers in every way, so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God and could atone for the people's sins.

isv@Hebrews:3:3 @ For he is worthy of greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

isv@Hebrews:3:4 @ After all, every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

isv@Hebrews:3:8 @ do not harden your heartsas they did when they provoked meduring the time of testing in the wilderness.

isv@Hebrews:3:9 @ There your ancestors tested me,even though they had seen my works

isv@Hebrews:3:15 @ As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice,do not harden your hearts as they didwhen they provoked me.”

isv@Hebrews:3:16 @ Now who heard him and provoked him? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

isv@Hebrews:4:1 @ Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid lest someone among you fails to reach it.

isv@Hebrews:4:2 @ For we have had the good news told to us as well as to them, but the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it.

isv@Hebrews:4:4 @ For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day as follows: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works,”

isv@Hebrews:4:6 @ Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,

isv@Hebrews:4:16 @ So let us keep on coming with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

isv@Hebrews:5:1 @ For every high priest selected from among men is appointed to officiate on their behalf in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

isv@Hebrews:5:5 @ In the same way, Christ did not take upon himself the glory of being a high priest. No, it was God who said to him, “You are my Son.Today I have become your Father.”

isv@Hebrews:5:6 @ As he also says in another place, “You are a priest foreveraccording to the order of Melchizedek.”

isv@Hebrews:5:9 @ and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

isv@Hebrews:5:10 @ having been designated by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

isv@Hebrews:5:11 @ We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.

isv@Hebrews:5:12 @ In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

isv@Hebrews:5:13 @ For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and is inexperienced in the message of righteousness.

isv@Hebrews:6:1 @ Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about Christ, let us continue to be carried along to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith toward God,

isv@Hebrews:6:2 @ instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

isv@Hebrews:6:4 @ For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become sharers of the Holy Spirit,

isv@Hebrews:6:11 @ But we want each of you to continue to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

isv@Hebrews:6:12 @ Then, instead of being lazy, you will become imitators of those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.

isv@Hebrews:6:16 @ For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.

isv@Hebrews:6:17 @ In the same way, when God wanted to make the unchangeable character of his purpose perfectly clear to the heirs of his promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,

isv@Hebrews:6:18 @ so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might have a strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

isv@Hebrews:6:20 @ where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

isv@Hebrews:7:1 @ Now this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, met Abraham and blessed him when he was returning from slaughtering the kings.

isv@Hebrews:7:2 @ To him Abraham gave a tenth of everything. In the first place, his name means “king of righteousness,” and then he is also king of Salem, that is, “king of peace.”

isv@Hebrews:7:5 @ The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.

isv@Hebrews:7:8 @ The men who collect the tenth die, but we are told that he keeps on living.

isv@Hebrews:7:10 @ for he was still in the body of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

isv@Hebrews:7:11 @ Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—for on this basis the people received the law—what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron?

isv@Hebrews:7:15 @ This point is even more obvious in that another priest who is like Melchizedek has appeared

isv@Hebrews:7:17 @ For it is declared about him, “You are a priest foreveraccording to the order of Melchizedek.”

isv@Hebrews:7:18 @ Indeed, the cancellation of the former regulation has occurred because it was weak and ineffective

isv@Hebrews:7:20 @ Now none of this happened without an oath. Others became priests without any oath,

isv@Hebrews:7:21 @ but Jesus became a priest with an oath when God said to him, “The Lord has taken an oathand will not change his mind. You are a priest forever.”

isv@Hebrews:7:22 @ In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

isv@Hebrews:7:25 @ Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him.

isv@Hebrews:7:28 @ For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.

isv@Hebrews:8:3 @ For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest had to offer something too.

isv@Hebrews:8:4 @ Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

isv@Hebrews:8:6 @ However, Jesus has now obtained a ministry that is as superior to theirs as the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises.

isv@Hebrews:8:8 @ But God found something wrong with his people when he said, “Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenantwith the house of Israeland with the house of Judah.

isv@Hebrews:8:9 @ It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the timewhen I took them by the handand brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant,I ignored them, declares the Lord.

isv@Hebrews:8:11 @ Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because all of them will know me,from the least important to the most important.

isv@Hebrews:8:12 @ For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds,and I will never again remember their sins.”

isv@Hebrews:9:5 @ Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of atonement. (We cannot discuss these things in detail now.)

isv@Hebrews:9:9 @ This is an illustration of the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not make the conscience of the worshiper perfect,

isv@Hebrews:9:10 @ since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.

isv@Hebrews:9:11 @ But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that was not made by human hands and that is not a part of this creation.

isv@Hebrews:9:15 @ This is why he is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.

isv@Hebrews:9:17 @ For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.

isv@Hebrews:9:19 @ For after every commandment in the law had been spoken to all the people by Moses, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with some water, scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

isv@Hebrews:9:21 @ In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in worship.

isv@Hebrews:9:28 @ so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.

isv@Hebrews:10:1 @ For the law, being only a reflection of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never, by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year, make those who come near perfect.

isv@Hebrews:10:5 @ For this reason, when Christ came into the world, he said, “You did not want sacrifices and offerings,but you prepared a body for me.

isv@Hebrews:10:7 @ Then I said, ‘See, I have come to do your will, O God’(in the scroll of the Book this is written about me).”

isv@Hebrews:10:9 @ Then he says, “See, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

isv@Hebrews:10:11 @ Day after day every priest stands and repeatedly offers the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.

isv@Hebrews:10:12 @ But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God.”

isv@Hebrews:10:13 @ Since that time, he has been waiting for his enemies to be made a footstool for his feet.

isv@Hebrews:10:14 @ For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

isv@Hebrews:10:17 @ and, “I will never again remember their sinsand their lawless deeds.”

isv@Hebrews:10:22 @ let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in full assurance of faith, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

isv@Hebrews:10:25 @ not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another even more as you see the day coming nearer.

isv@Hebrews:10:27 @ but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God

isv@Hebrews:10:28 @ Anyone who violates the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

isv@Hebrews:10:29 @ How much more severe a punishment do you think that person deserves who tramples on God's Son, treats as common the blood of the covenant by which it was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace?

isv@Hebrews:10:30 @ For we know the one who said, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

isv@Hebrews:10:32 @ But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle.

isv@Hebrews:10:33 @ At times you were made a public spectacle through insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.

isv@Hebrews:11:6 @ Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.

isv@Hebrews:11:7 @ By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, reverently prepared an ark to save his family, and by it he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

isv@Hebrews:11:9 @ By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

isv@Hebrews:11:12 @ Abraham was as good as dead, yet from this one man came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

isv@Hebrews:11:13 @ All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.

isv@Hebrews:11:16 @ Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

isv@Hebrews:11:18 @ about whom it had been said, “It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you.”

isv@Hebrews:11:25 @ because he preferred being mistreated with God's people to enjoying the pleasures of sin for a short time.

isv@Hebrews:11:31 @ By faith Rahab the prostitute did not die with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies with a greeting of peace.

isv@Hebrews:11:32 @ And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

isv@Hebrews:11:34 @ put out raging fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in weakness, became powerful in battle, and routed foreign armies.

isv@Hebrews:11:35 @ Women received back their dead through a resurrection. Others were brutally tortured but refused to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

isv@Hebrews:11:36 @ Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.

isv@Hebrews:11:40 @ since God had planned something better for us so that they would not become perfect without us.

isv@Hebrews:12:2 @ looking off to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

isv@Hebrews:12:3 @ Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.

isv@Hebrews:12:5 @ You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: “My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's disciplineor give up when you are corrected by him.

isv@Hebrews:12:10 @ For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but he does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.

isv@Hebrews:12:11 @ No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, for those who have been trained by it, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.

isv@Hebrews:12:13 @ and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not become worse but rather be healed.

isv@Hebrews:12:15 @ See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.

isv@Hebrews:12:16 @ No one should be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

isv@Hebrews:12:18 @ For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,

isv@Hebrews:12:22 @ Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,

isv@Hebrews:12:24 @ to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better message than Abel's.

isv@Hebrews:12:26 @ At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.”

isv@Hebrews:13:2 @ Stop neglecting to show hospitality to strangers, for by showing hospitality some have had angels as their guests without being aware of it.

isv@Hebrews:13:3 @ Continue to remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them, as well as those who are mistreated, since they also are only mortal.

isv@Hebrews:13:6 @ Hence we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?”

isv@Hebrews:13:7 @ Remember your leaders, those who have spoken God's word to you. Think about the impact of their lives, and imitate their faith.

isv@Hebrews:13:8 @ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today—and forever!

isv@Hebrews:13:15 @ Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.

isv@Hebrews:13:17 @ Continue to obey your leaders and to be submissive to them, for they watch over your souls as men who will have to give a word of explanation. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be harmful to you.

isv@Hebrews:13:21 @ equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus Christ. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.

isv@Hebrews:13:22 @ I urge you, brothers, to listen patiently to my encouraging message, for I have written you a short letter.

isv@Hebrews:13:23 @ You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.

isv@James:1:1 @ From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.

isv@James:1:2 @ Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

isv@James:1:3 @ because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

isv@James:1:4 @ But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

isv@James:1:5 @ Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to everyone generously without a rebuke, and it will be given to him.

isv@James:1:6 @ But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

isv@James:1:7 @ Such a person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

isv@James:1:8 @ He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes.

isv@James:1:9 @ A brother of low status should boast in his exalted status,

isv@James:1:10 @ and a rich person in his lowliness, because he will fade away like a flower in the grass.

isv@James:1:11 @ For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass. The flower in it drops off, and its beauty is gone. That is how the rich person will fade away in his pursuits.

isv@James:1:12 @ How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.

isv@James:1:13 @ When someone is tempted, he should not say, “I am being tempted by God,” because God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.

isv@James:1:14 @ Instead, each person is tempted by his own desire, being lured and trapped by it.

isv@James:1:15 @ When that desire becomes pregnant, it gives birth to sin; when that sin grows up, it gives birth to death.

isv@James:1:16 @ Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

isv@James:1:17 @ Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.

isv@James:1:18 @ In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.

isv@James:1:19 @ You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

isv@James:1:20 @ For human anger does not produce God's righteousness.

isv@James:1:21 @ Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.

isv@James:1:22 @ Keep on being doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

isv@James:1:23 @ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror.

isv@James:1:24 @ For he studies himself carefully and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like.

isv@James:1:25 @ But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it—thus proving that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what it requires—will be blessed in what he does.

isv@James:1:26 @ If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives his own heart, his religion is worthless.

isv@James:1:27 @ A religion that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

isv@James:2:1 @ My brothers, do not practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ by showing partiality.

isv@James:2:2 @ Suppose a man wearing gold rings and fine clothes comes into your assembly, and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in.

isv@James:2:3 @ If you give special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Please take this seat,” but you say to the poor man, “Stand over there” or “Sit on the floor at my feet,”

isv@James:2:4 @ you have made false distinctions among yourselves and have become judges with evil motives, haven't you?

isv@James:2:5 @ Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him, has he not?

isv@James:2:6 @ But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

isv@James:2:7 @ Are not they the ones who blaspheme the excellent name by which you have been called?

isv@James:2:8 @ Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal law in keeping with the Scripture, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

isv@James:2:9 @ But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and will be convicted by the law as violators.

isv@James:2:10 @ For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

isv@James:2:11 @ For the one who said, “Never commit adultery,” also said, “Never murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you become a violator of the law.

isv@James:2:12 @ You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.

isv@James:2:13 @ For merciless judgment will come to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

isv@James:2:14 @ What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have any works? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

isv@James:2:15 @ Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food

isv@James:2:16 @ and one of you tells them, “Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily.” If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?

isv@James:2:17 @ In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not have any works, is dead.

isv@James:2:18 @ But someone may say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without any works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

isv@James:2:19 @ You believe that there is one God. That's fine! Even the demons believe that and tremble with fear.

isv@James:2:20 @ Do you want proof, you foolish person, that faith without works is worthless?

isv@James:2:21 @ Our ancestor Abraham was justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar, wasn't he?

isv@James:2:22 @ You see that his faith was active with his works, and by his works faith was made complete.

isv@James:2:23 @ And so the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” And so he was called God's friend.

isv@James:2:24 @ You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

isv@James:2:25 @ Likewise, Rahab the prostitute was justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them away on a different road, wasn't she?

isv@James:2:26 @ For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.

isv@James:3:1 @ Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely.

isv@James:3:2 @ For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.

isv@James:3:3 @ Now if we put bits into horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies as well.

isv@James:3:4 @ And look at ships! They are so big that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are steered wherever the pilot pleases by a tiny rudder.

isv@James:3:5 @ In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.

isv@James:3:6 @ The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

isv@James:3:7 @ For all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures can be or have been tamed by the human species,

isv@James:3:8 @ but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil filled with deadly poison.

isv@James:3:9 @ With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in God's likeness.

isv@James:3:10 @ From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. It should not be like this, my brothers!

isv@James:3:11 @ A spring cannot pour both fresh and brackish water from the same opening, can it?

isv@James:3:12 @ My brothers, a fig tree cannot produce olives, nor a grapevine figs, can it? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

isv@James:3:13 @ Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good life that his works are done in humility born of wisdom.

isv@James:3:14 @ But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and lying against the truth.

isv@James:3:15 @ That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.

isv@James:3:16 @ For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

isv@James:3:17 @ However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good fruits, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

isv@James:3:18 @ And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

isv@James:4:1 @ Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?

isv@James:4:2 @ You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them!

isv@James:4:3 @ You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure.

isv@James:4:4 @ You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

isv@James:4:5 @ Or do you think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that God caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?

isv@James:4:6 @ But he gives all the more grace. And so he says, “God opposes the arrogantbut gives grace to the humble.”

isv@James:4:7 @ Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.

isv@James:4:8 @ Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

isv@James:4:9 @ Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.

isv@James:4:10 @ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

isv@James:4:11 @ Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the law and condemning the law. But if you condemn the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

isv@James:4:12 @ There is only one Lawgiver and Judge—the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?

isv@James:4:13 @ Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money.”

isv@James:4:14 @ You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

isv@James:4:15 @ Instead you should say, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live—and do this or that.”

isv@James:4:16 @ But you boast about your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

isv@James:4:17 @ Therefore, anyone who knows what is right but fails to do it is guilty of sin.

isv@James:5:1 @ Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

isv@James:5:2 @ Your riches are rotten, your clothes have been eaten by moths,

isv@James:5:3 @ your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be used as evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasures in these last days.

isv@James:5:4 @ Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

isv@James:5:5 @ You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

isv@James:5:6 @ You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not resist you.

isv@James:5:7 @ So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.

isv@James:5:8 @ You, too, must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

isv@James:5:9 @ Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!

isv@James:5:10 @ As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

isv@James:5:11 @ We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord—that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

isv@James:5:12 @ Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your “Yes” mean yes and your “No” mean no, lest you fall under condemnation.

isv@James:5:13 @ Is anyone of you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep on singing psalms.

isv@James:5:14 @ Is anyone of you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

isv@James:5:15 @ And the prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

isv@James:5:16 @ Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

isv@James:5:17 @ Elijah was a man just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the ground for three years and six months.

isv@James:5:18 @ Then he prayed again, and heaven sent rain, and the ground produced its crops.

isv@James:5:19 @ My brothers, if one of you wanders away from the truth and somebody brings him back,

isv@James:5:20 @ you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

isv@1Peter:1:3 @ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he has given us a new birth to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

isv@1Peter:1:5 @ Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

isv@1Peter:1:11 @ They tried to find out what era or specific time the Spirit of Christ in them kept referring to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

isv@1Peter:1:18 @ For you know that it was not with perishable things like silver or gold that you have been ransomed from the worthless way of life handed down to you by your ancestors,

isv@1Peter:1:20 @ On the one hand, he was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but on the other hand, he was revealed at the end of time for your sake.

isv@1Peter:2:4 @ As you come to him, the living stone who was rejected by people but was chosen and precious in God's sight,

isv@1Peter:2:6 @ This is why it says in Scripture: “Look! I am laying a chosenand precious cornerstone in Zion. The one who believes in him will never be ashamed.”

isv@1Peter:2:7 @ Therefore he is precious to you who believe, but to those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone,

isv@1Peter:2:10 @ Once you were not a people,but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy,but now you have received mercy.

isv@1Peter:2:12 @ Continue to live such upright lives among the Gentiles that, when they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God when he visits them in judgment.

isv@1Peter:2:13 @ For the Lord's sake submit yourselves to every human authority: whether to the king as supreme,

isv@1Peter:3:1 @ In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives

isv@1Peter:3:3 @ Your beauty should not be an external one, consisting of braided hair or the wearing of gold ornaments and dresses.

isv@1Peter:3:5 @ After all, this is how holy women who set their hope on God used to make themselves beautiful in the past. They submitted themselves to their husbands,

isv@1Peter:3:6 @ just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters by doing good and by not letting anything terrify you.

isv@1Peter:3:16 @ But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak evil of your good conduct in Christ will be ashamed of slandering you.

isv@1Peter:4:1 @ Therefore, since Christ suffered in the sphere of the flesh, you, too, must arm yourselves with the same determination. For the person who has suffered in the sphere of the flesh has stopped sinning,

isv@1Peter:4:2 @ so that he can live the rest of his time in the flesh guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God.

isv@1Peter:4:3 @ For you spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in sensuality, sinful desires, drunkenness, wild celebrations, drinking parties, and detestable idolatry.

isv@1Peter:4:4 @ They insult you now because they are surprised that you are no longer joining them in the same excesses of wild living.

isv@1Peter:4:6 @ Indeed, this is why the gospel was proclaimed even to those who have died, so that they could be judged in the realm of the flesh like all humans and live in the realm of the spirit like God.

isv@1Peter:4:11 @ Whoever speaks must speak God's words. Whoever serves must serve with the strength that God supplies, so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. Glory and power belong to him forever and ever! Amen.

isv@1Peter:4:12 @ Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

isv@1Peter:4:14 @ If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.

isv@1Peter:4:16 @ But if you suffer for being a Christian, do not feel ashamed, but glorify God with that name.

isv@1Peter:4:17 @ For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?

isv@1Peter:5:6 @ Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

isv@1Peter:5:8 @ Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

isv@1Peter:5:9 @ Resist him and be firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

isv@1Peter:5:11 @ Power belongs to him forever and ever! Amen.

isv@2Peter:1:1 @ From Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

isv@2Peter:1:5 @ For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

isv@2Peter:1:13 @ Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,

isv@2Peter:1:14 @ because I know that the removal of my bodily tent will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

isv@2Peter:1:15 @ And I will make every effort to see that you will always remember these things after I am gone.

isv@2Peter:1:18 @ We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

isv@2Peter:1:19 @ Thus we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

isv@2Peter:1:21 @ because no prophecy ever originated through a human decision. Instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

isv@2Peter:2:4 @ For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept for judgment;

isv@2Peter:2:9 @ then the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and to hold unrighteous people for punishment on the day of judgment,

isv@2Peter:2:12 @ These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed,

isv@2Peter:2:13 @ suffering wrong as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you.

isv@2Peter:2:14 @ With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse.

isv@2Peter:2:17 @ These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.

isv@2Peter:2:20 @ For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and conquered by them, then their last condition is worse than their former one.

isv@2Peter:2:21 @ It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.

isv@2Peter:3:2 @ to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the commandment of our Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles.

isv@2Peter:3:3 @ First of all you must understand this: In the last days mockers will come and, following their own desires, will ridicule us

isv@2Peter:3:5 @ But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,

isv@2Peter:3:6 @ by which the world at that time was deluged with water and destroyed.

isv@2Peter:3:7 @ Now by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire and are being kept for the day when ungodly people will be judged and destroyed.

isv@2Peter:3:9 @ The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to come to repentance.

isv@2Peter:3:10 @ But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will disappear with a roaring sound, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be exposed.

isv@2Peter:3:12 @ as you look forward to and hasten the coming of the day of God, by which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved and the elements will melt with fire.

isv@2Peter:3:13 @ But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.

isv@2Peter:3:16 @ He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

isv@2Peter:3:18 @ Instead, continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to him both now and on that eternal day! Amen.

isv@1John:1:5 @ This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness—none at all!

isv@1John:2:3 @ This is how we can be sure that we have come to know him: if we continually keep his commandments.

isv@1John:2:4 @ The person who says, “I have come to know him,” but does not continually keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

isv@1John:2:6 @ The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.

isv@1John:2:7 @ Dear friends, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.

isv@1John:2:8 @ On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is true in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

isv@1John:2:12 @ I am writing to you, little children,because your sins have been forgivenon account of his name.

isv@1John:2:13 @ I am writing to you, fathers,because you have known the one whohas existed from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people,because you have overcome the evil one.

isv@1John:2:14 @ I have written to you, little children,because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers,because you have known the one whohas existed from the beginning. I have written to you, young people,because you are strongand because God's word remains in youand you have overcome the evil one.

isv@1John:2:21 @ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

isv@1John:2:25 @ The message that he himself declared to us is eternal life.

isv@1John:2:28 @ Even now, little children, abide in him. Then, when he appears, we will have confidence and will not turn away from him in shame at his coming.

isv@1John:3:11 @ This is the message that you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

isv@1John:3:16 @ This is how we have come to know love: Christ gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.

isv@1John:3:22 @ Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

isv@1John:3:23 @ And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

isv@1John:3:24 @ The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

isv@1John:4:2 @ This is how you can recognize God's Spirit: Every spirit who acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

isv@1John:4:4 @ Little children, you belong to God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

isv@1John:4:7 @ Dear friends, let us continually love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.

isv@1John:4:16 @ We have come to know and believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and the person who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

isv@1John:4:17 @ This is how love has been perfected among us: we will have confidence on the day of judgment because, while we are in this world, we are just like him.

isv@1John:4:18 @ There is no fear where love exists. Rather, perfect love banishes fear, for fear involves punishment, and the person who lives in fear has not been perfected in love.

isv@1John:4:21 @ And this is the commandment that we have from him: the person who loves God must also love his brother.

isv@1John:5:2 @ This is how we know that we love God's children: we love God and keep his commandments.

isv@1John:5:3 @ For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not difficult,

isv@1John:5:4 @ because everyone who is born from God has overcome the world. Our faith is the victory that overcomes the world.

isv@1John:5:5 @ Who overcomes the world? Is it not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

isv@1John:5:6 @ This man, Jesus Christ, is the one who came by water and blood—not with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth.

isv@1John:5:13 @ I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

isv@1John:5:20 @ We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

isv@2John:1:3 @ Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, in truth and love.

isv@2John:1:4 @ I was overjoyed to find some of your children living in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

isv@2John:1:5 @ I am now requesting you, dear lady, that we continue to love each other. It is not as though I am writing to give you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning.

isv@2John:1:6 @ And this is love: that we live according to his commandments. This is his commandment, just as you have heard it from the beginning. You must live by it.

isv@2John:1:10 @ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your home or even greet him,

isv@2John:1:12 @ Although I have a great deal to write to you, I would prefer not to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

isv@3John:1:3 @ For I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified about your truthfulness and how you live according to the truth.

isv@3John:1:7 @ After all, they went on their trip for the sake of Christ's name, accepting no support from the Gentiles.

isv@3John:1:8 @ Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become their helpers in spreading the truth.

isv@3John:1:10 @ For this reason, when I come I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with that, he refuses to accept the brothers. He even tries to stop those who want to accept them and throws them out of the church.

isv@3John:1:12 @ Demetrius has received a good report from everyone, including the truth itself. We, too, can testify to this, and you know that our testimony is true.

isv@3John:1:14 @ Instead, I hope to see you soon and talk face to face.May peace be with you! Your friends greet you. Greet each of our friends by name.

isv@Jude:1:1 @ From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and yet a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus Christ.

isv@Jude:1:2 @ May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance!

isv@Jude:1:4 @ For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

isv@Jude:1:6 @ He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day.

isv@Jude:1:7 @ Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire.

isv@Jude:1:8 @ In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings.

isv@Jude:1:13 @ They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

isv@Jude:1:14 @ Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said,“Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.

isv@Jude:1:15 @ He will execute judgment on all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him.”

isv@Jude:1:17 @ But you, dear friends, must remember the statements and predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

isv@Jude:1:18 @ They kept telling you, “In the last times mockers will appear, following their own ungodly desires.”

isv@Jude:1:21 @ and remain in God's love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.

isv@Jude:1:22 @ Show mercy to those who have doubts.

isv@Jude:1:23 @ Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy, but with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.

isv@Jude:1:25 @ to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time and for all eternity! Amen.