Church Planting

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, — read the full passage →

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, — read the full passage →

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. — read the full passage →

“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. — read the full passage →

“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow, — read the full passage →

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. — read the full passage →

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. — read the full passage →

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measuresof meal, until it was all leavened.”

For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring out; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring out before all the nations.

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.

Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth”; and it was so. — read the full passage →

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: — read the full passage →

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

But now they are many members, but one body. — read the full passage →

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. — read the full passage →

Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense. — read the full passage →

they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.

In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed. — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; — read the full passage →

So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.

He said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it? — read the full passage →

The farmer sows the word. — read the full passage →

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, “This is what Yahweh says, ‘Let my people go, that they may serve me. — read the full passage →

Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” — read the full passage →

Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” — read the full passage →