Family Divided

Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. — read the full passage →

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. — read the full passage →

For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. — read the full passage →

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.

Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it. — read the full passage →

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.”

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig. — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — read the full passage →

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning. — read the full passage →

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

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,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children; — read the full passage →

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Beloved — read the full passage →

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. — read the full passage →

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — read the full passage →

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.