Funeral

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

For thus says Yahweh, Don’t enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

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.

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

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.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. — read the full passage →

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

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

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

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, no one considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. — read the full passage →

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, — read the full passage →

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. — read the full passage →

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.” — read the full passage →

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. — read the full passage →

I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. — read the full passage →

But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — 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 →

Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. — read the full passage →

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer. — read the full passage →

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. — read the full passage →

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

Soon afterwards, he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him. — read the full passage →

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Soon afterwards, he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. — read the full passage →

in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. — read the full passage →

Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable. — read the full passage →

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.” — read the full passage →

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. — read the full passage →

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. — read the full passage →

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. — read the full passage →

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →