Homecoming

He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.”

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. — 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.

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

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

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. — read the full passage →

For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel. — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

“For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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.

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.

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 →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! — read the full passage →

But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! — read the full passage →

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,

That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

He said, “A certain man had two sons.

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. — read the full passage →

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

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.

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

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

But Solomon built him a house. — read the full passage →

“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’

He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.

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

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, — read the full passage →

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

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

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands,

But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

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.

Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, — read the full passage →

Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids. — read the full passage →

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

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 →

A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, “Why do we sit here until we die? — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

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

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go out as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.