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and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own <FI>friends<Fi> , and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee;

`And lo, I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.'

And he said, `A certain man had two sons, — read the full passage →

For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens, — read the full passage →

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope. — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands, — read the full passage →

For thus said Jehovah: Sing, O ye to Jacob, <FI>with<Fi> joy, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound ye, praise ye, and say, Save, O Jehovah, thy people, the remnant of Israel. — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee. — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, — read the full passage →

to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together! — read the full passage →

`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

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

and the son said to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

And he said, `A certain man had two sons,

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

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

having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin--to the heaven, and before thee,

and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

By rivers of Babylon--There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. — read the full passage →

And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab, — read the full passage →

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

and Solomon built Him an house. — read the full passage →

`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;

and he said to him--Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to <FI>me<Fi> , and he divided to them the living.

The Song of Songs, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's. — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out, — read the full passage →

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

but when thy son--this one who did devour thy living with harlots--came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

and having brought the fatted calf, kill <FI>it<Fi> , and having eaten, we may be merry,

and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, — read the full passage →

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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

`God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,

and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying, — read the full passage →

And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants; — read the full passage →

Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son;

and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done--shall I inherit life age-during?'

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,

for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What--we are sitting here till we have died; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

For Zion's sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth. — read the full passage →

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.