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They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” — read the full passage →

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things, — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please”; and he says, “I can’t read.”

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from your midst, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.”

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — 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 →

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — 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 →

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

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

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 →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

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

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

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 →

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, — read the full passage →

But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.” — 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.”

Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.”

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

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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 →

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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

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

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 →

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →