Illegitimate Children

a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you--from hearing.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise, — read the full passage →

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 →

Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear? — read the full passage →

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, — read the full passage →

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you--let him first cast the stone at her;'

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;

all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast <FI>is<Fi> nothing pure, but of them defiled <FI>are<Fi> even the mind and the conscience;

this only do I wish to learn from you--by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith? — read the full passage →

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God; — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death; — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one <FI>point<Fi> , he hath become guilty of all;

and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors; — read the full passage →

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

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; — read the full passage →

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

and the servant doth not remain in the house--to the age, the son doth remain--to the age; — read the full passage →

I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; — read the full passage →

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

Be not led astray, my brethren beloved; — read the full passage →

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

So that we henceforth have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no more;

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God; — read the full passage →

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us; — read the full passage →

and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you--to the age; — read the full passage →

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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

But what ye have give ye <FI>as<Fi> alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning; — read the full passage →

even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying, — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, — read the full passage →

so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things. — read the full passage →

who also made us sufficient <FI>to be<Fi> ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency <FI>is<Fi> of God, — read the full passage →

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

and the righteousness of God <FI>is<Fi> through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, --for there is no difference, — read the full passage →

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

and <FI>there is<Fi> a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me, — read the full passage →

`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep; — read the full passage →

They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing; — read the full passage →

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer; — read the full passage →

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful. — read the full passage →

and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?' — read the full passage →

and he answering said to them--`Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me; — read the full passage →

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten <FI>is<Fi> of the Holy Spirit,

Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth <FI>them<Fi> : Suckling ones He leadeth.

Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good. — read the full passage →

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness <FI>is<Fi> to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. — read the full passage →

For, as the height of the heavens <FI>is<Fi> above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him. — read the full passage →

A Psalm of Asaph. Only--good to Israel <FI>is<Fi> God, to the clean of heart. And I--as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation. — read the full passage →

And David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him,

The rich hath flocks and herds very many; — read the full passage →

And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son. — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you; — read the full passage →

and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.