Sunshine

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

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;

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

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

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 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 →

When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”

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

All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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.

Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

The windblows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?” But they were silent.

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. — read the full passage →

At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. — read the full passage →

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →