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,
For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,
look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?
for in the law of Moses it hath been written, `thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;' for the oxen doth God care?
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 →
When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, `Simon, <FI>son<Fi> of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Feed my lambs.' — read the full passage →
all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.
(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
And I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye flourished again in caring for me, for which also ye were caring, and lacked opportunity;
for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,
apart from the things without--the crowding upon me that is daily--the care of all the assemblies.
And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,
a servant--wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free--use <FI>it<Fi> rather;
and answering them he said, `Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'
`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?
`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.'
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.