The Dove

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, — read the full passage →

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.

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

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every man.

but of the Sonhe saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. — read the full passage →

And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

I and the Father are one.

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! — read the full passage →

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

and a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

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

to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was in the house. — read the full passage →

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.

to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.