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The Keys To The Kingdom
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I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
I will lay the key of the house of David on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.
Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, — read the full passage →
who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth.”
I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.
If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →
After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. — read the full passage →
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. — read the full passage →
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
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. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →
Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” — read the full passage →
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”
Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things: — read the full passage →
“I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. — read the full passage →
Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!
Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? — read the full passage →
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses. — read the full passage →
“You shall not commit adultery.
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. — read the full passage →
Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come. — read the full passage →
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
For there are three who testify:
Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. — read the full passage →
This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife. — read the full passage →
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
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.
The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”
But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →
Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — 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 →
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. — read the full passage →
For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory! Selah.
Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →
She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.
As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
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