22Then they brought to him a demoniac who was blind and mute; and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see. 23All the crowds were amazed and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul,…

1Now concerning the collection for the saints: you should follow the directions I gave to the churches of Galatia. 2On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come. 3And when I arrive, I will send any…

8 The LORD determined to lay in ruinsthe wall of daughter Zion;he stretched the line;he did not withhold his hand from destroying;he caused rampart and wall to lament;they languish together. 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;he has ruined and broken her bars;her king and princes are among the nations;guidance is no more,and her…

1 Praise the LORD!Praise the LORD, O my soul!2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live;I will sing praises to my God all my life long. 3 Do not put your trust in princes,in mortals, in whom there is no help.4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;on that very…

16“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;we wailed, and you did not mourn.’18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’; 19the Son of Man…

6They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; 8so, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. 9During the night…

1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. 3Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the LORD that he expelled them from…

1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered.2 Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity,and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 While I kept silence, my body wasted awaythrough my groaning all day long.4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;my strength was dried…

34“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.35 For I have come to set a man against his father,and a daughter against her mother,and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;36 and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.37Whoever loves…

13Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive. 15What should I do then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise with the spirit,…