1One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders 2and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?” 3He answered them, “I will also ask…

1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly 3remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love…

10Hear the word of the LORD,you rulers of Sodom!Listen to the teaching of our God,you people of Gomorrah!11What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?says the LORD;I have had enough of burnt offerings of ramsand the fat of fed beasts;I do not delight in the blood of bulls,or of lambs, or of goats. 12When…

1 The LORD says to my lord,“Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The LORD sends out from Zionyour mighty scepter.Rule in the midst of your foes.3 Your people will offer themselves willinglyon the day you lead your forceson the holy mountains.From the womb of the morning,like dew, your youth…

1 The LORD says to my lord,“Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The LORD sends out from Zionyour mighty scepter.Rule in the midst of your foes.3 Your people will offer themselves willinglyon the day you lead your forceson the holy mountains.From the womb of the morning,like dew, your youth…

1″Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom was…

1This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you 2that you should remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles. 3First of all you…

1The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth;for the LORD has spoken:I reared children and brought them up,but they have rebelled against me.3 The ox knows its owner,and the…

1 Lord, you have been our dwelling placein all generations.2 Before the mountains were brought forth,or ever you had formed the earth and the world,from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You turn us back to dust,and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”4 For a thousand years in your sightare like yesterday when it is…

41As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround…