17Three days later he called together the local leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, yet I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. 18When they had examined me, the Romans wanted…

1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2Take words with you and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips. 3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride…

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…

28Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. 31They appeared in…

1After we had reached safety, we then learned that the island was called Malta. 2The natives showed us unusual kindness. Since it had begun to rain and was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us around it. 3Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, when…

9I will destroy you, O Israel; who can help you? 10Where now is your king, that he may save you? Where in all your cities are your rulers, of whom you said, “Give me a king and rulers”? 11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath. 12Ephraim’s…

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;whom shall I fear?The LORD is the stronghold of my life;of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail meto devour my flesh —my adversaries and foes —they shall stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me,my heart shall not fear;though war rise up…

18Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19They answered, “John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.” 20He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter…

27When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. 28So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms. 29Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let…

4Yet I have been the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. 5It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in the land of drought. 6When I fed them, they were satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was…