1   It is good to give thanks to the LORD,           to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 2   to declare your steadfast love in the morning,           and your faithfulness by night, 3   to the music of the lute and the harp,           to the melody of the lyre. 4   For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work;           at the works of your…

18As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea – for they were fishermen. 19And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.”20Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21As he…

1So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life…

1The LORD said to Moses: 2 Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me. 3 This is the offering that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue, purple, and crimson yarns and fine linen, goats’ hair, 5tanned rams’ skins, fine leather, acacia…

1   Hear this, all you peoples;           give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2   both low and high,           rich and poor together. 3   My mouth shall speak wisdom;           the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. 4   I will incline my ear to a proverb;           I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp. 5   Why should I fear in times of trouble,           when the iniquity…

12Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15“Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across…