1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. 3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Let Jesus be cursed!”…

15Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him?” 16So they approached Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this instruction before he died, 17’Say to Joseph: I beg you, forgive the crime…

1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,2 will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress;my God, in whom I trust.”3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowlerand from the deadly pestilence;4 he will cover you with his pinions,and…

1In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, he called his disciples and said to them, 2″I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. 3If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint…

2I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I handed them on to you. 3But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband is the head of his wife, and God is the head of Christ. 4Any man who prays…

29Then he charged them, saying to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors – in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan, in the field that Abraham bought from Ephron…

1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger,or discipline me in your wrath.2 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.3 My soul also is struck with terror,while you, O LORD — how long? 4 Turn, O LORD, save my life;deliver…

24From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his…

14Therefore, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols. 15I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17Because…

1Then Jacob called his sons, and said: “Gather around, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come. 2Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob; listen to Israel your father. 3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the first fruits of my vigor, excelling in rank and excelling in…