1   Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,            you who lead Joseph like a flock!       You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth  2        before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh.       Stir up your might,            and come to save us! 3   Restore us, O God;       let your face shine, that we may be saved. 4   O LORD God of hosts, …

1As Jesus came out of the temple and was going away, his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2Then he asked them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.” 3When he was…

1“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead. 2Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for…

1In the second year of King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai, saying: 2Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, and…

1   Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.  2       Lord, hear my voice!       Let your ears be attentive            to the voice of my supplications! 3   If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,            Lord, who could stand?  4   But there is forgiveness with you,            so that you may be revered. 5   I wait for the LORD, my soul…

27“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth. 28So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29“Woe…

18“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze: 19“I know your works — your love, faith, service, and patient endurance. I know that your last works are greater than…

1In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time…

1   When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,            we were like those who dream.  2   Then our mouth was filled with laughter,            and our tongue with shouts of joy;       then it was said among the nations,            “The LORD has done great things for them.”  3   The LORD has done great things for us,            and we rejoiced. 4   Restore…

13“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them. 15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the…