1   I waited patiently for the LORD;            he inclined to me and heard my cry.  2   He drew me up from the desolate pit,            out of the miry bog,       and set my feet upon a rock,            making my steps secure.  3   He put a new song in my mouth,            a song of praise to our God.       Many will…

23The same day some Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying, 24“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.’ 25Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died childless, leaving the widow…

1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3Blessed is the one who reads…

1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: he was forming locusts at the time the latter growth began to sprout (it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings). 2When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,      “O Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you!         How can Jacob stand?         He is so…

1   To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.  2   O my God, in you I trust;            do not let me be put to shame;            do not let my enemies exult over me.  3   Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame;            let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 4   Make me to…

57Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. 60But his…

5This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, and is intended to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering. 6For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord…

1  Alas for those who are at ease in Zion,         and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria,      the notables of the first of the nations,         to whom the house of Israel resorts! 2  Cross over to Calneh, and see;         from there go to Hamath the great;         then go down to Gath of the Philistines.      Are…

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, …

15Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. 16So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. 17Tell…