7:73bWhen the seventh month came — the people of Israel being settled in their towns — 8:1all the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had given to Israel. 2Accordingly, the priest Ezra brought the law before…

“It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have.”

To you I lift up my eyes,            O you who are enthroned in the heavens!  2   As the eyes of servants            look to the hand of their master,       as the eyes of a maid            to the hand of her mistress,       so our eyes look to the LORD our God,            until he has mercy upon us. 3   Have…

21Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” 23But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him,…

9And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning; 10they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,       “Alas, alas, the great city,            Babylon, the mighty city!       For in one hour your judgment…

26“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their backs and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies. 27Therefore you gave them into the hands of their enemies, who made them suffer. Then in the time of their…

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1   The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice;            let the many coastlands be glad!  2   Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;            righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.  3   Fire goes before him,            and consumes his adversaries on every side.  4   His lightnings light up the world;            the earth sees and trembles.  5   The mountains…

1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.” 3He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’…

1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor. 2 He called out with a mighty voice,       “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!            It has become a dwelling place of demons,       a haunt of every foul spirit            a haunt of every foul bird,            a…