1   To you, O LORD, I call;            my rock, do not refuse to hear me,       for if you are silent to me,            I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.  2   Hear the voice of my supplication,            as I cry to you for help,       as I lift up my hands            toward your most holy…

27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose…

1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father’s wife. 2And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you? 3For…

19He said to him, “Go in peace.” But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance, 20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has let that Aramean Naaman off too lightly by not accepting from him what he offered. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get…

“What’s been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any one thing. A sick child is much more than his or her sickness.  A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap. A pediatrician is more than a…

1   LORD, you were favorable to your land;            you restored the fortunes of Jacob.  2   You forgave the iniquity of your people;            you pardoned all their sin. Selah  3   You withdrew all your wrath;            you turned from your hot anger.  4   Restore us again, O God of our salvation,            and put away your indignation toward us.  5   Will you be angry…

21“You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ 22But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be…

8Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Quite apart from us you have become kings! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we might be kings with you! 9For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have…

1Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from leprosy. 2Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the…

“Pray, just as you are led, without reasoning, in all simplicity. Be a little child, hanging on him that loves you.”