1″For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. 3When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 4and he…

1Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy. 2For those who speak in a tongue do not speak to other people but to God; for nobody understands them, since they are speaking mysteries in the Spirit. 3On the other hand, those who prophesy speak to other people for their…

1The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel: 2Hear this, O elders,give ear, all inhabitants of the land!Has such a thing happened in your days,or in the days of your ancestors?3Tell your children of it,and let your children tell their children,and their children another generation. 4What the cutting locust left,the swarming…

1 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;before the gods I sing your praise;2 I bow down toward your holy templeand give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness;for you have exalted your name and your wordabove everything.3 On the day I called, you answered me,you increased my…

1On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. 2Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. 3And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on…

1After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor. 2He 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 and hateful bird, a haunt of every…

14Sing aloud, O daughter Zion;shout, O Israel!Rejoice and exult with all your heart,O daughter Jerusalem!15The Lord has taken away the judgements against you,he has turned away your enemies.The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;you shall fear disaster no more.16On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:Do not fear, O Zion;do not…

1 With my voice I cry to the LORD;with my voice I make supplication to the LORD.2 I pour out my complaint before him;I tell my trouble before him.3 When my spirit is faint,you know my way. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. 4 Look on my right…

31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. 33Yet today,…

1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who is seated on many waters, 2with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the inhabitants of the earth…