Randall M. Rueff
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Randall M. Rueff

Holy Bible - Zechariah 2 : 1 - 13 
 
A Man With a Measuring Line 
2 [a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 I asked, “Where are you going?” 
 
He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.” 
 
3 While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him 4 and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. 5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’ 
 
6 “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord. 
 
7 “Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!” 8 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye— 9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[b] Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me. 
 
10 “Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord. 11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. 12 The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. 13 Be still before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”

Holy Bible - Zechariah 2 : 1 - 13

A Man With a Measuring Line
2 [a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”

3 While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him 4 and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. 5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’

6 “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.

7 “Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!” 8 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye— 9 I will surely raise

Holy Bible - Zechariah 2 : 1 - 13

Holy Bible - Zechariah 3 : 1 - 10 
 
Clean Garments for the High Priest 
3 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan[a] standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?” 
 
3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” 
 
Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.” 
 
5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by. 
 
6 The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here. 
 
8 “‘Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. 9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes[b] on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day. 
 
10 “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

Holy Bible - Zechariah 3 : 1 - 10

Clean Garments for the High Priest
3 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan[a] standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.”

5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.

6 The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give

Holy Bible - Zechariah 3 : 1 - 10

Holy Bible - Micah 7 : 1 - 20 
 
Israel’s Misery 
7 What misery is mine! 
I am like one who gathers summer fruit 
 at the gleaning of the vineyard; 
there is no cluster of grapes to eat, 
 none of the early figs that I crave. 
2 The faithful have been swept from the land; 
 not one upright person remains. 
Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; 
 they hunt each other with nets. 
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil; 
 the ruler demands gifts, 
the judge accepts bribes, 
 the powerful dictate what they desire— 
 they all conspire together. 
4 The best of them is like a brier, 
 the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. 
The day God visits you has come, 
 the day your watchmen sound the alarm. 
 Now is the time of your confusion. 
5 Do not trust a neighbor; 
 put no confidence in a friend. 
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace 
 guard the words of your lips. 
6 For a son dishonors his father, 
 a daughter rises up against her mother, 
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— 
 a man’s enemies are the members of his own household. 
7 But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, 
 I wait for God my Savior; 
 my God will hear me. 
Israel Will Rise 
8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! 
 Though I have fallen, I will rise. 
Though I sit in darkness, 
 the Lord will be my light. 
9 Because I have sinned against him, 
 I will bear the Lord’s wrath, 
until he pleads my case 
 and upholds my cause. 
He will bring me out into the light; 
 I will see his righteousness. 
10 Then my enemy will see it 
 and will be covered with shame, 
she who said to me, 
 “Where is the Lord your God?” 
My eyes will see her downfall; 
 even now she will be trampled underfoot 
 like mire in the streets. 
11 The day for building your walls will come, 
 the day for extending your boundaries. 
12 In that day people will come to you 
 from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, 
even from Egypt to the Euphrates 
 and from sea to sea 
 and from mountain to mountain. 
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, 
 as the result of their deeds. 
Prayer and Praise 
14 Shepherd your people with your staff, 
 the flock of your inheritance, 
which lives by itself in a forest, 
 in fertile pasturelands.[a] 
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead 
 as in days long ago. 
15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt, 
 I will show them my wonders.” 
16 Nations will see and be ashamed, 
 deprived of all their power. 
They will put their hands over their mouths 
 and their ears will become deaf. 
17 They will lick dust like a snake, 
 like creatures that crawl on the ground. 
They will come trembling out of their dens; 
 they will turn in fear to the Lord our God 
 and will be afraid of you. 
18 Who is a God like you, 
 who pardons sin and forgives the transgression 
 of the remnant of his inheritance? 
You do not stay angry forever 
 but delight to show mercy. 
19 You will again have compassion on us; 
 you will tread our sins underfoot 
 and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. 
20 You will be faithful to Jacob, 
 and show love to Abraham, 
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors 
 in days long ago.

Holy Bible - Micah 7 : 1 - 20

Israel’s Misery
7 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
    at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
    none of the early figs that I crave.
2 The faithful have been swept from the land;
    not one upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait to shed blood;
    they hunt each other with nets.
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil;
    the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,
    the powerful dictate what they desire—
    they all conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier,
    the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
    the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
    Now is the time of your confusion.
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
    put no confidence in a friend.
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
    guard the words of your lips.
6 For a son dishonors his father,
    a daughter rises up against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mot

Holy Bible - Micah 7 : 1 - 20

Holy Bible - Micah 4 : 1 - 13 
 
The Mountain of the Lord 
4 In the last days 
 
the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established 
 as the highest of the mountains; 
it will be exalted above the hills, 
 and peoples will stream to it. 
2 Many nations will come and say, 
 
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 
 to the temple of the God of Jacob. 
He will teach us his ways, 
 so that we may walk in his paths.” 
The law will go out from Zion, 
 the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 
3 He will judge between many peoples 
 and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. 
They will beat their swords into plowshares 
 and their spears into pruning hooks. 
Nation will not take up sword against nation, 
 nor will they train for war anymore. 
4 Everyone will sit under their own vine 
 and under their own fig tree, 
and no one will make them afraid, 
 for the Lord Almighty has spoken. 
5 All the nations may walk 
 in the name of their gods, 
but we will walk in the name of the Lord 
 our God for ever and ever. 
The Lord’s Plan 
6 “In that day,” declares the Lord, 
 
“I will gather the lame; 
 I will assemble the exiles 
 and those I have brought to grief. 
7 I will make the lame my remnant, 
 those driven away a strong nation. 
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion 
 from that day and forever. 
8 As for you, watchtower of the flock, 
 stronghold[a] of Daughter Zion, 
the former dominion will be restored to you; 
 kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.” 
9 Why do you now cry aloud— 
 have you no king[b]? 
Has your ruler[c] perished, 
 that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor? 
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion, 
 like a woman in labor, 
for now you must leave the city 
 to camp in the open field. 
You will go to Babylon; 
 there you will be rescued. 
There the Lord will redeem you 
 out of the hand of your enemies. 
11 But now many nations 
 are gathered against you. 
They say, “Let her be defiled, 
 let our eyes gloat over Zion!” 
12 But they do not know 
 the thoughts of the Lord; 
they do not understand his plan, 
 that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. 
13 “Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion, 
 for I will give you horns of iron; 
I will give you hooves of bronze, 
 and you will break to pieces many nations.” 
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord, 
 their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Holy Bible - Micah 4 : 1 - 13

The Mountain of the Lord
4 In the last days

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,
    and peoples will stream to it.
2 Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He will judge between many peoples
    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war anymore.
4 Everyone will sit under their own vine
    and under their own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
    for the Lord Almighty has spoken.
5 All the nations may walk
    in the name of their gods,
but we will walk in the n

Holy Bible - Micah 4 : 1 - 13

Holy Bible - Micah 3 : 1 - 12 
 
Leaders and Prophets Rebuked 
3 Then I said, 
 
“Listen, you leaders of Jacob, 
 you rulers of Israel. 
Should you not embrace justice, 
2 you who hate good and love evil; 
who tear the skin from my people 
 and the flesh from their bones; 
3 who eat my people’s flesh, 
 strip off their skin 
 and break their bones in pieces; 
who chop them up like meat for the pan, 
 like flesh for the pot?” 
4 Then they will cry out to the Lord, 
 but he will not answer them. 
At that time he will hide his face from them 
 because of the evil they have done. 
5 This is what the Lord says: 
 
“As for the prophets 
 who lead my people astray, 
they proclaim ‘peace’ 
 if they have something to eat, 
but prepare to wage war against anyone 
 who refuses to feed them. 
6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions, 
 and darkness, without divination. 
The sun will set for the prophets, 
 and the day will go dark for them. 
7 The seers will be ashamed 
 and the diviners disgraced. 
They will all cover their faces 
 because there is no answer from God.” 
8 But as for me, I am filled with power, 
 with the Spirit of the Lord, 
 and with justice and might, 
to declare to Jacob his transgression, 
 to Israel his sin. 
9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, 
 you rulers of Israel, 
who despise justice 
 and distort all that is right; 
10 who build Zion with bloodshed, 
 and Jerusalem with wickedness. 
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, 
 her priests teach for a price, 
 and her prophets tell fortunes for money. 
Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, 
 “Is not the Lord among us? 
 No disaster will come upon us.” 
12 Therefore because of you, 
 Zion will be plowed like a field, 
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, 
 the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.

Holy Bible - Micah 3 : 1 - 12

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked
3 Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
2     you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;
3 who eat my people’s flesh,
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;
who chop them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?”
4 Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.
At that time he will hide his face from them
    because of the evil they have done.
5 This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,
they proclaim ‘peace’
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.
6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.
The sun will set for the prophets,
    and the day will go dark for them.
7 The seers will be ashamed
    and

Holy Bible - Micah 3 : 1 - 12

Holy Bible - Amos 2 : 1 - 16 
 
1 This is what the Lord says: 
 
“For three sins of Moab, 
 even for four, I will not relent. 
Because he burned to ashes 
 the bones of Edom’s king, 
2 I will send fire on Moab 
 that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a] 
Moab will go down in great tumult 
 amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet. 
3 I will destroy her ruler 
 and kill all her officials with him,” 
says the Lord. 
4 This is what the Lord says: 
 
“For three sins of Judah, 
 even for four, I will not relent. 
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord 
 and have not kept his decrees, 
because they have been led astray by false gods,[b] 
 the gods[c] their ancestors followed, 
5 I will send fire on Judah 
 that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.” 
Judgment on Israel 
6 This is what the Lord says: 
 
“For three sins of Israel, 
 even for four, I will not relent. 
They sell the innocent for silver, 
 and the needy for a pair of sandals. 
7 They trample on the heads of the poor 
 as on the dust of the ground 
 and deny justice to the oppressed. 
Father and son use the same girl 
 and so profane my holy name. 
8 They lie down beside every altar 
 on garments taken in pledge. 
In the house of their god 
 they drink wine taken as fines. 
9 “Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, 
 though they were tall as the cedars 
 and strong as the oaks. 
I destroyed their fruit above 
 and their roots below. 
10 I brought you up out of Egypt 
 and led you forty years in the wilderness 
 to give you the land of the Amorites. 
11 “I also raised up prophets from among your children 
 and Nazirites from among your youths. 
Is this not true, people of Israel?” 
declares the Lord. 
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine 
 and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. 
13 “Now then, I will crush you 
 as a cart crushes when loaded with grain. 
14 The swift will not escape, 
 the strong will not muster their strength, 
 and the warrior will not save his life. 
15 The archer will not stand his ground, 
 the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, 
 and the horseman will not save his life. 
16 Even the bravest warriors 
 will flee naked on that day,” 
declares the Lord.

Holy Bible - Amos 2 : 1 - 16

1 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Moab,
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes
    the bones of Edom’s king,
2 I will send fire on Moab
    that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.[a]
Moab will go down in great tumult
    amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
3 I will destroy her ruler
    and kill all her officials with him,”
says the Lord.
4 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,
because they have been led astray by false gods,[b]
    the gods[c] their ancestors followed,
5 I will send fire on Judah
    that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
Judgment on Israel
6 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Israel,
    even for four, I will not relent.
They sell the innocent for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 They trample on the heads of 

Holy Bible - Amos 2 : 1 - 16

Holy Bible - Amos 5 : 1 - 27 
 
A Lament and Call to Repentance 
5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you: 
 
2 “Fallen is Virgin Israel, 
 never to rise again, 
deserted in her own land, 
 with no one to lift her up.” 
3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel: 
 
“Your city that marches out a thousand strong 
 will have only a hundred left; 
your town that marches out a hundred strong 
 will have only ten left.” 
4 This is what the Lord says to Israel: 
 
“Seek me and live; 
5 do not seek Bethel, 
do not go to Gilgal, 
 do not journey to Beersheba. 
For Gilgal will surely go into exile, 
 and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a]” 
6 Seek the Lord and live, 
 or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; 
it will devour them, 
 and Bethel will have no one to quench it. 
7 There are those who turn justice into bitterness 
 and cast righteousness to the ground. 
8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, 
 who turns midnight into dawn 
 and darkens day into night, 
who calls for the waters of the sea 
 and pours them out over the face of the land— 
 the Lord is his name. 
9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold 
 and brings the fortified city to ruin. 
10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court 
 and detest the one who tells the truth. 
11 You levy a straw tax on the poor 
 and impose a tax on their grain. 
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, 
 you will not live in them; 
though you have planted lush vineyards, 
 you will not drink their wine. 
12 For I know how many are your offenses 
 and how great your sins. 
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes 
 and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. 
13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, 
 for the times are evil. 
14 Seek good, not evil, 
 that you may live. 
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, 
 just as you say he is. 
15 Hate evil, love good; 
 maintain justice in the courts. 
Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy 
 on the remnant of Joseph. 
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says: 
 
“There will be wailing in all the streets 
 and cries of anguish in every public square. 
The farmers will be summoned to weep 
 and the mourners to wail. 
17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards, 
 for I will pass through your midst,” 
says the Lord. 
The Day of the Lord 
18 Woe to you who long 
 for the day of the Lord! 
Why do you long for the day of the Lord? 
 That day will be darkness, not light. 
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion 
 only to meet a bear, 
as though he entered his house 
 and rested his hand on the wall 
 only to have a snake bite him. 
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light— 
 pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness? 
21 “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; 
 your assemblies are a stench to me. 
22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, 
 I will not accept them. 
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, 
 I will have no regard for them. 
23 Away with the noise of your songs! 
 I will not listen to the music of your harps. 
24 But let justice roll on like a river, 
 righteousness like a never-failing stream! 
25 “Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings 
 forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel? 
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king, 
 the pedestal of your idols, 
 the star of your god[b]— 
 which you made for yourselves. 
27 Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” 
 says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.

Holy Bible - Amos 5 : 1 - 27

A Lament and Call to Repentance
5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

2 “Fallen is Virgin Israel,
    never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
    with no one to lift her up.”
3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.”
4 This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek me and live;
5     do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,
    do not journey to Beersheba.
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
    and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a]”
6 Seek the Lord and live,
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;
it will devour them,
    and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
7 There are those who turn justice into bitterness
    and cast righteousness to the ground.
8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
    who turns midnight into dawn
    and da

Holy Bible - Amos 5 : 1 - 27

Holy Bible - Lamentations 2 : 1 - 22 
 
1 How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion 
 with the cloud of his anger[b]! 
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel 
 from heaven to earth; 
he has not remembered his footstool 
 in the day of his anger. 
2 Without pity the Lord has swallowed up 
 all the dwellings of Jacob; 
in his wrath he has torn down 
 the strongholds of Daughter Judah. 
He has brought her kingdom and its princes 
 down to the ground in dishonor. 
3 In fierce anger he has cut off 
 every horn[c][d] of Israel. 
He has withdrawn his right hand 
 at the approach of the enemy. 
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire 
 that consumes everything around it. 
4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow; 
 his right hand is ready. 
Like a foe he has slain 
 all who were pleasing to the eye; 
he has poured out his wrath like fire 
 on the tent of Daughter Zion. 
5 The Lord is like an enemy; 
 he has swallowed up Israel. 
He has swallowed up all her palaces 
 and destroyed her strongholds. 
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation 
 for Daughter Judah. 
6 He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; 
 he has destroyed his place of meeting. 
The Lord has made Zion forget 
 her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; 
in his fierce anger he has spurned 
 both king and priest. 
7 The Lord has rejected his altar 
 and abandoned his sanctuary. 
He has given the walls of her palaces 
 into the hands of the enemy; 
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord 
 as on the day of an appointed festival. 
8 The Lord determined to tear down 
 the wall around Daughter Zion. 
He stretched out a measuring line 
 and did not withhold his hand from destroying. 
He made ramparts and walls lament; 
 together they wasted away. 
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; 
 their bars he has broken and destroyed. 
Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, 
 the law is no more, 
and her prophets no longer find 
 visions from the Lord. 
10 The elders of Daughter Zion 
 sit on the ground in silence; 
they have sprinkled dust on their heads 
 and put on sackcloth. 
The young women of Jerusalem 
 have bowed their heads to the ground. 
11 My eyes fail from weeping, 
 I am in torment within; 
my heart is poured out on the ground 
 because my people are destroyed, 
because children and infants faint 
 in the streets of the city. 
12 They say to their mothers, 
 “Where is bread and wine?” 
as they faint like the wounded 
 in the streets of the city, 
as their lives ebb away 
 in their mothers’ arms. 
13 What can I say for you? 
 With what can I compare you, 
 Daughter Jerusalem? 
To what can I liken you, 
 that I may comfort you, 
 Virgin Daughter Zion? 
Your wound is as deep as the sea. 
 Who can heal you? 
14 The visions of your prophets 
 were false and worthless; 
they did not expose your sin 
 to ward off your captivity. 
The prophecies they gave you 
 were false and misleading. 
15 All who pass your way 
 clap their hands at you; 
they scoff and shake their heads 
 at Daughter Jerusalem: 
“Is this the city that was called 
 the perfection of beauty, 
 the joy of the whole earth?” 
16 All your enemies open their mouths 
 wide against you; 
they scoff and gnash their teeth 
 and say, “We have swallowed her up. 
This is the day we have waited for; 
 we have lived to see it.” 
17 The Lord has done what he planned; 
 he has fulfilled his word, 
 which he decreed long ago. 
He has overthrown you without pity, 
 he has let the enemy gloat over you, 
 he has exalted the horn[e] of your foes. 
18 The hearts of the people 
 cry out to the Lord. 
You walls of Daughter Zion, 
 let your tears flow like a river 
 day and night; 
give yourself no relief, 
 your eyes no rest. 
19 Arise, cry out in the night, 
 as the watches of the night begin; 
pour out your heart like water 
 in the presence of the Lord. 
Lift up your hands to him 
 for the lives of your children, 
who faint from hunger 
 at every street corner. 
20 “Look, Lord, and consider: 
 Whom have you ever treated like this? 
Should women eat their offspring, 
 the children they have cared for? 
Should priest and prophet be killed 
 in the sanctuary of the Lord? 
21 “Young and old lie together 
 in the dust of the streets; 
my young men and young women 
 have fallen by the sword. 
You have slain them in the day of your anger; 
 you have slaughtered them without pity. 
22 “As you summon to a feast day, 
 so you summoned against me terrors on every side. 
In the day of the Lord’s anger 
 no one escaped or survived; 
those I cared for and reared 
 my enemy has destroyed.”

Holy Bible - Lamentations 2 : 1 - 22

1 How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion
    with the cloud of his anger[b]!
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel
    from heaven to earth;
he has not remembered his footstool
    in the day of his anger.
2 Without pity the Lord has swallowed up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground in dishonor.
3 In fierce anger he has cut off
    every horn[c][d] of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand
    at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
    that consumes everything around it.
4 Like an enemy he has strung his bow;
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;
he has poured out his wrath like fire
    on the tent of Daughter Zion.
5 The Lord is like an enemy;
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed 

Holy Bible - Lamentations 2 : 1 - 22

Holy Bible - Lamentations 4 : 1 - 22 
 
1 How the gold has lost its luster, 
 the fine gold become dull! 
The sacred gems are scattered 
 at every street corner. 
2 How the precious children of Zion, 
 once worth their weight in gold, 
are now considered as pots of clay, 
 the work of a potter’s hands! 
3 Even jackals offer their breasts 
 to nurse their young, 
but my people have become heartless 
 like ostriches in the desert. 
4 Because of thirst the infant’s tongue 
 sticks to the roof of its mouth; 
the children beg for bread, 
 but no one gives it to them. 
5 Those who once ate delicacies 
 are destitute in the streets. 
Those brought up in royal purple 
 now lie on ash heaps. 
6 The punishment of my people 
 is greater than that of Sodom, 
which was overthrown in a moment 
 without a hand turned to help her. 
7 Their princes were brighter than snow 
 and whiter than milk, 
their bodies more ruddy than rubies, 
 their appearance like lapis lazuli. 
8 But now they are blacker than soot; 
 they are not recognized in the streets. 
Their skin has shriveled on their bones; 
 it has become as dry as a stick. 
9 Those killed by the sword are better off 
 than those who die of famine; 
racked with hunger, they waste away 
 for lack of food from the field. 
10 With their own hands compassionate women 
 have cooked their own children, 
who became their food 
 when my people were destroyed. 
11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath; 
 he has poured out his fierce anger. 
He kindled a fire in Zion 
 that consumed her foundations. 
12 The kings of the earth did not believe, 
 nor did any of the peoples of the world, 
that enemies and foes could enter 
 the gates of Jerusalem. 
13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets 
 and the iniquities of her priests, 
who shed within her 
 the blood of the righteous. 
14 Now they grope through the streets 
 as if they were blind. 
They are so defiled with blood 
 that no one dares to touch their garments. 
15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them. 
 “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!” 
When they flee and wander about, 
 people among the nations say, 
 “They can stay here no longer.” 
16 The Lord himself has scattered them; 
 he no longer watches over them. 
The priests are shown no honor, 
 the elders no favor. 
17 Moreover, our eyes failed, 
 looking in vain for help; 
from our towers we watched 
 for a nation that could not save us. 
18 People stalked us at every step, 
 so we could not walk in our streets. 
Our end was near, our days were numbered, 
 for our end had come. 
19 Our pursuers were swifter 
 than eagles in the sky; 
they chased us over the mountains 
 and lay in wait for us in the desert. 
20 The Lord’s anointed, our very life breath, 
 was caught in their traps. 
We thought that under his shadow 
 we would live among the nations. 
21 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, 
 you who live in the land of Uz. 
But to you also the cup will be passed; 
 you will be drunk and stripped naked. 
22 Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; 
 he will not prolong your exile. 
But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, 
 and expose your wickedness.

Holy Bible - Lamentations 4 : 1 - 22

1 How the gold has lost its luster,
    the fine gold become dull!
The sacred gems are scattered
    at every street corner.
2 How the precious children of Zion,
    once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
    the work of a potter’s hands!
3 Even jackals offer their breasts
    to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
    like ostriches in the desert.
4 Because of thirst the infant’s tongue
    sticks to the roof of its mouth;
the children beg for bread,
    but no one gives it to them.
5 Those who once ate delicacies
    are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple
    now lie on ash heaps.
6 The punishment of my people
    is greater than that of Sodom,
which was overthrown in a moment
    without a hand turned to help her.
7 Their princes were brighter than snow
    and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
    their appearance like lapis lazuli.
8 But now they are 

Holy Bible - Lamentations 4 : 1 - 22

Holy Bible - Luke 9 : 1 - 62

Holy Bible - Mark 2 : 1 - 28 
 
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man 
2 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 
 
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 
 
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” 
 
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners 
13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him. 
 
15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 
 
17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” 
 
Jesus Questioned About Fasting 
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?” 
 
19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast. 
 
21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” 
 
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 
 
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.” 
 
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Holy Bible - Mark 2 : 1 - 28

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
2 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paraly

Holy Bible - Mark 2 : 1 - 28

Holy Bible - Psalm 99 : 1 - 9 
 
1 The Lord reigns, 
 let the nations tremble; 
he sits enthroned between the cherubim, 
 let the earth shake. 
2 Great is the Lord in Zion; 
 he is exalted over all the nations. 
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name— 
 he is holy. 
4 The King is mighty, he loves justice— 
 you have established equity; 
in Jacob you have done 
 what is just and right. 
5 Exalt the Lord our God 
 and worship at his footstool; 
 he is holy. 
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, 
 Samuel was among those who called on his name; 
they called on the Lord 
 and he answered them. 
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; 
 they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them. 
8 Lord our God, 
 you answered them; 
you were to Israel a forgiving God, 
 though you punished their misdeeds.[a] 
9 Exalt the Lord our God 
 and worship at his holy mountain, 
 for the Lord our God is holy.

Holy Bible - Psalm 99 : 1 - 9

1 The Lord reigns,
    let the nations tremble;
he sits enthroned between the cherubim,
    let the earth shake.
2 Great is the Lord in Zion;
    he is exalted over all the nations.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name—
    he is holy.
4 The King is mighty, he loves justice—
    you have established equity;
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.
5 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
    Samuel was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered them.
7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8 Lord our God,
    you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,
    though you punished their misdeeds.[a]
9 Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.

Holy Bible - Psalm 99 : 1 - 9

Holy Bible - Psalm 101 : 1 - 8 
 
Of David. A psalm. 
 
1 I will sing of your love and justice; 
 to you, Lord, I will sing praise. 
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life— 
 when will you come to me? 
I will conduct the affairs of my house 
 with a blameless heart. 
3 I will not look with approval 
 on anything that is vile. 
I hate what faithless people do; 
 I will have no part in it. 
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me; 
 I will have nothing to do with what is evil. 
5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, 
 I will put to silence; 
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, 
 I will not tolerate. 
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, 
 that they may dwell with me; 
the one whose walk is blameless 
 will minister to me. 
7 No one who practices deceit 
 will dwell in my house; 
no one who speaks falsely 
 will stand in my presence. 
8 Every morning I will put to silence 
 all the wicked in the land; 
I will cut off every evildoer 
 from the city of the Lord.

Holy Bible - Psalm 101 : 1 - 8

Of David. A psalm.

1 I will sing of your love and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life—
    when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairs of my house
    with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.
I hate what faithless people do;
    I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless
    will minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.
8 Every morning I will put to silence
    all the wicked in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer
    from the 

Holy Bible - Psalm 101 : 1 - 8

Holy Bible - Psalm 129 : 1 - 8 
 
A song of ascents. 
 
1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” 
 let Israel say; 
2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, 
 but they have not gained the victory over me. 
3 Plowmen have plowed my back 
 and made their furrows long. 
4 But the Lord is righteous; 
 he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.” 
5 May all who hate Zion 
 be turned back in shame. 
6 May they be like grass on the roof, 
 which withers before it can grow; 
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, 
 nor one who gathers fill his arms. 
8 May those who pass by not say to them, 
 “The blessing of the Lord be on you; 
 we bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Holy Bible - Psalm 129 : 1 - 8

A song of ascents.

1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,”
    let Israel say;
2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
    but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 Plowmen have plowed my back
    and made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord is righteous;
    he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 May all who hate Zion
    be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof,
    which withers before it can grow;
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,
    nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 May those who pass by not say to them,
    “The blessing of the Lord be on you;
    we bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Holy Bible - Psalm 129 : 1 - 8

Holy Bible - Revelation 2 : 1 - 29 
 
To the Church in Ephesus 
2 “To the angel[a] of the church in Ephesus write: 
 
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 
 
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 
 
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. 
 
To the Church in Smyrna 
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 
 
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. 
 
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death. 
 
To the Church in Pergamum 
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 
 
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives. 
 
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 
 
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it. 
 
To the Church in Thyatira 
18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 
 
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. 
 
20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. 
 
24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, 25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.’ 
 
26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[b]—just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give that one the morning star. 29 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Holy Bible - Revelation 2 : 1 - 29

To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel[a] of the church in Ephesus write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of 

Holy Bible - Revelation 2 : 1 - 29

Holy Bible - Romans 16 : 1 - 27 
 
Personal Greetings 
16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a][b] of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me. 
 
3 Greet Priscilla[c] and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. 
 
5 Greet also the church that meets at their house. 
 
Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia. 
 
6 Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you. 
 
7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among[d] the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was. 
 
8 Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord. 
 
9 Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys. 
 
10 Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test. 
 
Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. 
 
11 Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. 
 
Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. 
 
12 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. 
 
Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord. 
 
13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. 
 
14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them. 
 
15 Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them. 
 
16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 
 
All the churches of Christ send greetings. 
 
17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. 
 
20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. 
 
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. 
 
21 Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews. 
 
22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord. 
 
23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. 
 
Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. [24] [e] 
 
25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[f] faith— 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Holy Bible - Romans 16 : 1 - 27

Personal Greetings
16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a][b] of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.

3 Greet Priscilla[c] and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

5 Greet also the church that meets at their house.

Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

6 Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.

7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among[d] the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.

8 Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

9 Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.

10 Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has 

Holy Bible - Romans 16 : 1 - 27

Holy Bible - Ephesians 5 : 1 - 33 
 
1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 
 
3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a] 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them. 
 
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. 14 This is why it is said: 
 
“Wake up, sleeper, 
 rise from the dead, 
 and Christ will shine on you.” 
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
Instructions for Christian Households 
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 
 
22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 
 
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Holy Bible - Ephesians 5 : 1 - 33

1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a] 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them.

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out 

Holy Bible - Ephesians 5 : 1 - 33

Matthew 18 : 6 - 9 
 
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Woe on Unrepentant Cities - Matthew 11 : 20 - 24 
 
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