Psalms  119:130  

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Ramnath Gunupudi

25 People really bragged about how good-looking Absalom was. No man in Israel was as handsome as Absalom. Every part of his body was perfect—from his head to his feet. 
26 At the end of every year, Absalom cut the hair from his head and weighed it. The hair weighed about five pounds.[a] 
27 Absalom had three sons and one daughter. Her name was Tamar, and she was a beautiful woman. 
 
Absalom Forces Joab to Come See Him 
28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two full years without being allowed to visit King David. 
29 Absalom sent a message to Joab, asking for permission to see the king, but Joab refused to come see him. So Absalom sent a second message to Joab. Again, Joab refused to come see him. 
 
30 Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to my field. He has barley growing in that field. Go burn the barley.” 
 
So Absalom’s servants went and started a fire in Joab’s field. 
31 Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. He said to him, “Why did your servants burn my field?” 
 
32 Absalom said to Joab, “I sent a message to you. I asked you to come here. I wanted to send you to the king to ask him why he asked me to come home from Geshur. I cannot see him, so it would have been better for me to stay in Geshur. Now let me see the king. If I have sinned, he can kill me!” 
 
Absalom Visits King David 
33 Then Joab came to the king and told him what Absalom said. The king called for Absalom. Absalom came to the king and bowed low on the ground before the king. The king kissed him. 
 
2 samuel 15 - chapter 
Absalom Makes Many Friends 
Absalom Plans to Take David’s Kingdom 
David Learns About Absalom’s Plans 
David and His People Escape 
David’s Prayer Against Ahithophel

25 People really bragged about how good-looking Absalom was. No man in Israel was as handsome as Absalom. Every part of his body was perfect—from his head to his feet. 
26 At the end of every year, Absalom cut the hair from his head and weighed it. The hair weighed about five pounds.[a] 
27 Absalom had three sons and one daughter. Her name was Tamar, and she was a beautiful woman.

Absalom Forces Joab to Come See Him
28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two full years without being allowed to visit King David. 
29 Absalom sent a message to Joab, asking for permission to see the king, but Joab refused to come see him. So Absalom sent a second message to Joab. Again, Joab refused to come see him.

30 Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to my field. He has barley growing in that field. Go burn the barley.”

So Absalom’s servants went and started a fire in Joab’s field. 
31 Joab got up and came to Absalom’s house. He said to him, “Why did your servants burn my field

2 Samuel 14:25-33,15:1-37 - Absalom Returns to Jerusalem

ERV 
1 Jesus Talks to a Woman in Samaria 
Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard the report that he was making and baptizing more followers than John. 
2 (But really, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; his followers baptized people for him.) 
3 So he left Judea and went back to Galilee. 
4 On the way to Galilee, he had to go through the country of Samaria. 
5 In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 
6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about noon. 
7 A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink." 
8 This happened while his followers were in town buying some food. 
9 The woman answered, "I am surprised that you ask me for a drink! You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman!" (Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.) 
10 Jesus answered, "You don't know what God can give you. And you don't know who I am, the one who asked you for a drink. If you knew, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water." 
11 The woman said, "Sir, where will you get that living water? The well is very deep, and you have nothing to get water with. 
12 Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob? He is the one who gave us this well. He drank from it himself, and his sons and all his animals drank from it too." 
13 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. 
14 But anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life." 
15 The woman said to Jesus, "Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again and won't have to come back here to get more water." 
16 Jesus told her, "Go get your husband and come back." 
17 The woman answered, "But I have no husband." 
Jesus said to her, "You are right to say you have no husband. 
18 That's because, although you have had five husbands, the man you live with now is not your husband. That much was the truth." 
19 The woman said, "Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. 
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people must worship." 
21 Jesus said, "Believe me, woman! The time is coming when you will not have to be in Jerusalem or on this mountain to worship the Father. 
22 You Samaritans worship something you don't understand. We Jews understand what we worship, since salvation comes from the Jews. 
23 But the time is coming when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. In fact, that time is now here. And these are the kind of people the Father wants to be his worshipers. 
24 God is spirit. So the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." 
25 The woman said, "I know that the Messiah is coming." (He is the one called Christ.) "When he comes, he will explain everything to us." 
26 Then Jesus said, "He is talking to you now-I am the Messiah." 
27 Just then Jesus' followers came back from town. They were surprised because they saw Jesus talking with a woman. But none of them asked, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?" 
28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back to town. She told the people there, 
29 "A man told me everything I have ever done. Come see him. Maybe he is the Messiah." 
30 So the people left the town and went to see Jesus.

ERV
1 Jesus Talks to a Woman in Samaria 
Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard the report that he was making and baptizing more followers than John. 
2 (But really, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; his followers baptized people for him.) 
3 So he left Judea and went back to Galilee. 
4 On the way to Galilee, he had to go through the country of Samaria. 
5 In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 
6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about noon. 
7 A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink." 
8 This happened while his followers were in town buying some food. 
9 The woman answered, "I am surprised that you ask me for a drink! You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman!" (Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.) 
10 Jesus answered, "You don't know what God can give you. And you don't know who 

Jesus Talks to a Woman in Samaria - John 4:1-30

1 Joab Sends a Wise Woman to David 
Joab son of Zeruiah knew that King David missed Absalom very much. 
2 So Joab sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, "Please pretend to be very sad. Put on sackcloth. Don't dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone who died. 
3 Go to the king and talk to him using these words that I tell you." Then Joab told the wise woman what to say. 
4 Then the woman from Tekoa talked to the king. She bowed with her face to the ground. Then she said, "King, please help me!" 
5 King David said to her, "What's your problem?" 
The woman said, "I am a widow. My husband is dead. 
6 I had two sons. They were out in the field fighting. There was no one to stop them. One son killed the other son. 
7 Now the whole family is against me. They said to me, 'Bring us the son who killed his brother and we will kill him, because he killed his brother.' My son is like the last spark of a fire. If they kill my son, that fire will burn out and be finished. He is the only son left alive to get his father's property. So my dead husband's property will go to someone else and his name will be removed from the land." 
8 Then the king said to the woman, "Go home. I will take care of things for you." 
9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "Let the blame be on me, my lord and king. You and your kingdom are innocent." 
10 King David said, "If anyone is saying bad things to you, bring them to me. They will not bother you again." 
11 The woman said, "Please, use the name of the LORD your God and swear that you will stop these people. They want to punish my son for murdering his brother. Swear that you will not let them destroy my son." 
David said, "As the LORD lives, no one will hurt your son. Not even one hair from your son's head will fall to the ground." 
12 The woman said, "My lord and king, please let me say something else to you." 
The king said, "Speak." 
13 Then the woman said, "Why have you planned these things against the people of God? When you say these things, you show you are guilty because you have not brought back the son who you forced to leave home. 
14 We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No one can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety-God does not force them to run away from him! 
15 My lord and king, I came to say these words to you, because the people made me afraid. I said to myself, 'I will talk to the king. Maybe the king will help me. 
16 The king will listen to me and save me from the man who wants to kill me and my son. That man just wants to keep us from getting what God gave us.' 
17 I know that the words of my lord the king will give me rest, because you are like an angel from God. You know what is good and what is bad. And the LORD your God is with you." 
18 King David answered the woman, "You must answer the question I will ask you." 
The woman said, "My lord and king, please ask your question." 
19 The king said, "Did Joab tell you to say all these things?" 
The woman answered, "As you live, my lord and king, you are right. Your officer Joab did tell me to say these things. 
20 Joab did this so that you would see things differently. My lord, you are as wise as God's angel. You know everything that happens on earth." 
 
Absalom Returns to Jerusalem 
21 The king said to Joab, "Look, I will do what I promised. Now please bring back the young man Absalom." 
22 Joab bowed with his face on the ground. He blessed King David, and said, "Today I know that you are pleased with me. I know because you have done what I asked." 
23 Then Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 
24 But King David said, "Absalom must go back to his own house. He cannot come to see me." So Absalom went back to his own house, but he could not go to see the king

1 Joab Sends a Wise Woman to David 
Joab son of Zeruiah knew that King David missed Absalom very much. 
2 So Joab sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, "Please pretend to be very sad. Put on sackcloth. Don't dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone who died. 
3 Go to the king and talk to him using these words that I tell you." Then Joab told the wise woman what to say. 
4 Then the woman from Tekoa talked to the king. She bowed with her face to the ground. Then she said, "King, please help me!" 
5 King David said to her, "What's your problem?" 
The woman said, "I am a widow. My husband is dead. 
6 I had two sons. They were out in the field fighting. There was no one to stop them. One son killed the other son. 
7 Now the whole family is against me. They said to me, 'Bring us the son who killed his brother and we will kill him, because he killed his brother.' My son is like the last spark of a fire. If they kil

2 Samuel 14:1-24 - Joab Sends a Wise Woman to David

ERV 
1 Luke Writes Another Book 
Dear Theophilus, 
The first book I wrote was about everything Jesus did and taught from the beginning 
2 until the day he was carried up into heaven. Before he went, he talked to the apostles he had chosen. With the help of the Holy Spirit, he told them what they should do. 
3 This was after his death, but he showed them that he was alive, proving it to them in many ways. The apostles saw Jesus many times during the 40 days after he was raised from death. He spoke to them about God's kingdom. 
4 One time when Jesus was eating with them, he told them not to leave Jerusalem. He said, "Wait here until you receive what the Father promised to send. Remember, I told you about it before. 
5 John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." 
Jesus Is Carried Up Into Heaven 
6 The apostles were all together. They asked Jesus, "Lord, is this the time for you to give the people of Israel their kingdom again?" 
7 Jesus said to them, "The Father is the only one who has the authority to decide dates and times. They are not for you to know. 
8 But the Holy Spirit will come on you and give you power. You will be my witnesses. You will tell people everywhere about me-in Jerusalem, in the rest of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world." 
9 After Jesus said this, he was lifted up into the sky. While they were watching, he went into a cloud, and they could not see him. 
10 They were staring into the sky where he had gone. Suddenly two men wearing white clothes were standing beside them. 
11 They said, "Men from Galilee, why are you standing here looking into the sky? You saw Jesus carried away from you into heaven. He will come back in the same way you saw him go." 
A New Apostle Is Chosen 
12 Then the apostles went back to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. This mountain is about a half mile from Jerusalem. 
13 When they entered the city, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. These are the ones who were there: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon, the Zealot, and Judas (the son of James). 
14 The apostles were all together. They were constantly praying with the same purpose. Some women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers were there with the apostles.

ERV 1 Luke Writes Another Book Dear Theophilus, The first book I wrote was about everything Jesus did and taught from the ...

Acts 1:1-14 - Luke Writes Another Book

Jesus Talks to Peter 
 
15 When they finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these other men love me?" 
Peter answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." 
Then Jesus said to him, "Take care of my lambs." 
 
16 Again Jesus said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" 
Peter answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." 
 
Then Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." 
17 A third time Jesus said, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" 
Peter was sad because Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!"

Jesus Talks to Peter 

15 When they finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these other men love me?" 
Peter answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." 
Then Jesus said to him, "Take care of my lambs." 

16 Again Jesus said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" 
Peter answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." 

Then Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."
17 A third time Jesus said, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" 
Peter was sad because Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!"

Do U Love Me ? - John 21:15-17

15 While they were talking, discussing these things, Jesus himself came near and walked with them. 
 16 (But the two men were not allowed to recognize Jesus.) 
17 He asked them, “What’s this I hear you discussing with each other as you walk?” 
The two men stopped, their faces looking very sad. 
18 The one named Cleopas said, “You must be the only person in Jerusalem who doesn’t know what has just happened there.” 
19 Jesus said, “What are you talking about?” 
They said, “It’s about Jesus, the one from Nazareth. To God and to all the people he was a great prophet. He said and did many powerful things. 
20 But our leaders and the leading priests handed him over to be judged and killed. They nailed him to a cross. 
21 We were hoping that he would be the one to free Israel. But then all this happened. 
“And now something else: It has been three days since he was killed, 
 22 but today some of our women told us an amazing thing. Early this morning they went to the tomb where the body of Jesus was laid. 
 23 But they did not find his body there. They came and told us they had seen some angels in a vision. The angels told them Jesus was alive! 
24 So some of our group went to the tomb too. It was just as the women said. They saw the tomb, but they did not see Jesus.” 
25 Then Jesus said to the two men, “You are foolish and slow to realize what is true. You should believe everything the prophets said. 
26 The prophets said the Messiah must suffer these things before he begins his time of glory.” 
27 Then he began to explain everything that had been written about himself in the Scriptures. He started with the books of Moses and then he talked about what the prophets had said about him. 
28 They came near the town of Emmaus, and Jesus acted as if he did not plan to stop there. 
 29 But they wanted him to stay. They begged him, “Stay with us. It’s almost night. There’s hardly any daylight left.” So he went in to stay with them. 
30 Joining them at the supper table, Jesus took some bread and gave thanks. Then he broke some off and gave it to them. 
 31 Just then the men were allowed to recognize him. But when they saw who he was, he disappeared. 
32 They said to each other, “When he talked to us on the road, it felt like a fire burning in us. How exciting it was when he explained to us the true meaning of the Scriptures!” 
33 So the two men got up then and went back to Jerusalem. There they found the followers of Jesus meeting together. The eleven apostles and the people with them 
34 said, “The Lord really has risen from death! He appeared to Simon.” 
35 Then the two men told what had happened on the road. They talked about how they recognized Jesus when he shared the bread with them.

15 While they were talking, discussing these things, Jesus himself came near and walked with them.
 16 (But the two men were not allowed to recognize Jesus.) 
17 He asked them, “What’s this I hear you discussing with each other as you walk?”
The two men stopped, their faces looking very sad. 
18 The one named Cleopas said, “You must be the only person in Jerusalem who doesn’t know what has just happened there.”
19 Jesus said, “What are you talking about?”
They said, “It’s about Jesus, the one from Nazareth. To God and to all the people he was a great prophet. He said and did many powerful things.
20 But our leaders and the leading priests handed him over to be judged and killed. They nailed him to a cross. 
21 We were hoping that he would be the one to free Israel. But then all this happened.
“And now something else: It has been three days since he was killed,
 22 but today some of our women told us an amazing thing. Early this morning they went to the tomb where the body of Jesus was 

On The Road to Emmaus - Luke 24:15-35

1.After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 
3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 
4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 
6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 
7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” 
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 
9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 
10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” 
The Guards’ Report 
11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 
12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 
13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 
14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 
15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

1.After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 
3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 
6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 
7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 
9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 
10 Then Jesus said to th

Jesus Has Risen (Report to the Jewish Leaders) - Matthew 28:1-15

1.Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 
 
2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 
 
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 
4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 
 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 
 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 
7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 
8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 
 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 
10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. 
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene 
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 
12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” 
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 
 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” 
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” 
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” 
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). 
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” 
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. 
Jesus Appears to His Disciples 
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 
20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 
 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 
23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

1.Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 

2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.
4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.
 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 
7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 
8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.
 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 
10

Jesus Has Risen From Death - John 20:1-23

Isaiah 66:1 - ERV 
This is what the LORD says: 
 "Heaven is my throne, 
 and the earth is where I rest my feet. 
 So do you think you can build a house for me? 
 
Isaiah 66:1 - KJV 
1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest

Isaiah 66:1 - ERV 
This is what the LORD says: 
   "Heaven is my throne, 
     and the earth is where I rest my feet. 
   So do you think you can build a house for me? 

Isaiah 66:1 - KJV 
1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest

Isaiah 66:1 - Earth is God footstool

Psalm 121:3-4 - KJV 
 
 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 
 
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalm 121:3-4 - KJV 

 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Jesus never rest - Psalm 121:3-4

Jeremiah Called to Be a Priest 
Two Visions 
 
JEREMIAH 1:1-19 - KJV 
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 
 
2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 
 
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 
 
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 
 
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 
 
7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 
 
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 
 
9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 
 
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. 
 
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 
 
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. 
 
13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. 
 
14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 
 
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. 
 
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. 
 
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 
 
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 
 
19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

Jeremiah Called to Be a Priest
Two Visions

JEREMIAH 1:1-19 - KJV
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with th

Jer 1:1-19 - God Calls Jeremiah - Two Visions

1.Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 
 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” 
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]” 
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 
6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 
 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[d] 
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. 
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 
11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 
12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 
13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.[e] 
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f] 
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”[g] 
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 
 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

1.Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.
 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]”
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 
6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit.
 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[d]
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
1

Born Again - Jesus Teaches Nicodemus - John 3:1-21

12.After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. 
Jesus Clears the Temple Courts 
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 
15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 
16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[a] 
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” 
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 
21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 
 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. 
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.[b] 
24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 
 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

12.After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
Jesus Clears the Temple Courts
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 
15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 
16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[a]
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are goin

Jesus at the Temple - John 2:12-25

You must serve the LORD your God. If you do this, I will bless you with plenty of bread and water. I will take away all sickness from you.

Coronavirus - Exodus 23:25

1.On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 
 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 
3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 
4 “Woman,[a] why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” 
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[b] 
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. 
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” 
They did so, 
 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 
 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” 
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

1.On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 
3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman,[a] why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[b]
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so,
 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after th

The Wedding at Cana - John 2:1-11

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Tell the Israelites: These are the animals you can eat: 3 If an animal has hooves that are split into two parts, and if that animal also chews the cud, then you may eat the meat from that animal. 
 
4-6 “Some animals chew the cud, but they don’t have split hooves. Don’t eat these animals. Camels, rock badgers, and rabbits are like that, so they are unclean for you. 7 Other animals have hooves that are split into two parts, but they don’t chew the cud. Don’t eat these animals. Pigs are like that, so they are unclean for you. 8 Don’t eat the meat from these animals. Don’t even touch their dead bodies! They are unclean for you. 
 
Rules About Sea Food 
9 “You may eat everything that lives in the sea or in a river that has fins and scales. 10-11 But you must not eat anything that lives in the sea or in a river and does not have fins and scales. Just the thought of eating such a creature should make you sick. This will never change. So don’t ever eat meat from anything like that. Don’t even touch its dead body! 12 It is a sickening thought for you to touch anything that lives in the water and does not have fins and scales. 
 
Birds That Must Not Be Eaten 
13 “You must also treat some birds as things that are wrong to eat. Stay away from them. It is a sickening thought for you to eat any of these birds: eagles, vultures, buzzards, 14 kites, all kinds of falcons, 15 all kinds of black birds, 16 ostriches, nighthawks, sea gulls, all kinds of hawks, 17 owls, cormorants, great owls, 18 water hens, pelicans, carrion vultures, 19 storks, all kinds of herons, hoopoes, and bats. 
 
Rules About Eating Insects 
20 “Don’t eat insects that have wings and crawl.[a] Even the thought of eating them should make you sick! 21 But you may eat insects if they have legs with joints above their feet so that they can jump. 22 You may also eat all kinds of locusts, all kinds of winged locusts, all kinds of crickets, and all kinds of grasshoppers. 
 
23 “But stay away from all the other insects that have wings and crawl.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Tell the Israelites: These are the animals you can eat: 3 If an animal has hooves that are split into two parts, and if that animal also chews the cud, then you may eat the meat from that animal.

4-6 “Some animals chew the cud, but they don’t have split hooves. Don’t eat these animals. Camels, rock badgers, and rabbits are like that, so they are unclean for you. 7 Other animals have hooves that are split into two parts, but they don’t chew the cud. Don’t eat these animals. Pigs are like that, so they are unclean for you. 8 Don’t eat the meat from these animals. Don’t even touch their dead bodies! They are unclean for you.

Rules About Sea Food
9 “You may eat everything that lives in the sea or in a river that has fins and scales. 10-11 But you must not eat anything that lives in the sea or in a river and does not have fins and scales. Just the thought of eating such a creature should make you sick. This will never change. So don’t ever eat meat fro

Unclean animal, fish, birds and insects - Leviticus 11:1-23

Jesus, the Lamb of God 
 
The First Followers of Jesus 
 
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus 
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

Jesus, the Lamb of God 

The First Followers of Jesus

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

Jesus, the Lamb of God - John 1:29-51

Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert. He was taken there to be tempted by the devil. 2 Jesus ate nothing for 40 days and nights. After this, he was very hungry. 3 The devil[a] came to tempt him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread.” 
 
4 Jesus answered him, “The Scriptures say, 
 
‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive. 
 Their lives depend on what God says.’” 
 
5 Then the devil led Jesus to the holy city of Jerusalem and put him on a high place at the edge of the Temple area. 6 He said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God, jump off, because the Scriptures say, 
 
‘God will command his angels to help you, 
 and their hands will catch you, 
so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.’” 
 
7 Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”[b] 
 
8 Then the devil led Jesus to the top of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and all the wonderful things in them. 9 The devil said, “If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things.” 
 
10 Jesus said to him, “Get away from me, Satan! The Scriptures say, 
 
‘You must worship the Lord your God. 
 Serve only him!’” 
 
11 So the devil left him. Then some angels came to Jesus and helped him.

Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert. He was taken there to be tempted by the devil. 2 Jesus ate nothing for 40 days and nights. After this, he was very hungry. 3 The devil[a] came to tempt him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread.”

4 Jesus answered him, “The Scriptures say,

‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive.
    Their lives depend on what God says.’”

5 Then the devil led Jesus to the holy city of Jerusalem and put him on a high place at the edge of the Temple area. 6 He said to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God, jump off, because the Scriptures say,

‘God will command his angels to help you,
    and their hands will catch you,
so that you will not hit your foot on a rock.’”

7 Jesus answered, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”[b]

8 Then the devil led Jesus to the top of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and all the wonderful things in them. 9 The devil said, “If you wi

Jesus beat temptation - Matthew 4:1-11

10 The followers asked Jesus, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come before the Messiah comes?" 
 
11 Jesus answered, "They are right to say Elijah is coming. And it is true that Elijah will make all things the way they should be. 
 
12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come. People did not know who he was, and they treated him badly, doing whatever they wanted to do. It is the same with the Son of Man. Those same people will make the Son of Man suffer." 
 
13 Then the followers understood that when Jesus said Elijah, he was really talking about John the Baptizer.

10 The followers asked Jesus, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come before the Messiah comes?" 

11 Jesus answered, "They are right to say Elijah is coming. And it is true that Elijah will make all things the way they should be. 

12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come. People did not know who he was, and they treated him badly, doing whatever they wanted to do. It is the same with the Son of Man. Those same people will make the Son of Man suffer." 

13 Then the followers understood that when Jesus said Elijah, he was really talking about John the Baptizer.

Jesus Is Seen With Moses & Elijah - Matthew 17:10-13

John 1:19-28 
John Tells About the Messiah 
 
Jesus Is Baptized by John 
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River. He came to John, wanting John to baptize him. 
14 But John tried to stop him. John said, “Why do you come to me to be baptized? I should be baptized by you!” 
15 Jesus answered, “Let it be this way for now. We should do whatever God says is right.” Then John agreed. 
16 So Jesus was baptized. As soon as he came up out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw God’s Spirit coming down on him like a dove. 
17 A voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him.”

John 1:19-28
John Tells About the Messiah

Jesus Is Baptized by John
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River. He came to John, wanting John to baptize him. 
14 But John tried to stop him. John said, “Why do you come to me to be baptized? I should be baptized by you!”
15 Jesus answered, “Let it be this way for now. We should do whatever God says is right.” Then John agreed.
16 So Jesus was baptized. As soon as he came up out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw God’s Spirit coming down on him like a dove. 
17 A voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him.”

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