Ephesians 4:9

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.

mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;

I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.

He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,

I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”

Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

and be ready for the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains, for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

I am the bread of life.

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

having become as much better than the angels as the more excellent name he has inherited is better than theirs.

When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”

I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, will sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says Yahweh.

and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.

He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.

Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.

But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.

You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.