John 1:43

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.

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

“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.” ’

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;

When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,

Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there.

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.

Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

“ ‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

It will happen, that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi even to En Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?”

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized;

Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be cursed. Come, Lord!

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;

The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there.

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”

These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

he left Judea and departed into Galilee.

We love him, because he first loved us.

Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.