John 13:4

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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.

Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”

After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”

For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

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

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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.

Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”

But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”

Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;

I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’

and will not rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.

that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,

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.

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”

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.”

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

Yahweh says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so I will do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.