John 19:27

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

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.”

He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.

Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.

and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

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

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”

Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,

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

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.” ’

David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

David said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually.”

Please let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness. Their fish stink because there is no water, and die of thirst.

Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

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.”

Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

They all left him, and fled.

They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

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.’ ”

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.

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.

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”

As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.

It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”

But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”

When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.

for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him who I didn’t know.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!

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.

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

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

Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.