John 4:1

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

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.

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”

His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

For Herod had arrested John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in Yahweh’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them and baptized.

Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.

If I say, I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.

Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

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,

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, Yahweh’s hand came on him.

“All this”, David said, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:

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.

Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.

Yahweh’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.

He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north; where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

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

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.

Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

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

He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

They said, “The Lord needs it.”