John 4:40

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’ ” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

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’?

Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

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

He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet. Each receives your words.

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

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

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

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

Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.

All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’

Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the wedding feast; that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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?”

He said to them, “Come, and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),

After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”

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

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.

Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots.

Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

Therefore I will cast you out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,

When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.