John 7:12

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Saul sent messengers to seize David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.”

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.”

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

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;

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”

and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.

and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation.”

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.

They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”

They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”

He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”

The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

So a division arose in the multitude because of him.

The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”

But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.