Luke 14:21

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

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:

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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.”

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

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

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law shall go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.

The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

“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.

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

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

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.

In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Yahweh my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.

The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

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.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.

So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him all these words.

Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.

Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who does justly, who seeks truth, then I will pardon her.

So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor”, and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.

It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was Yahweh’s word.

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.

So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida.

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.