Luke 15:9

But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

Yahweh your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers,

Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?’ ”

In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

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

When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

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

And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.

Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.

He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”

A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.

You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”

This city will be to me for a name of joy, for praise, and for glory, before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good that I do to them, and will fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I provide to it.’ ”

Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s eat, and celebrate;

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.

I have said these things to you while still living with you.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power and reigned.

Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of David’s house and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

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

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

Always rejoice.