Luke 17:8

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

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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.”

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

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

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

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.

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.

He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

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.”

But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh’s Passover.

Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor; but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

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.

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.”

They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

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!

She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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.”

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.

It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

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.

arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

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

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”

He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

They brought in Yahweh’s ark, and set it in its place, in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.

Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

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

Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”

the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers, their clothing, his cup bearers also, their clothing, and his ascent by which he went up to Yahweh’s house; there was no more spirit in her.

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

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.

“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.

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.”

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

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.

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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.”

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

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,

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into Yahweh’s house, and worshiped. Then he came to his own house; and when he requested, they set bread before him, and he ate.