Luke 19:5

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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

“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.” ’

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

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 lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

If you love me, keep my commandments.

What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

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.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:

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.”

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

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

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

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

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.

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.

and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.

Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

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.

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

“ ‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

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, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it,

Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

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

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?”

When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”

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.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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

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

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

“ ‘ “When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’ Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live!’

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,