Luke 9:58

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!

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

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.

“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 emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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.”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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,

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.

Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—

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

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

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.

and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”

You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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?

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

“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.

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.

Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him.

But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

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.

Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for I pray to you.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

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.

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

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

My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

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.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.