Matthew 10:40

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

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

See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

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.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’

They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

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

As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

In his name, the nations will hope.”

Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”

Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day.

Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”

but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

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.

Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

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

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

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

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Moses said, “Now Yahweh will give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you, because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh.”

Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.

He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

“Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”

Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

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.

Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.