Matthew 13:19

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.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

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

He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’ ” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.

“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you,

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

and as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

“ ‘To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth. You will lie in the middle of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. “ ‘This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”

Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”

He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.

The farmer sows the word.

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,

Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick.

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.

Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”

“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.

When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation,

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

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

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.