Matthew 15:31

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

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

Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.

Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”

Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

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.

The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?

Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

But I will deliver you in that day,” says Yahweh; “and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.

Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched—

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

While he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

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

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.

Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”

To this day they do what they did before. They don’t fear Yahweh, and they do not follow the statutes, or the ordinances, or the law, or the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

So they glorified God in me.

He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.

They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”

He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’

Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.