Matthew 20:14

Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

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

Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

Dominion was given him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom that which will not be destroyed.

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

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—

Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”

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.”

and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!”

The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,

I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

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.

He said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So they made him ride in his chariot.

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!

and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.