Matthew 20:7

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

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

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

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.”

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

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

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

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

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

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

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

“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.’

Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.

for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

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So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,

It shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush on the city. Behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”

After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

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.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

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.

and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.

Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

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knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.