Matthew 8:22

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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.

Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

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

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),

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.

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!

It will happen, that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi even to En Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.

The Lord Yahweh says to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.

Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may receive a little.”

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

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

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”

Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.