Matthew 8:5

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

and they sat and watched him there.

When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,

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

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”

The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

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

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.

How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth.

He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.

Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, “You are truly the Son of God!”

Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:

Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

About Naphtali he said, “Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of Yahweh’s blessing, Possess the west and the south.”

They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with us.”

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

“Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake

Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!

Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: “This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”

They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’

Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.

From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’ ”

All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

They entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”

He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”

When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until today.