Titus 3:13

A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”

They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.

He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.

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

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.

At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;

because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet?

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

Many more believed because of his word.

They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

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.

They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

He answered, “What did Moses command you?”

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

When those days were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.

But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.