Genesis 1:1-31
The Creation of the World
1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
1:2 Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.
1:3 God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light!
1:4 God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.
1:5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.
1:6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.
1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.
1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
1:9 God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.
1:10 God called the dry ground “land” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.
1:11 God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so.
1:12 The land produced vegetation – plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
1:13 There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.
1:14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,
1:15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.
1:16 God made two great lights – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
1:17 God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
1:18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
1:19 There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.
1:20 God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
1:21 God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.
1:22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
1:23 There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.
1:24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so.
1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
1:26 Then God said, “Let us make
humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
1:27 God created humankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them,
male and female he created them.
1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
1:29 Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
1:30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.” It was so.
1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 8:1
8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.
Zephaniah 1:6
1:6 and those who turn their backs on the Lord
and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.”
Matthew 12:40-45
12:40 For just as Jonah was
in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights,
so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
12:41 The people
of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them
– and now,
something greater than Jonah is here!
12:42 The queen of the South
will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now,
something greater than Solomon is here!
The Return of the Unclean Spirit
12:43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
12:44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.
12:45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”
Matthew 13:20-21
13:20 The
seed sown on rocky ground
is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure;
when
trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
Matthew 19:22
19:22 But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.
Matthew 21:8-11
21:8 A
very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
21:9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,
“
Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
21:10 As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar,
saying, “Who is this?”
21:11 And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth
in Galilee.”
Matthew 27:20-25
27:20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.
27:21 The
governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”
27:22 Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?”
They all said, “Crucify him!”
27:23 He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”
Jesus is Condemned and Mocked
27:24 When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”
27:25 In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
Luke 9:62
9:62 Jesus
said to him, “No one who puts his
hand to the plow and looks back
is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:2
9:2 and he sent
them out to proclaim
the kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
Luke 1:15
1:15 for he will be great in the sight of
the Lord. He
must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
Luke 4:10
4:10 for it is written, ‘
He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’
Hebrews 10:38
10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:2
10:2 For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have
no further consciousness of sin?
Hebrews 2:1
Warning Against Drifting Away
2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Hebrews 2:1
Warning Against Drifting Away
2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Hebrews 2:1
Warning Against Drifting Away
2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.