If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for?

“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me –

Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,

“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

We love because he loved us first.

All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.

and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’