By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.

He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

Martha said, “I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day.”

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.

But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God who subjected it – in hope

For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.

so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.