Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)

They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead.

He shouted with a powerful voice: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast – seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again.

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?”

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.