So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

For they said to you, “In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.

You also know that the angels who did not keep within their proper domain but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness, locked up for the judgment of the great Day.

wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.