When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness.

For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

Before Jeremiah could turn to leave, the captain of the guard added, “Go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed to govern the towns of Judah. Go back and live with him among the people. Or go wherever else you choose.” Then the captain of the guard gave Jeremiah some food and a present and let him go.

The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.

Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. “Do not be afraid to submit to the Babylonians. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.

When all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people, each one at the entrance of his own tent, would rise and worship.