I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the Lord while taking oaths in the name of their ‘king,’

They said to him, “Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.”

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

“This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

“Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you,

And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the hip, because he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip near the attached sinew.

When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother’s wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant.

The Lord said to Moses, “Go over before the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go.

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me to the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”