So Jesus said to them, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

“But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.

Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied, “Come and see.”

They heaped insults on him, saying, “You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!

If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned.

I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.

I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.

It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!”

“The Lord who rules over all also says, ‘Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all, so that the temple might be built.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.