This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!

He answered them, “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

He also said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

Jesus answered, “The most important is: ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

Thus Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”