The Lord is good – indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.

Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.

All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.

There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left.”

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

He also asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

So Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.

Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.

When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this,

A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.