not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand – surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!

Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place,

I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again because of all your abominable practices.

In the four corners of the court were small courts, 70 feet in length and 52½ feet in width; the four were all the same size.

But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego.

As for the rest of the beasts, their ruling authority had already been removed, though they were permitted to go on living for a time and a season.

No one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of the Lord anymore. So the priests, those who serve the Lord, are in mourning.

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

He gave them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.

But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!

Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved.

At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the Lord’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord’s name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.