21They said to Paul, “We have had no letters from Judea about you. No Jew who has come here has ever said anything bad about you.22We would like to hear from you what you believe. As for this new religion, all we know is that everyone is talking against it.” ...
from Egypt andbrought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; andI said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you.2Andyou shall make no[k]covenant with the inhabitants of this land;you shall tear down their altars.’But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done ...
But we all need to try to remember the many reasons we have to be thankfuleveryday. “I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.”(1 Timothy 2:1 NLT). ...
35And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.36And Simon and those who were with him searched for him,37and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.”38And he said to them...
It grew up and produced a crop 100 times more than the farmer planted.” When Jesus said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears should listen.” 9 His disciples asked him what the story meant. 10 He said, “You have been given the chance to understand the secrets of God’s king...
Because of our sins, we, our kings and priests have suffered punishment. We have been punished by the sword and captivity. Foreign kings have taken away our things and shamed us. It is that way today. 8 “But now, for a short time, the Lord our God has been kind to us. He has ...
for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capernaum, which art ...
[p] Israel suffered greatly.[q] 10 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord:“We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped[r] the Baals.” 11 The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, ...
4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the...
20 Ehud went to King Eglon, as he was sitting alone in the ·room above his summer palace [L cool upper room; C probably a breezy roof-top room with lattice windows; perhaps a bathroom]. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king stood up from his chair...