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14   Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country.  15   He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.       16   When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,   17   and the scroll of the prop...

1   On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.  2   Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.  3   When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."  4   And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come."  5   His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever h...

15   As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah,   16   John answered all of them by saying, " I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.   17   His winnowing fork is in his han...

1 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.  2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.  3 All went to their own towns to be registered.  4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David....

Luke 1:26-38   26  In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,  27  to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.  28  And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you."  29  But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.  30 ...

33   Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  34   Jesus answered, " Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me? "  35   Pilate replied, " I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done? "  36   Jesus answered, " My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdo...

As   [Jesus]   taught, he said, " Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,   39   and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets!   40   They devour widows ' houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation. "       41   He sat down opposite the t...

32   When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."  33   When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.  34   He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see."  35   Jesus began to weep.  36   So...

31 Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples;  32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."  33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be made free'?"     34 Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin...

35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."  36 And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?"  37 And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory."  38 But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the c...

2 Some Pharisees came, and to test  [ Jesus ]  they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"  3 He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"  4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."  5 But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.  6 But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them m...

38 John said to  [ Jesus ] , "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us."  39 But Jesus said, "Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.  40 Whoever is not against us is for us.  41 For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because yo...

27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"  28 And they answered him, "John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets."  29 He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah."  30 And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about...

24 [ Jesus ]  set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet.  26 Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.  2...

1 Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around [Jesus],  2 they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.  3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders;  4 and they do not eat anything from the market unless...

[ Jesus said, ]   56 "Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.  57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father , so whoever eats me will live because of me.  58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever."  59 He said these things while he...

1 Kings 19:4-8 4 [ Elijah ]  went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O  Lord , take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors." 5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat."  6 He looked, and there at his head was...

John 6: 24-35   24 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were  [ beside the sea, ]  they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.     25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"  26 Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because y...

1   Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.   2   A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick.   3   Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples.   4   Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near .   5   When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to...

30   The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught.   31   He said to them, " Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while. " For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.   32   And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.   33   Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there...

Romans 12: 1-8 NIV   Therefore, I urge you,  brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.  2  Do not conform  to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing  and perfect will . 3 ...

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13   Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles [ a ]   from Jerusalem,   14   and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.   15   While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,   16   but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.   17   And he said to them, "What are you discussing with e...

GOSPEL : Luke 24: 13-35   13  Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles [ a ]  from Jerusalem,  14  and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.   15  While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,  16  but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.  17  And he said to them, "What are you...

Luke 24: 13-35 13   Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles [ a ]   from Jerusalem,   14   and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.   15   While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,   16   but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.   17   And he said to them, "What are you di...