King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."
But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?"
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?
But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.
When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
Jesus told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" and his disciples heard it.
The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.
"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.
They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."
When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.
"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more."
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;'
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:
for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'
"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"
When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"
and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"
"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"
Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord the LORD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Listen now to what the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
Hear, you mountains, the LORD's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
"Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of Armies, "and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."
There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?
It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?"
But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
"Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;
It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us."
I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Then I sent to him, saying, "There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart."
It happened, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.
My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Don't mourn, nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you."
The people were complaining in the ears of the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled; and the LORD's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
They said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us?" And the LORD heard it.
He said, "Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you the LORD are in the midst of this people; for you the LORD are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
"How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi!
Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you water out of this rock for you?"
and when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.
The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and the LORD will forgive her.
and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and the LORD will forgive her.
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."
Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord the LORD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle.
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'
hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:
Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.
He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,
You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD-- how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
the LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.
There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
The king's heart is in the LORD's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Most of the teaching of Jesus are recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The Complete Sayings of Jesus presents every word spoken by Jesus in one place and provides an index to assist in finding specific ocassions, places and/or events. It is a must read aid for serious Bible study.
He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, saith the Lord. These are the words of Christ; and they direct us to imitate his life and character. The Imitation of Christ is guide to following the example of Jesus Christ. Let it be our most earnest study to dwell upon the life and example of Jesus.
The Apocrypha books are 14 books that were included between the old and new testaments in the original King James Version of the bible and many others. Church leaders agreed that these books were valuable for instruction in life and manners, but did not all agree that they should be considered cannon.
The Childrens Bible provides bible lessons from the Old and New testaments. There are 216 stories written in plain english. The stories are easy to read and understand but they are not just for childern. It is a pleasure to read and enjoy these important stories.
Let us love one another, for love comes from God and every one who loves is a child of God and knows God. He who loves not man does not know God, for God is love. God showed his love for us, for he sent his only Son into the world that through him we might have life. Love the stranger.
In Mark 12:30 Jesus said;
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
The Gospel of The Birth of Mary was attributed to St. Matthew and was received as genuine and authentic by early Christians. It is to be found in the works of Jerome, a Father of the Church in the 4th century and is translated from his collection.
The Book of Enoch is ascribed to the great-grandfather of Noah and is included in the cannon of some churches. It describes the fall of the angels (watchers), visions of heaven and hell and the birth of Noah. Quotes from the book of Enoch are found in the New Testament.
The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
The Second Book of Adam and Eve. Discusses Adam's sorrow and death. The history of the patriarchs who lived before the Flood until the birth of Noah; the children of Seth on Mount Hermon and Cain's death. It ends with the testament and translation of Enoch.
The Infancy of Jesus Christ (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) relates the life of Jesus from the ages of five to twelve. It is believed that the document was transcribed from oral traditions some time prior to the second century. The ancient writing is possibly Gnostic and many early church leaders considered it heretical.
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