So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
Afterward the woman also died.
"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
"My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,
He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.
In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.
He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
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.
Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
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,
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
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.
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,
I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people.
Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
(Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
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;
and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;
The children of Benjamin also [lived] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. [One went] on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
There lived men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.
They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel;
Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
"Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward."
Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
the LORD said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting.
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering, as its memorial, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
the LORD lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.'
"This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.
They first went forward according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.
First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.
The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward.
The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army.
The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary. The others set up the tabernacle before they arrived.
The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies. Elishama the son of Ammihud was over his army.
The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.
Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.
They set forward from the Mount of the LORD three days' journey. The ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
The cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
It happened, when the ark went forward, that Moses said, "Rise up, the LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!"
the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.
Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
even all that the LORD has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the Tent of Meeting: and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
You shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.
They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the LORD, "Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,
the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."
The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
"Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel."
"[Take a census of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel." These are those that came out of the land of Egypt.
Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
"Avenge the children of Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.
Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war."
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
They warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they killed every male.
Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp."
and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
Levy a tribute to the LORD of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
Of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred
and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.
([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)
Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
"Behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward."
Moses said to them, "If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before the LORD to the war,
and the land is subdued before the LORD; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless towards the LORD, and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the LORD.
but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says."
then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;
and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;
the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise."
"The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it.
hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.
Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.
Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.
so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.
for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
the LORD's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
Many, the LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
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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