Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.”

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

He must become greater; I must become less.

“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.”

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

If you love me, keep my commands.

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.