by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘Be merciful, just as your Father is Merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. … Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you …'”
“…Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain … He was Transfigured before them … His clothes became dazzling white … Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. …”
“‘… Who do you say that I AM?’ … ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus said … ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. … flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. …'”
“Jesus said … ‘This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. … as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. … At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.'”
“‘… Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your Name, Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done, on earth as in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one. …'”
“‘… I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, a stranger and you welcomed Me, naked and you clothed Me, ill and you cared for Me, in prison and you visited Me.’ …. ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’ ….”
“The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert … He remained in the desert … forty days, tempted by Satan. … among wild beasts … the Angels ministered to him. Jesus came to Galilee … ‘This is the time of fulfillment. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
“Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, ‘Follow Me.’ And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed Him. … Jesus said … ‘Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.'”
“Jesus answered … ‘Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.'”
“Even now, says the LORD,
return to Me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is He,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment. …”