by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… #God so loved the world that He gave His only Son,
so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish
but might have Eternal life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be Saved through Him. …”
“… He said to them,
‘Whose image and inscription is this?’
They replied to him, ‘Caesar’s.’
So Jesus said to them,
‘Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.'”
“Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes,
and the elders in parables.
‘A man planted a vineyard ….
Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. …
* * *
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?’
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd,
for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. …”
“When the time for #Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them Tongues as of Fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. …”
“… On the last and greatest day of the feast,
#Jesus stood up and exclaimed,
‘Let anyone who thirsts come to Me and drink.
As #Scripture says:
Rivers of living water will flow from within him who believes in me.’
He said this in reference to the Spirit
that those who came to believe in Him were to receive.”
“R. The just will gaze on Your Face, O Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD searches the just and the wicked;
the lover of violence he hates.
For the LORD is Just, He loves just deeds;
the upright shall see His Face.”
“#Mary set out
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted #Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the #HolySpirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
‘Most blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the Fruit of your Womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the Mother of my Lord should come to me? …”
“Jesus raised His eyes to heaven and said, ‘… Now this is Eternal Life,
that they should know You, the only True God,
and the One whom You sent, Jesus Christ.
I Glorified You on earth
by accomplishing the Work that You gave Me to do.
Now glorify Me, Father, with You,
with the Glory that I had with You before the World began.
‘I revealed Your Name to those whom You gave Me out of the world.
They belonged to You, and You gave them to Me,
and they have kept Your Word.
Now they know that everything You gave Me is from You,
because the Words You gave to Me I have given to them ….'”
“Jesus answered …
‘… I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
I have told you this so that you might have peace in Me.
In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have conquered the world.'”
“Jesus raised His Eyes to heaven and said,
‘Father, the hour has come.
Give Glory to Your Son, so that Your Son may Glorify You,
just as You gave Him authority over all people,
so that Your Son may give Eternal Life to all You gave Him.
Now this is Eternal Life,
that they should know You, the only True God,
and the One Whom You sent, Jesus Christ. …'”