“Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ‘Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.’  But Ahaz said, ‘I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!’ 

“Then he said, ‘Listen now, O house of David!  Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?  Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign:  Behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will…

[Jesus teaching] “’Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you tithe mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law:  justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.  

“You blind guides who…

“Give ear and hear my voice, listen and hear my words.  Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed?  Does he continually turn and harrow the ground?  Does he not level its surface, and sow dill and scatter cummin, and plant wheat in rows, barley in its place, and rye within its area? 

“For his God instructs and teaches him properly. 

“Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. 

“The people therefore cried out to…

“According to the grace of God, which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it.  But let each man be careful how he builds upon it.  For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid which is Jesus Christ…

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[the Lord speaking] “’Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past.  Behold I will do something new.  Now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?  I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.

“’The beasts of the field will glorify Me; the jackals and the ostriches; because I have given water in the wilderness and…

“’I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.’” John 10:9-10

“And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.  But Jesus was saying, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing’  And they…

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.  Do not cast me away from Thy presence, and do not take Thy Holy Spirit from me. 

“Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.  Then I will teach transgressors Thy ways, and sinners will be converted to Thee.

“Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, God, Thou God of my salvation; then my tongue will…

“Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; according to the greatness of Thy compassion blot out my transgressions.  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.  And cleanse me from my sin. 

“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.  Against Thee…

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.  Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light….

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[Jesus speaking] “’For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

“’For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world would be saved through Him.  He who believes in Him is not judged, he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 

“And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.  But Jesus was saying, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ 

“And they cast lots dividing up His garments among themselves.  And the people stood by looking on.  And even the rulers were sneering at Him saying, ‘He saved others let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.’

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

“Then God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light.  And God saw that the light was good and God separated the light from

“Now it came about in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth.  This was the first census taken while Quintus was governor of Syria.  And all were proceeding to register for the census, everyone to his own city. ..

“Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’” John 8:31-32

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“At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath through the grainfields and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat, but when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, ‘Behold, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.’

“But He said to them, ‘Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he…

“And the rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, ‘Who will give us meat to eat? 

“We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic, but now our appetite is gone.  There is nothing at all to look at except this manna.’

“And the house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.  Then Moses said, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded, ‘Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’

“And Moses said to Aaron,…

“[an angel speaking] ‘And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more; cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble,

“’…and cinnamon and…

“Moreover, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. 

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