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Chinese (traditional)Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart. If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
but the Lord weighs the heart. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” But surely, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of your possession?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in showing clemency. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers. The hope of the righteous ends in gladness,
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing. Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen. When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. The fear of others lays a snare,
but one who trusts in the Lord is secure. And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” As a father has compassion for his children,
so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal. He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.Next verse!With image