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.
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
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!”
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.”
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great wealth with turmoil.
Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor.
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.