- Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
- And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”
- For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be fulfilled, says the Lord God.
- I had eaten no rich food, no meat or wine had entered my mouth, and I had not anointed myself at all, for the full three weeks.
- For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
- All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
“Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.” - And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one thing has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you; all have come to pass for you, not one of them has failed.
- For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us.