- And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
- Teach me your way, O Lord,
that I may walk in your truth;
unite my heart to fear your name. - Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
- For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.” - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
- All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
- Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
- And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.”
- Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back. - And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.”
- But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
- For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
- Ponder the path of your feet;
then all your ways will be sure. - I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous rules. - If you turn at my reproof,
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you. - For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
- May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
- Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
- House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord. - Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
- His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
- You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.
- May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.
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