- Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
- Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! - By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
- For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
- By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
- The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. - For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
- Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
- Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.
- Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
- My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad. - Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.”
- For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. - And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.
- Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
- Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
- Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
- For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds. - What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 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).
- Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
- Hear, my son, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many. - For the Lord is our judge;
the Lord is our lawgiver;
the Lord is our king;
he will save us.
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