'Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?' Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . .' He said to the paralytic, 'I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.' He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, 'We have never seen anything like this!' Mark 2:7-12 NIV Listen
21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. (ESV)
Psalm 32:8-11
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. 9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. 10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD. 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” (ESV)
Acts 7:60
60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep. (ESV)
2 Corinthians 5:8
8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (ESV)
8 Keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. (ESV)
Leviticus 20:24
24 But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples. (ESV)
Leviticus 20:26
26 You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine. (ESV)
Jude 1:1
Greeting
1 Jude, a servant1 of Jesus Christ and brother of James,
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for2 Jesus Christ:
Footnotes
[1]1:1 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
[2]1:1 Or by
23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV)
Hebrews 13:12
12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. (ESV)
Titus 2:13
13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, (ESV)
Titus 2:14
14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (ESV)
Hebrews 2:11
11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.1 That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,2
Footnotes
[1]2:11 Greek all are of one [2]2:11 Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church; also verse 12
2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. (ESV)
1 Peter 1:3
Born Again to a Living Hope
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (ESV)
1 Peter 1:6
6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, (ESV)
1 Peter 1:7
7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (ESV)
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see1 and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Footnotes
[1]53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
10 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. (ESV)
Ephesians 3:11
11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, (ESV)
Ephesians 2:7
7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (ESV)
Ephesians 1:13
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, (ESV)
Ephesians 1:14
14 who is the guarantee1 of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,2 to the praise of his glory.
Footnotes
[1]1:14 Or down payment [2]1:14 Or until God redeems his possession
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (ESV)
Evening: Hebrews 3:8; James 1:13-15; Psalm 106:14; Luke 4:1-3; Hebrews 2:18; Luke 22:31; Luke 22:32
Hebrews 3:8; James 1:13-15; Psalm 106:14; Luke 4:1-3; Hebrews 2:18; Luke 22:31; Luke 22:32
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. (ESV)
Psalm 106:14
14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;
4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” (ESV)
Hebrews 2:18
18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. (ESV)
Luke 22:31
Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,1 that he might sift you like wheat,
Footnotes
[1]22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular
10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan. (ESV)
Isaiah 26:19
19 Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. (ESV)
1 Thessalonians 4:17
17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (ESV)
Hosea 13:14
14 Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon. (ESV)
16 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” 7 By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed. 8 To you, O LORD, I cry, and to the Lord I plead for mercy: 9 “What profit is there in my death,1 if I go down to the pit?2 Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness? 10 Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!”
Footnotes
[1]30:9 Hebrew in my blood [2]30:9 Or to corruption
2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins (ESV)
Ephesians 2:3
3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body1 and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.2
14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. (ESV)
Romans 7:15
15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. (ESV)
Romans 7:18
18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. (ESV)
Romans 5:12
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men1 because all sinned—
Footnotes
[1]5:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women; also twice in verse 18
19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. (ESV)
Romans 5:15
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. (ESV)
Romans 8:2
2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you1 free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.