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Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),

“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:

And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?

So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

…so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)

It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”

I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”

For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.

For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”

But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!