Amshir 6, 1741

⁴For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. ⁵For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them." ⁶But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, "Who will ascend into heaven?"' (that is, to bring Christ down from above) ⁷or, ""Who will descend into the abyss?"' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): ⁹that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ¹¹For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." ¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. ¹³For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." ¹⁴How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!" ¹⁶But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who has believed our report?" ¹⁷So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. ¹⁸But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: "Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world."

¹⁷For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. ¹⁸For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, ¹⁹by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, ²⁰who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. ²¹There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²²who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

²²For Moses truly said to the fathers, "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. ²³And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' ²⁴Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. ²⁵You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' ²⁶To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."

¹Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ²Let Israel now say, "His mercy endures forever." ³Let the house of Aaron now say, "His mercy endures forever." ⁴Let those who fear the LORD now say, "His mercy endures forever." ⁵I called on the LORD in distress; The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place. ⁶The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? ⁷The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me. ⁸It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man. ⁹It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes. ¹⁰All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹¹They surrounded me, Yes, they surrounded me; But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹²They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹³You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the LORD helped me. ¹⁴The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. ¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁷I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the LORD. ¹⁸The LORD has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death. ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the LORD. ²⁰This is the gate of the LORD, Through which the righteous shall enter. ²¹I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation. ²²The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. ²³This was the LORD's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵Save now, I pray, O LORD; O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity. ²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We have blessed you from the house of the LORD. ²⁷God is the LORD, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ²⁸You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You. ²⁹Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

¹²After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days. ¹³Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. ¹⁵When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. ¹⁶And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!" ¹⁷Then His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up." ¹⁸So the Jews answered and said to Him, "What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?" ¹⁹Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." ²⁰Then the Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" ²¹But He was speaking of the temple of His body. ²²Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. ²³Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. ²⁴But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, ²⁵and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.

¹Give unto the LORD, O you mighty ones, Give unto the LORD glory and strength. ²Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. ³The voice of the LORD is over the waters; The God of glory thunders; The LORD is over many waters. ⁴The voice of the LORD is powerful; The voice of the LORD is full of majesty. ⁵The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars, Yes, the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. ⁷The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. ⁸The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, "Glory!" ¹⁰The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood, And the LORD sits as King forever. ¹¹The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace.

¹⁰immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha. ¹¹Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him. ¹²But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation." ¹³And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side. ¹⁴Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat. ¹⁵Then He charged them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." ¹⁶And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have no bread." ¹⁷But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, "Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened? ¹⁸Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember? ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?" They said to Him, "Twelve." ²⁰"Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?" And they said, "Seven." ²¹So He said to them, "How is it you do not understand?"