And he said,
Lay
not thine hand
upon the lad,
neither do
thou any thing
unto him:
for now
I know that
thou fearest God,
seeing
thou hast not withheld
thy son,
thine only son
from me.
And the king
said
unto Araunah, Nay;
but
I will surely buy it
of thee
at a price:
neither will
I offer
burnt
offerings
unto the LORD my
God of that
which doth cost me
nothing.
So David
bought
the threshingfloor
and the oxen
for fifty shekels
of silver.
Surely
I will not come
into the tabernacle
of my house,
nor go up
into my bed;
I will not give
sleep to mine eyes,
or slumber
to mine eyelids,
Until I
find out a place
for the LORD,
an habitation
for the mighty God
of Jacob.
He that is slow
to anger
is better
than the mighty;
and he
that ruleth
his spirit than
he that
taketh a city.
And put
a knife
to thy throat,
if thou
be a man
given
to appetite.
Let us
search
and try
our ways,
and turn again
to the LORD.
I ate no pleasant bread,
neither came flesh
nor wine
in my mouth,
neither did
I anoint myself
at all,
till three whole weeks
were fulfilled.
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
Consider your ways.
And
if thy
right
eye
offend thee,
pluck it out,
and cast it
from thee:
for it
is profitable
for thee that one
of thy members
should perish,
and
not
that thy whole body
should be cast
into hell.
And
if thy
right hand
offend thee,
cut it off,
and cast it
from thee:
for it
is profitable
for thee that one
of thy members
should perish,
and
not
that thy whole body
should be cast
into hell.
And a certain scribe came,
and
said unto him,
Master,
I will follow thee
whithersoever
thou goest.
And Jesus
saith unto him,
The foxes
have holes,
and
the birds
of the air
have nests;
but the Son
of man
hath not
where to lay
his head.
And another
of his disciples
said unto him,
Lord,
suffer me first
to go
and bury
my father.
But Jesus
said unto him,
Follow me;
and let
the dead
bury their dead.
He that
loveth
father
or mother more than me
is not worthy of me:
and he
that loveth son
or daughter
more than me
is not worthy of me.
And
he that
taketh not
his cross,
and followeth
after me,
is not worthy of me.
He that
findeth
his life
shall lose it:
and he
that loseth
his life
for my sake shall find it.
Again,
the kingdom
of heaven
is like
unto treasure
hid in a field;
the which
when a man
hath found,
he hideth,
and for joy
thereof goeth
and selleth all that
he hath,
and buyeth that field.
Then said Jesus
unto his disciples,
If any man
will come
after me,
let him
deny himself,
and take up
his cross,
and follow me.
For whosoever
will save
his life
shall lose it:
and whosoever
will lose
his life
for my sake shall find it.
Wherefore
if thy hand
or thy
foot
offend thee,
cut them off,
and cast them
from thee:
it is
better
for thee
to enter
into life halt
or maimed,
rather than having two hands
or two feet
to be cast
into everlasting fire.
And if thine
eye
offend thee,
pluck it out,
and cast it
from thee:
it is
better for thee
to enter
into life
with one eye,
rather than having
two eyes
to be cast
into hell fire.
For there are some eunuchs,
which were so born
from their mother's womb:
and there are
some eunuchs,
which were made eunuchs
of men:
and there be
eunuchs,
which have made
themselves eunuchs
for the kingdom
of heaven's sake.
He that is able
to receive it,
let him receive it.
Jesus
said unto him,
If thou
wilt be perfect,
go and sell that
thou hast,
and give
to the poor,
and
thou shalt have
treasure
in heaven:
and come
and follow me.
And
they were exceeding sorrowful,
and began every one
of them
to say unto him,
Lord,
is it I?
And
when
they had brought
their ships
to land,
they forsook all,
and followed him.
And
after these things
he went forth,
and saw
a publican,
named Levi,
sitting at the receipt of custom:
and
he said unto him,
Follow me.
And he
left all,
rose up,
and followed him.
If any man
come to me,
and hate not
his father,
and mother,
and wife,
and children,
and brethren,
and sisters,
yea,
and his own life also,
he cannot be
my disciple.
And whosoever
doth not bear
his cross,
and come
after me,
cannot be
my disciple.
So likewise,
whosoever
he be of you
that forsaketh not all that
he hath,
he cannot be
my disciple.
And he said,
The things which
are impossible
with men
are possible
with God.
Then Peter said,
Lo,
we have left all,
and followed thee.
And
he said unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
There is no man
that hath left house,
or parents,
or brethren,
or wife,
or children,
for the kingdom
of God's sake,
Who shall not receive
manifold more
in this present time,
and
in the world
to come life everlasting.
And he
saw also
a certain poor widow casting
in thither two mites.
And he said,
Of a truth
I say unto you,
that this poor widow
hath cast in
more than
they all:
For all
these have
of their abundance
cast in
unto the offerings
of God:
but
she of her penury
hath cast in all
the living that
she had.
He that
loveth
his life
shall lose it;
and he
that
hateth
his life
in this world
shall keep it
unto life eternal.
And now,
behold,
I go
bound
in the spirit
unto Jerusalem,
not knowing
the things
that shall befall
me there:
Save
that the Holy Ghost
witnesseth in every city,
saying that bonds
and
afflictions abide me.
But none of
these things
move me,
neither count
I my life dear
unto myself,
so that
I might finish
my course
with joy,
and the ministry,
which I
have received
of the Lord Jesus,
to testify the gospel
of the grace
of God.
Then Paul answered,
What
mean
ye to weep and
to break mine heart?
for I
am ready not
to be bound only,
but
also to die
at Jerusalem
for the name
of the Lord Jesus.
Knowing this,
that our old man
is crucified with him,
that the body
of sin
might be destroyed,
that henceforth
we should not serve sin.
Therefore,
brethren,
we are debtors,
not to the flesh,
to live
after the flesh.
For if ye
live
after the flesh,
ye shall die:
but
if ye
through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds
of the body,
ye shall live.
Who shall separate us
from the love
of Christ?
shall tribulation,
or distress,
or persecution,
or famine,
or nakedness,
or peril,
or sword?
As it is written,
For thy sake
we are killed all
the day long;
we are accounted
as sheep
for the slaughter.
But put
ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision
for the flesh,
to fulfil the lusts
thereof.
Him that is weak
in the faith
receive ye,
but not to doubtful disputations.
For one believeth
that he
may eat all things:
another,
who is weak,
eateth herbs.
Let not him
that eateth
despise him that
eateth not;
and let not him which
eateth not judge him
that eateth:
for God
hath received him.
Who art
thou
that judgest
another man's servant?
to his own master
he standeth
or falleth.
Yea,
he shall be holden up:
for God
is able
to make him stand.
One man
esteemeth
one day above
another:
another esteemeth every day alike.
Let every man
be fully persuaded
in his own mind.
He that
regardeth the day,
regardeth
it unto the Lord;
and
he that
regardeth not
the day,
to the Lord
he doth not regard it.
He that eateth,
eateth to the Lord,
for he
giveth
God thanks;
and he
that eateth not,
to the Lord
he eateth not,
and giveth
God thanks.
For none of us
liveth to himself,
and no man dieth
to himself.
For whether
we live,
we live
unto the Lord;
and
whether we die,
we die
unto the Lord:
whether we
live therefore,
or die,
we are the Lord's.
For to this end
Christ both died,
and rose,
and revived,
that he
might be Lord both
of the dead and living.
But why
dost thou
judge thy brother?
or why
dost
thou set
at nought thy brother?
for we
shall all stand before the judgment seat
of Christ.
For it
is written,
As I live,
saith the Lord,
every knee
shall bow to me,
and every tongue
shall confess
to God.
So then every one
of us shall give account
of himself
to God.
Let us
not therefore
judge one
another any more:
but judge
this rather,
that no man
put a stumblingblock
or an occasion
to fall
in his brother's way.
I know,
and am persuaded
by the Lord Jesus,
that there is nothing unclean
of itself:
but to him
that esteemeth
any thing
to be unclean,
to him
it is unclean.
But
if thy brother
be grieved
with thy meat,
now walkest
thou
not charitably.
Destroy not him
with thy meat,
for whom Christ died.
Let not
then your good
be evil spoken of:
For the kingdom
of God
is not meat
and drink;
but righteousness,
and peace,
and joy
in the Holy Ghost.
For he
that in these things
serveth
Christ is acceptable
to God,
and approved
of men.
Let us
therefore follow
after the things
which make
for peace,
and things
wherewith one
may edify another.
For meat
destroy not the work
of God.
All things
indeed are pure;
but it
is evil
for that man
who eateth with offence.
It is good neither
to eat flesh,
nor to drink wine,
nor any thing
whereby
thy brother stumbleth,
or is offended,
or is made weak.
Hast
thou faith?
have it
to thyself
before God.
Happy
is
he that
condemneth not
himself
in that thing which
he alloweth.
We then that
are strong
ought to bear
the infirmities
of the weak,
and not
to please ourselves.
Let every one
of us please
his neighbour
for his good
to edification.
For even
Christ
pleased not
himself;
but,
as it is written,
The reproaches of them that
reproached
thee fell on me.
For whatsoever things
were written
aforetime were written
for our learning,
that we
through patience
and comfort
of the scriptures
might have hope.
Now the God
of patience
and consolation
grant you
to be likeminded one
toward another
according to Christ Jesus:
Wherefore
whosoever
shall eat
this bread,
and drink
this cup
of the Lord,
unworthily,
shall be guilty
of the body
and blood
of the Lord.
But let a man
examine himself,
and so
let him
eat of that bread,
and drink
of that cup.
For if
we would judge ourselves,
we should not be judged.
Examine yourselves,
whether ye
be in the faith;
prove your own selves.
Know
ye not
your own selves,
how that Jesus Christ
is in you,
except ye
be reprobates?
For if a man
think himself
to be something,
when
he is nothing,
he deceiveth himself.
But let
every man
prove his own work,
and
then shall
he have
rejoicing
in himself alone,
and not in another.
For every man
shall bear
his own burden.