By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they put him.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning?

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord of Armies, he is the King of glory.

Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain.

So my word that comes from my mouth will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.