I have always been ready to welcome my people, who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way.

If you do warn an evil man and he doesn't stop sinning, he will die, still a sinner, but your life will be spared.

Jesus answered, "How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me!"

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him.

But concerning Israel he says, "All day long I held out my hands to welcome a disobedient and rebellious people."

I am worried about you! Can it be that all my work for you has been for nothing?

All your hard work will do you no good, because your land will not produce crops and the trees will not bear fruit.

I will be glad to spend all I have, and myself as well, in order to help you. Will you love me less because I love you so much?

The LORD says, "It was my will that he should suffer; his death was a sacrifice to bring forgiveness. And so he will see his descendants; he will live a long life, and through him my purpose will succeed.

And so I will give him a place of honor, a place among the great and powerful. He willingly gave his life and shared the fate of evil men. He took the place of many sinners and prayed that they might be forgiven."

I will tell my people what you have done; I will praise you in their assembly:

He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering; he does not turn away from them, but answers when they call for help."

The poor will eat as much as they want; those who come to the LORD will praise him. May they prosper forever!

The LORD is king, and he rules the nations.

Future generations will serve him; they will speak of the Lord to the coming generation.

Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?"

I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.

Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.

For we are like a sweet-smelling incense offered by Christ to God, which spreads among those who are being saved and those who are being lost.

For this reason God raised him to the highest place above and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.

And so, in honor of the name of Jesus all beings in heaven, on earth, and in the world below will fall on their knees,

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.

The Sovereign LORD is coming to rule with power, bringing with him the people he has rescued.

That the LORD is announcing to all the earth: "Tell the people of Jerusalem That the LORD is coming to save you, Bringing with him the people he has rescued."