So they asked him, "What can we do in order to do what God wants us to do?"

Jesus answered, "What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent."

For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.

because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.

To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.

For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.

Jesus answered, "Those who drink this water will get thirsty again,

but those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a spring which will provide them with life-giving water and give them eternal life."

The richer you are, the more mouths you have to feed. All you gain is the knowledge that you are rich.

Here is a terrible thing that I have seen in this world: people save up their money for a time when they may need it,

We leave this world just as we entered it---with nothing. In spite of all our work there is nothing we can take with us.

We do all our work just to get something to eat, but we never have enough.

Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.

The nations you conquered wore themselves out in useless labor, and all they have built goes up in flames. The LORD Almighty has done this.

"Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.

"So do not start worrying: 'Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes?'

Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.

Martha was upset over all the work she had to do, so she came and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself ? Tell her to come and help me!"

but just one is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken away from her."

Someone else will say, "Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food." Yes; but God will put an end to both. The body is not to be used for sexual immorality, but to serve the Lord; and the Lord provides for the body.

What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married;

those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.

Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize.

That is why I run straight for the finish line; that is why I am like a boxer who does not waste his punches.

For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever.

All these refer to things which become useless once they are used; they are only human rules and teachings.

Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.

Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau, who for a single meal sold his rights as the older son.

The sun rises with its blazing heat and burns the plant; its flower falls off, and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way the rich will be destroyed while they go about their business.

As the scripture says, "All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,

Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and dedicated to God,

But we wait for what God has promised: new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will be at home.

For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live."

Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day.

This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever."

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

but those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a spring which will provide them with life-giving water and give them eternal life."

You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, LORD God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness.

I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;

and those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.

For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

Listen to what is wise and try to understand it.

Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure.

It is the LORD who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding.

For sin pays its wage---death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

I still did not know that he was the one, but God, who sent me to baptize with water, had said to me, 'You will see the Spirit come down and stay on a man; he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

I have seen it," said John, "and I tell you that he is the Son of God."

But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me.

And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face,

I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me also testifies on my behalf."

Do not believe me, then, if I am not doing the things my Father wants me to do.

But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, you should at least believe my deeds, in order that you may know once and for all that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father."

I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me."

They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.

"I will announce," says the king, "what the LORD has declared. He said to me: 'You are my son; today I have become your father.

and so I answered, "Here I am; your instructions for me are in the book of the Law.

The royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down; but just as new branches sprout from a stump, so a new king will arise from among David's descendants.

and find pleasure in obeying him. He will not judge by appearance or hearsay;

The LORD says, "Here is my servant, whom I strengthen--- the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.

The Sovereign LORD has filled me with his Spirit. He has chosen me and sent me To bring good news to the poor, To heal the broken-hearted, To announce release to captives And freedom to those in prison.

To give to those who mourn in Zion Joy and gladness instead of grief, A song of praise instead of sorrow. They will be like trees That the LORD himself has planted. They will all do what is right, And God will be praised for what he has done.

Then a voice said from heaven, "This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased."

While he was talking, a shining cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased---listen to him!"

And a voice came from heaven, "You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you."

Then a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my own dear Son---listen to him!"

and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you."

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed

Jesus rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. All the people in the synagogue had their eyes fixed on him,

A voice said from the cloud, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen---listen to him!"

"Listen to these words, fellow Israelites! Jesus of Nazareth was a man whose divine authority was clearly proven to you by all the miracles and wonders which God performed through him. You yourselves know this, for it happened here among you.

You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.

We were there when he was given honor and glory by God the Father, when the voice came to him from the Supreme Glory, saying, "This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased!"