"My fellow Jews, listen to me as I make my defense before you!"

As soon as he said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees started to quarrel, and the group was divided.

Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

Who is this great king? The triumphant LORD ---he is the great king!

The voice of the LORD is heard on the seas; the glorious God thunders, and his voice echoes over the ocean.

They were calling out to each other: "Holy, holy, holy! The LORD Almighty is holy! His glory fills the world."

Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.'

"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom he is pleased!"

The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.

Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.

They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

The God who said, "Out of darkness the light shall shine!" is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.

as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will appear.

He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.

"Our Lord and God! You are worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. For you created all things, and by your will they were given existence and life."

and sang in a loud voice: "The Lamb who was killed is worthy to receive power, wealth, wisdom, and strength, honor, glory, and praise!"

And I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, in the world below, and in the sea---all living beings in the universe---and they were singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be praise and honor, glory and might, forever and ever!"

The LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's home, and go to a land that I am going to show you.

You, LORD God, chose Abram and led him out of Ur in Babylonia; you changed his name to Abraham.

Think of your ancestor, Abraham, and of Sarah, from whom you are descended. When I called Abraham, he was childless, but I blessed him and gave him children; I made his descendants numerous.

Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has to say: 'Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. One of those ancestors was Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor.

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, who was the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, Abram's wife, and with them he left the city of Ur in Babylonia to go to the land of Canaan. They went as far as Haran and settled there.

Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the wealth and all the slaves they had acquired in Haran, and they started out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

Jacob asked the shepherds, "My friends, where are you from?" "From Haran," they answered.