In the assembly of all your people, LORD, I told the good news that you save us. You know that I will never stop telling it.

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.

He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I have given 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

and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people."

Jesus answered, "Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God."

And how can the message be proclaimed if the messengers are not sent out? As the scripture says, "How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!"

And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming his message,

So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.

They came to Jesus and begged him earnestly, "This man really deserves your help.

How happy are those who have no doubts about me!"

When they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues. They had John Mark with them to help in the work.

Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times.

Practice these things and devote yourself to them, in order that your progress may be seen by all.

Watch yourself and watch your teaching. Keep on doing these things, because if you do, you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by the trip, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

(His disciples had gone into town to buy food.)

Jesus answered, "If you only knew what God gives and who it is that is asking you for a drink, you would ask him, and he would give you life-giving water."

But he answered, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

"My food," Jesus said to them, "is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

On the Sabbath we went out of the city to the riverside, where we thought there would be a place where Jews gathered for prayer. We sat down and talked to the women who gathered there.

They answered, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved---you and your family."

At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once.

On Saturday evening we gathered together for the fellowship meal. Paul spoke to the people and kept on speaking until midnight, since he was going to leave the next day.

When they arrived, he said to them, "You know how I spent the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

You know that I did not hold back anything that would be of help to you as I preached and taught in public and in your homes.

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with a soldier guarding him.

For two years Paul lived in a place he rented for himself, and there he welcomed all who came to see him.

He preached about the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ, speaking with all boldness and freedom.

So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.

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

You know that we treated each one of you just as parents treat their own children.

We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory.

We urge you, our friends, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

do not despise inspired messages.

(SEE 1:12)

Teach these things and use your full authority as you encourage and rebuke your hearers. Let none of them look down on you.

I beg you, my friends, to listen patiently to this message of encouragement; for this letter I have written you is not very long.

I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.

Until I come, give your time and effort to the public reading of the Scriptures and to preaching and teaching.

Those who make themselves clean from all those evil things, will be used for special purposes, because they are dedicated and useful to their Master, ready to be used for every good deed.

who is gentle as you correct your opponents, for it may be that God will give them the opportunity to repent and come to know the truth.

But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, and my purpose in life; you have observed my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,