I charge you before God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

Therefore Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and seize Him, that they might make Him king, withdrew to the mountain by Himself.

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, in Your comeliness, and in Your beauty;

Your weapons are sharpened, O Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under You) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies.

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness beyond Your companions.

For a Child is born to us, and a Son is given to us, whose government is upon His shoulder; and His name is called the Messenger of great counsel; for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to Him.

His government shall be great, and of His peace there is no end; [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] His kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and His kingdom shall not be left to another people, [but] it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all [other] kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

And to Him was given the dominion, and the honor, and the kingdom; and all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom shall not be destroyed.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King is coming to you, righteous, and [your] Savior; He is meek and riding on a donkey, a young foal of a donkey.

But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

neither will they say, 'Look here!' or 'Look, there [it is]!' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you."

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.