John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.

Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

And God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

for at this time I will send all My plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants and upon your people, that you may come to understand that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

And indeed for this purpose I have ordained you, to show My power in you, and to declare My name in all the earth.

Yours, O Jehovah, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and You are exalted as head over all.

I was mute, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.

I have made the earth, man, and the animals on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to Me.

And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land comes. And then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.

Who is he who speaks and it occurs, if the Lord has not commanded it?

This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the command by the word of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever He wills, and sets up over it the lowest of men.

And you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be fed with grass like oxen. And you shall be wet with dew of the heavens; and seven times shall pass over you until you know that the Most High is Ruler in the kingdom of men, and He gives it to whomever He desires.

And you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be fed with grass like oxen, and seven times shall pass over you until you know that the Most High is Ruler in the kingdom of men, and that He gives it to whomever He desires.

And all those living in the earth are counted as nothing. And He does according to His will in the army of Heaven, and among those living in the earth. And no one is able to restrain His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?

And he was driven from the sons of men. And his heart was made like the animals, and his home was with the wild asses. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until he knew that the Most High God is Ruler in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He desires.

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against Me. But this is your hour, and the authority of darkness.

Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are ordained by God.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.

And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all,

nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish.

Then Judas, having received a company of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard His blasphemy!

And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

And His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, Whomever I kiss, it is He; seize Him and lead Him away safely.

Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see. Therefore your sin remains.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin. But now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.

There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?

The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you.

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

For it is impossible for those who at one time were given understanding, and have tasted the Heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

and also turn aside, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and expose Him to public disgrace.

but if it bears thorns and briars, it is unfit and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned up.

Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.