The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know...

8 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse. 9 For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle tears with my...

“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will...

*But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in...

“Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults—unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don’t condemn those...

Jesus answered, “Isaiah was right about frauds like you, hit the bull’s-eye in fact: These people make a big show of saying the right...

I’m thanking you, God, from a full heart, I’m writing the book on your wonders. I’m whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I’m singing...

Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was...

They left the tomb and broke the news of all this to the Eleven and the rest. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the...

They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this. Then, out of nowhere it seemed, two men, light cascading over them, stood there. The...

With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. 38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who...

Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and...

“Then Moses ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went for three days in the...

“Do everything readily and cheerfully—no bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air...

Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and...

“May God our Father himself and our Master Jesus clear the road to you! And may the Master pour on the love so it fills your lives and...

15 Fools believe every word they hear, but wise people think carefully about everything. 16 Wise people are careful and avoid trouble;...

“A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back.” Proverbs 29:11 NRSV “Those who are hot-tempered stir up...

“God is gracious—it is he who makes things right, our most compassionate God. God takes the side of the helpless; when I was at the end...

“God, I love living with you; your house glows with your glory. When it’s time for spring cleaning, don’t sweep me out with the quacks...