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Genesis 18:19

Genesis 18:19 (MSG)
Yes, I've settled on him as the one to train his children and future family to observe God's way of life, live kindly and generously and fairly, so that God can complete in Abraham what he promised him."

Joshua 4:4

Joshua 4:4 (MSG)
Joshua called out the twelve men whom he selected from the People of Israel, one man from each tribe. Joshua directed them, "Cross to the middle of the Jordan and take your place in front of the Chest of god, your God. Each of you heft a stone to your shoulder, a stone for each of the tribes of the People of Israel, so you'll have something later to mark the occasion. When your children ask you, 'What are these stones to you?' you'll say, 'The flow of the Jordan was stopped in front of the Chest of the Covenant of god as it crossed the Jordan—stopped in its tracks. These stones are a permanent memorial for the People of Israel.'"

Psalm 1:2

Psalm 1:2 (MSG)
Instead you thrill to god's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.

Matthew 5:19

Matthew 5:19 (MSG)
"Trivialize even the smallest item in God's Law and you will only have trivialized yourself. But take it seriously, show the way for others, and you will find honor in the kingdom. Unless you do far better than the Pharisees in the matters of right living, you won't know the first thing about entering the kingdom.

Matthew 7:6

Matthew 7:6 (MSG)
"Don't be flip with the sacred. Banter and silliness give no honor to God. Don't reduce holy mysteries to slogans. In trying to be relevant, you're only being cute and inviting sacrilege.

Matthew 7:29

Matthew 7:29 (MSG)
It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying-quite a contrast to their religion teachers! This was the best teaching they had ever heard.

Matthew 20:6

Matthew 20:6 (MSG)
"He did the same thing at noon, and again at three o'clock. At five o'clock he went back and found still others standing around. He said, 'Why are you standing around all day doing nothing?'

Matthew 23:23

Matthew 23:23 (MSG)
"You're hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God's Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that's wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?

Mark 1:45

Mark 1:45 (MSG)
But as soon as the man was out of earshot, he told everyone he met what had happened, spreading the news all over town. So Jesus kept to out-of-the-way places, no longer able to move freely in and out of the city. But people found him, and came from all over.

Mark 4:24

Mark 4:24 (MSG)
"Listen carefully to what I am saying—and be wary of the shrewd advice that tells you how to get ahead in the world on your own. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity. Stinginess impoverishes."

Mark 6:48

Mark 6:48 (MSG)
He could see his men struggling with the oars, the wind having come up against them. At about four o'clock in the morning, Jesus came toward them, walking on the sea. He intended to go right by them.

Mark 9:24

Mark 9:24 (MSG)
No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the father cried, "Then I believe. Help me with my doubts!"

Mark 12:28

Mark 12:28 (MSG)
One of the religion scholars came up. Hearing the lively exchanges of question and answer and seeing how sharp Jesus was in his answers, he put in his question: "Which is most important of all the commandments?"

John 13:10

John 13:10 (MSG)
Jesus said, "If you've had a bath in the morning, you only need your feet washed now and you're clean from head to toe. My concern, you understand, is holiness, not hygiene. So now you're clean. But not every one of you." (He knew who was betraying him. That's why he said, "Not every one of you.") After he had finished washing their feet, he took his robe, put it back on, and went back to his place at the table.

John 13:30

John 13:30 (MSG)
Judas, with the piece of bread, left. It was night.

John 16:30

John 16:30 (MSG)
Now we know that you know everything-it all comes together in you. You won't have to put up with our questions anymore. We're convinced you came from God."

John 16:31

John 16:31 (MSG)
Jesus answered them, "Do you finally believe? In fact, you're about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I'm not abandoned. The Father is with me. I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."

John 16:32

John 16:32 (MSG)
In fact, you're about to make a run for it-saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I'm not abandoned. The Father is with me.

Acts 16:7

Acts 16:7 (MSG)
So they went to Mysia and tried to go north to Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus wouldn't let them go there either.

Acts 16:18

Acts 16:18 (MSG)
She did this for a number of days until Paul, finally fed up with her, turned and commanded the spirit that possessed her, "Out! In the name of Jesus Christ, get out of her!" And it was gone, just like that.

Acts 17:26

Acts 17:26 (MSG)
Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living

Acts 20:9

Acts 20:9 (MSG)
A young man named Eutychus was sitting in an open window. As Paul went on and on, Eutychus fell sound asleep and toppled out the third-story window. When they picked him up, he was dead.

2 Corinthians 6:13

2 Corinthians 6:13 (MSG)
I'm speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!

Ephesians 1:11

Ephesians 1:11 (MSG)
It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.

Ephesians 1:20

Ephesians 1:20 (MSG)
All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ's body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.