Luke 10:35 (NIV) 35  The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ The man from Jerusalem had fallen on hard times.  He was beaten and in great need […]

Isaiah 53:5 (NIV) 5  But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:6 (NIV) 6  We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the […]

Psalm 73:25-26 (NIV) 25  Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. 26  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. John 10:10 (NIV) 10  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have […]

Leviticus 1:4 (NIV) 4  He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. What does it mean to lay your hand upon the burnt offering?  The word used here is to lean hard upon.  To lean in such a way […]

Isaiah 53:5-6 (NIV) 5  But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6  We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid […]

Deuteronomy 2:36 (NIV) 36  From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them. Is there any city too hard for God?  Any state too far gone […]

1 Kings 18:41-46 (NIV) 41  And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42  So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. 43  “Go and […]

James 4:2 (NIV) 2  You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. James 4:3 (NIV) 3  When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you […]

Acts 1:1-3 (NIV) 1  In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2  until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3  After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and […]

John 21:24-25 (NIV) 24  This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. 25  Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books […]