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Flying Birds
Matthew 6:26 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Genesis 1:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 11 helpful votes
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. …
Psalm 148:1-14 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created. …
Job 38:41 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
Genesis 1:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Romans 6:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
Luke 24:1-53 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? …
Luke 23:43 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
Genesis 1:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
James 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
2 Timothy 2:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
2 Thessalonians 3:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
1 Thessalonians 2:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Ephesians 1:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Galatians 3:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
Galatians 3:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”
Galatians 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.
Romans 4:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
John 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
John 3:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
Luke 24:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes
See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
Luke 24:6-8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words,
Luke 23:56 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Galatians 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
2 Corinthians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
1 Corinthians 15:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
1 Corinthians 15:13-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. …
1 Corinthians 15:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
Romans 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Romans 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Romans 2:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
Romans 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Acts 23:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
Acts 22:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
Acts 18:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
Acts 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
Acts 17:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Acts 16:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
Acts 14:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
Acts 13:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.” So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
Acts 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.
Acts 5:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes
After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
Acts 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
Acts 2:8-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
Acts 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,
Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
John 21:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
John 20:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
John 20:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
John 20:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
John 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
John 18:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes
They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
John 18:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
John 18:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
John 18:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
John 18:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”
John 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 13:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
John 13:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
John 12:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
John 12:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
John 12:20-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. …
John 11:55 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
John 10:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,
John 10:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
John 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
John 8:57 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”
John 7:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?”
John 7:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For not even his brothers believed in him.
John 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand.
John 6:53 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
John 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
John 5:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes
How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
John 5:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 4:5-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) …
John 3:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
He must increase, but I must decrease.”
John 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
John 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
John 2:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
John 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
John 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
John 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 1:51 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
John 1:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
John 1:32-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
John 1:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’
John 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)
Luke 21:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet.
Luke 20:47 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
Luke 20:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
Luke 19:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
Luke 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 18:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
Luke 18:31-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon. And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.” But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
Luke 18:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Luke 17:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
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