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Lesson 001
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The book of Genesis was written by Moses...
Lesson 002
Genesis 1:11 Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed...
Lesson 003
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. This is the...
Lesson 004
Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool...
Lesson 005
Genesis 4:1-2 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. . . . Later she gave...
Lesson 006
Genesis 6:5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every...
Lesson 007
Genesis 7:16 Then the Lord shut him in. We can imagine people changing their minds about Noah once it...
Lesson 008
Genesis 10:1 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood....
Lesson 009
Genesis 12:1 The Lord had said to Abram, Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land...
Lesson 010
Genesis 14:14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in...
Lesson 011
Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. Ten years had passed since God promised...
Lesson 012
Genesis 19:1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. ...
Lesson 013
Genesis 19:30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains. . . . He and his two daughters...
Lesson 014
Genesis 22:1-2 Some time later God tested Abraham. . . . Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go...
Lesson 015
Genesis 24:1 Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. But his son Isaac was...
Lesson 016
Genesis 27:1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau. Isaac...
Lesson 017
Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples. That is where...
Lesson 018
Genesis 32:1-2 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, This is...
Lesson 019
Genesis 32:28 Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God. ...
Lesson 020
Genesis 37:2 Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers. The early chapters...
Lesson 021
Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain...
Lesson 022
Genesis 42:1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, Why do you just keep looking...
Lesson 023
Exodus 1:1-4 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben,...
Lesson 024
Exodus 2:11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their...
Lesson 025
Exodus 3:10 I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt. Forty years earlier...
Lesson 026
Exodus 12:13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass...
Lesson 027
Exodus 14:26 Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over...
Lesson 028
Exodus 17:6 Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink. God’s people ran out of...
Lesson 029
Exodus 20:18-19 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke,...
Lesson 030
Exodus 32:9-10 I have seen these people, the Lord said to Moses. . . . Now leave me alone so that my anger may...
Lesson 031
Leviticus 1:1 The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. The book of Leviticus was...
Lesson 032
Leviticus 18:17 Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. . . . That is wickedness. This...
Lesson 033
Numbers 1:1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second...
Lesson 034
Numbers 14:12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater...
Lesson 035
Numbers 16:1-3 Korah [and others] became insolent and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men,...
Lesson 036
Numbers 22:4-5 Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, sent messengers to summon Balaam son of...
Lesson 037
Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan. The book...
Lesson 038
Deuteronomy 7:6 The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people,...
Lesson 039
Deuteronomy 18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow...
Lesson 040
Deuteronomy 31:20 [W]hen they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods. This is God’s...
Lesson 041
Joshua 1:1-2 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’...
Lesson 042
Joshua 3:1 Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites . . . went to the Jordan, where they camped before...
Lesson 043
Joshua 6:1 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. The city of Jericho was...
Lesson 044
Joshua 7:2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai . . . and told them, Go up and spy out the region. After the...
Lesson 045
Joshua 9:3-4 [W]hen the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they resorted to a...
Lesson 046
Judges 1:1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, Who of us is to go up first to fight against...
Lesson 047
Judges 6:1 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the...
Lesson 048
Judges 9:5 [Abimelek] went to his father’s home . . . and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers. After Gideon...
Lesson 049
Judges 14:1-2 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. When he returned, he said to his...
Lesson 050
Judges 15:1 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. He said,...
Lesson 051
Judges 16:22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. In spite of his many...
Lesson 052
Ruth 1:1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,...
Lesson 053
Ruth 3:1 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will...
Lesson 054
1 Samuel 1:1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was...
Lesson 055
1 Samuel 2:27, 30 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, This is what the Lord says: . . . Those who honor...
Lesson 056
1 Samuel 4:1 Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. Israel brought the ark of the...
Lesson 057
1 Samuel 7:5 Then Samuel said, Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the Lord for you. ...
Lesson 058
1 Samuel 11:1 Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. This was Saul’s first test of...
Lesson 059
1 Samuel 15:1 Samuel said to Saul, I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen...
Lesson 060
1 Samuel 16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over...
Lesson 061
1 Samuel 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. This begins...
Lesson 062
1 Samuel 18:1 Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. Jonathan was Saul’s son, and...
Lesson 063
1 Samuel 21:1 David went to Nob, to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek gave David bread from the tabernacle, and...
Lesson 064
1 Samuel 24:2 Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David. The...
Lesson 065
1 Samuel 25:12-13 David’s men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. David...
Lesson 066
1 Samuel 26:2 Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand select Israelite troops, to search...
Lesson 067
1 Samuel 28:4 The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and set...
Lesson 068
1 Samuel 30:1 David and his men reached Ziklag. David had an army of six hundred men, and together with...
Lesson 069
2 Samuel 1:1 After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two...
Lesson 070
2 Samuel 6:2 [David] and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God. David...
Lesson 071
2 Samuel 7:1-2 After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies...
Lesson 072
2 Samuel 9:1 David asked, Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for...
Lesson 073
2 Samuel 11:1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the...
Lesson 074
2 Samuel 13:1 In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom...
Lesson 075
2 Samuel 13:20 Her brother Absalom said to her, Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my...
Lesson 076
2 Samuel 15:1 In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run...
Lesson 077
2 Samuel 15:31 So David prayed, Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness. Soon after David prayed,...
Lesson 078
2 Samuel 20:2 [A]ll the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. Absalom was so popular,...
Lesson 079
2 Samuel 24:2 So the king said to Joab and the army commanders with him, Go throughout the tribes of Israel from...
Lesson 080
1 Kings 1:1-4 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. So his...
Lesson 081
1 Kings 2:13 Adonijah . . . went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. After losing his bid for the throne, Adonijah...
Lesson 082
1 Kings 10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to...
Lesson 083
1 Kings 12:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. After Solomon died,...
Lesson 084
1 Kings 13:1 By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar...
Lesson 085
1 Kings 14:1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill. If Abijah was Jeroboam’s firstborn son, he was also...
Lesson 086
1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives,...
Lesson 087
1 Kings 18:1 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: Go and present yourself to...
Lesson 088
1 Kings 19:1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the...
Lesson 089
1 Kings 21:1 Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. ...
Lesson 090
2 Kings 1:2 Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. ...
Lesson 091
2 Kings 2:2 Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel. But Elisha said, As surely as the...
Lesson 092
2 Kings 3:5 [T]he king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. The Moabites were forced to pay a yearly...
Lesson 093
2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. In the political order, Naaman was...
Lesson 094
2 Kings 6:2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to...
Lesson 095
2 Kings 11:1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole...
Lesson 096
2 Kings 14:1 In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to...
Lesson 097
2 Kings 18:1 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to...
Lesson 098
2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five...
Lesson 099
2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. ...
Lesson 100
2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three...
Lesson 101
1 Chronicles 1:1 Adam, Seth, Enosh. First and Second Chronicles were originally one book, and it begins with an...
Lesson 102
Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah,...
Lesson 103
Ezra 7:6 [Ezra] was a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had...
Lesson 104
Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah. The book of Nehemiah begins around 445 BC, about ten...
Lesson 105
Esther 1:1 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching...
Lesson 106
Esther 5:1-2 Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s...
Lesson 107
Job 1:1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. Job may have lived around 2100 BC, but his...
Lesson 108
Job 1:20-21 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and...
Lesson 109
Job 3:1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. Job was not cursing God, as the...
Lesson 110
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked. The book of Psalms is a collection...
Lesson 111
Psalm 2:11 Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. Few people celebrate God’s rule with...
Lesson 112
Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? These are haunting words for anyone to pray, but David was...
Lesson 113
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. The twenty-third Psalm was written by David, about three...
Lesson 114
Psalm 25:11 For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. David did not request...
Lesson 115
Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out...
Lesson 116
Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you. Life is seldom carefree this side of Eden. We...
Lesson 117
Psalm 78:4 [We] will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord. The person who wrote this had no...
Lesson 118
Psalm 103:10 [H]e he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. A nomadic...
Lesson 119
Psalm 116:14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. Making and fulfilling vows...
Lesson 120
Psalm 119:18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. It’s impossible to fully understand the...
Lesson 121
Psalm 119:176 I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. ...
Lesson 122
Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel. Solomon was the king of Israel in the...
Lesson 123
Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will...
Lesson 124
Proverbs 10:9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely. The idea of integrity includes honesty, truthfulness,...
Lesson 125
Proverbs 14:31 [W]hoever is kind to the needy honors God. Whenever you see a needy person, God stands by...
Lesson 126
Proverbs 22:24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered. ...
Lesson 127
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. When I was a child, I watched my...
Lesson 128
Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. The author of Ecclesiastes does...
Lesson 129
Ecclesiastes 7:20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never...
Lesson 130
Song of Songs 1:1 Solomon’s Song of Songs. This book celebrates romantic love as one of God’s best gifts. It...
Lesson 131
Isaiah 1:1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw. The prophet Isaiah wrote the...
Lesson 132
Isaiah 13:19-20 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God...
Lesson 133
Isaiah 34:4 All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; all the starry...
Lesson 134
Isaiah 52:13 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. This...
Lesson 135
Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from...
Lesson 136
Isaiah 53:11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied. Jesus knew that his...
Lesson 137
Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of...
Lesson 138
Jeremiah 1:13-14 The word of the Lord came to me again: What do you see? I see a pot that is boiling, I answered....
Lesson 139
Jeremiah 18:1-2 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: Go down to the potter’s house, and there I...
Lesson 140
Jeremiah 30:11 Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely...
Lesson 141
Lamentations 1:1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great...
Lesson 142
Lamentations 3:21-23 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are...
Lesson 143
Ezekiel 1:1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar...
Lesson 144
Ezekiel 18:24 [I]f a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable...
Lesson 145
Ezekiel 23:25 I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off...
Lesson 146
Ezekiel 37:1-2 The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the...
Lesson 147
Daniel 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to...
Lesson 148
Daniel 2:1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not...
Lesson 149
Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the...
Lesson 150
Daniel 4:1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you...
Lesson 151
Daniel 5:1 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. We do...
Lesson 152
Daniel 6:1-2 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, with three administrators...
Lesson 153
Daniel 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his...
Lesson 154
Hosea 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri. The prophet Hosea served the northern...
Lesson 155
Hosea 5:14-15 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go...
Lesson 156
Joel 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel. The prophet Joel is difficult to date, but...
Lesson 157
Joel 2:23 Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he...
Lesson 158
Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel. Amos lived in...
Lesson 159
Amos 5:24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Justice requires...
Lesson 160
Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. It was probably...
Lesson 161
Jonah 1:1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai. Jonah was a prophet to the northern kingdom of...
Lesson 162
Jonah 2:1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed. God provided a fish to preserve the prophet, but Jonah did not...
Lesson 163
Jonah 3:1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time. The first time the word of the Lord came to...
Lesson 164
Jonah 4:1 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. It seems strange that God’s prophet did...
Lesson 165
Micah 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth. The prophet Micah lived about twenty-two...
Lesson 166
Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me...
Lesson 167
Nahum 1:1 A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Writing around 650...
Lesson 168
Habakkuk 1:1 The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received. Habakkuk wrote from Judah, around 605 BC,...
Lesson 169
Zephaniah 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah,...
Lesson 170
Haggai 1:1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came...
Lesson 171
Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet...
Lesson 172
Zechariah 4:6 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the...
Lesson 173
Malachi 1:1 A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. The prophet Malachi spoke to the...
Lesson 174
Malachi 3:6 I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Israel was not...
Lesson 175
Matthew 1:1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah. Although anonymous, the gospel of...
Lesson 176
Matthew 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to...
Lesson 177
Matthew 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from...
Lesson 178
Matthew 2:23 [Mary, Joseph and Jesus] went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled...
Lesson 179
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be...
Lesson 180
Matthew 6:9 Our Father in heaven. Jesus had just finished praying when one of his disciples...
Lesson 181
Matthew 6:10b [Y]our will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. The night before he was...
Lesson 182
Matthew 6:20-21 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where...
Lesson 183
Matthew 7:1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. This was a serious problem in first...
Lesson 184
Matthew 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up...
Lesson 185
Matthew 8:5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. ...
Lesson 186
Matthew 10:2-4 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and...
Lesson 187
Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end...
Lesson 188
Matthew 14:22-23 Jesus made the disc iples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other...
Lesson 189
Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, Who do...
Lesson 190
Matthew 16:21 Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer...
Lesson 191
Matthew 18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is...
Lesson 192
Matthew 23:1-3 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: The teachers of the law and...
Lesson 193
Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of...
Lesson 194
Matthew 24:2 Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be...
Lesson 195
Matthew 24:24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and...
Lesson 196
Matthew 25:31-33 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit...
Lesson 197
Matthew 26:17 [T]he disciples came to Jesus and asked, Where do you want us to make preparations...
Lesson 198
Matthew 27:46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lema...
Lesson 199
Matthew 28:11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and...
Lesson 200
Mark 1:1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah. Although anonymous, the...
Lesson 201
Mark 7:32 [S]ome people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged...
Lesson 202
Luke 1:1-2 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among...
Lesson 203
Luke 1:15 [H]e will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. John the Baptist...
Lesson 204
Luke 1:26-27 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth,...
Lesson 205
Luke 1:57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. This was...
Lesson 206
Luke 2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire...
Lesson 207
Luke 2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks...
Lesson 208
Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was...
Lesson 209
Luke 2:41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. This...
Lesson 210
Luke 3:7 You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? John the Baptist was...
Lesson 211
Luke 4:1-2 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the...
Lesson 212
Luke 4:16 [Jesus] went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went...
Lesson 213
Luke 4:31-32 Then he went down to Capernaum. . . . They were amazed at his teaching, because his...
Lesson 214
Luke 5:12-13 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy....
Lesson 215
Luke 6:1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some...
Lesson 216
Luke 6:22-23 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject...
Lesson 217
Luke 7:11 Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with...
Lesson 218
Luke 7:36 [Jesus] went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. This was not a...
Lesson 219
Luke 8:4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town,...
Lesson 220
Luke 8:22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, Let us go over to the other side of the lake. ...
Lesson 221
Luke 8:41-42 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come...
Lesson 222
Luke 9:28 [Jesus] took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. Mountains are...
Lesson 223
Luke 9:62 No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God. The only way...
Lesson 224
Luke 10:19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the...
Lesson 225
Luke 11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord,...
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Luke 12:1 Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. The Pharisees found it...
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Luke 12:7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. No one ever loved himself so much that he...
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Luke 12:22 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you...
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Luke 13:1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed...
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Luke 14:12-14 Then Jesus said to his host, When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your...
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Luke 14:27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. ...
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Luke 16:19-21 There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his...
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Luke 18:9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this...
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Luke 19:30-31 Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one...
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Luke 24:13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from...
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John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The gospel...
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John 2:1-2 [A] wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had...
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John 3:1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. ...
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John 4:3-4 [Jesus] left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. Now he had to go through Samaria. Samaritans...
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John 5:1 Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. There he would pick a fight with the...
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John 6:5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread...
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John 6:37 All those the Father gives me will come to me. People who come to Christ for salvation are a gift...
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John 7:4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show...
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John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will...
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John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. The Jewish people wanted to be free from...
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John 9:1 As [Jesus] went along, he saw a man blind from birth. When his parents were asked if they wanted a...
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John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The relationship between...
Lesson 248
John 11:1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. This was not normally a problem if you were friends with Jesus...
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John 11:25 I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die. ...
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John 13:1 Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Jesus’ popularity rose...
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John 13:31 When he was gone, Jesus said, Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. By...
Lesson 252
John 15:18-20 If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it...
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John 18:6 When Jesus said, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. Earlier that evening, Jesus...
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John 18:28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. The Jewish...
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John 19:17 Carrying his own cross, [Jesus] went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called...
Lesson 256
John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw...
Lesson 257
John 21:3 I’m going out to fish, Simon Peter told them, and they said, We will go with you. As long as...
Lesson 258
Acts 1:1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach. The book of...
Lesson 259
Acts 2:38 Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your...
Lesson 260
Acts 3:1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the...
Lesson 261
Acts 4:1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they...
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Acts 5:1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. A...
Lesson 263
Acts 5:17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were...
Lesson 264
Acts 6:1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained...
Lesson 265
Acts 9:1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. This is...
Lesson 266
Acts 10:1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian...
Lesson 267
Acts 12:12 [Peter] went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered...
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Acts 14:8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. The...
Lesson 269
Acts 16:12 [W]e traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district. Philippi did not have...
Lesson 270
Acts 17:16 While Paul was . . . in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of...
Lesson 271
Acts 19:13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over...
Lesson 272
Acts 23:12 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink...
Lesson 273
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God. ...
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Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine...
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Romans 2:4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that...
Lesson 276
Romans 3:25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood. This is...
Lesson 277
Romans 5:3-4 [W]e also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;...
Lesson 278
Romans 6:19 Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now...
Lesson 279
Romans 7:20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that...
Lesson 280
Romans 8:26 We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless...
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Romans 9:20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?nbsp; Having raised the idea of predestination,...
Lesson 282
Romans 12:1 [O]ffer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. Sacrifice was an important...
Lesson 283
Romans 12:12 Be . . . faithful in prayer. Paul was a prayerful person, and wanted the church to be...
Lesson 284
Romans 13:7 If you owe taxes, pay taxes. Governments provide many things worth paying for like roads, water...
Lesson 285
1 Corinthians 1:1-2 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God . . . To the church of God...
Lesson 286
1 Corinthians 2:14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but...
Lesson 287
1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have...
Lesson 288
1 Corinthians 11:17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than...
Lesson 289
1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. ...
Lesson 290
2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God . . . To the church of God in...
Lesson 291
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into...
Lesson 292
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an...
Lesson 293
2 Corinthians 6:2 I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. The gospel is...
Lesson 294
2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,...
Lesson 295
Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised...
Lesson 296
Galatians 2:20 I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. This was the secret...
Lesson 297
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: Cursed...
Lesson 298
Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away...
Lesson 299
Galatians 6:1 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that...
Lesson 300
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful...
Lesson 301
Ephesians 1:17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit...
Lesson 302
Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of...
Lesson 303
Ephesians 4:15 . . . speaking the truth in love. Truth is such a precious thing that it must be spoken in...
Lesson 304
Ephesians 5:1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. Not all children are equally loved...
Lesson 305
Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at...
Lesson 306
Philippians 1:25 I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith. Notice the...
Lesson 307
Philippians 2:13 [I]t is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. The...
Lesson 308
Philippians 3:13-14 Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to...
Lesson 309
Philippians 4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. Gentleness is such an important virtue that Paul...
Lesson 310
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God. The book of Colossians was written by...
Lesson 311
Colossians 1:14 . . . in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. If your son was sold into...
Lesson 312
Colossians 1:23 . . . if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held...
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Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy. Philosophy...
Lesson 314
Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing...
Lesson 315
Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Paul’s feet were always on the...
Lesson 316
Colossians 3:13 Forgive as the Lord forgave you. This is one of the highest and most difficult of all moral...
Lesson 317
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord. This is the...
Lesson 318
1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord...
Lesson 319
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 [M]ake it your ambition to lead a quiet life . . . so that your daily life may win...
Lesson 320
2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord...
Lesson 321
2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love. Believing in God’s love does not come...
Lesson 322
1 Timothy 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,...
Lesson 323
1 Timothy 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving...
Lesson 324
2 Timothy 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is...
Lesson 325
2 Timothy 3:5 . . . having a form of godliness but denying its power. The leading religion in the world is...
Lesson 326
Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. Paul wrote this letter to his coworker,...
Lesson 327
Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother. This brief letter was written by...
Lesson 328
Hebrews 1:1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various...
Lesson 329
Hebrews 2:11 Jesus is not ashamed to call [us] brothers and sisters. This was helpful to those who were rejected...
Lesson 330
Hebrews 4:9-10 There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest...
Lesson 331
Hebrews 5:9 [Jesus] became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. A ball rolled into the...
Lesson 332
Hebrews 8:12 I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more. A young man drove his car...
Lesson 333
Hebrews 9:27 [P]eople are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment. The eternal destiny of...
Lesson 334
Hebrews 10:31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. A young man was waiting for...
Lesson 335
Hebrews 11:13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things...
Lesson 336
Hebrews 12:14 [W]ithout holiness no one will see the Lord. In a survey given to college students, eighty-nine...
Lesson 337
James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:...
Lesson 338
James 1:19 Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. It is easy to become...
Lesson 339
James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such...
Lesson 340
James 4:7-8 Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. ...
Lesson 341
James 5:13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. We pray best whenever we are in trouble. We do not have...
Lesson 342
1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of...
Lesson 343
1 Peter 1:24-25 All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass...
Lesson 344
1 Peter 3:15 Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that...
Lesson 345
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. This letter was written by the Apostle...
Lesson 346
2 Peter 2:21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it...
Lesson 347
1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we...
Lesson 348
1 John 2:4 Whoever says, I know him, but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that...
Lesson 349
1 John 3:5 In him is no sin. An amazing thing about Jesus is that those who knew him best believed that he...
Lesson 350
1 John 4:16 [W]e know and rely on the love God has for us. A brilliant young man, with a promising career...
Lesson 351
2 John 1:1 The elder, To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but...
Lesson 352
Jude 1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. This letter was likely written around AD...
Lesson 353
Jude 1:5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people...
Lesson 354
Jude 1:9-10 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not...
Lesson 355
Jude 1:16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about...
Lesson 356
Revelation 1:1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take...
Lesson 357
Revelation 2:4 I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. The second and third...
Lesson 358
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice . . ....
Lesson 359
Revelation 7:9-14 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from...
Lesson 360
Revelation 9:13-21 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet [and] . . . . A third of mankind was killed . . . . The...
Lesson 361
Revelation 11:15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: The...
Lesson 362
Revelation 14:10b They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the...
Lesson 363
Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his...
Lesson 364
Revelation 20:11-15 Then I saw a great white throne . . . . And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before...
Lesson 365
Revelation 22:12 My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. A godly...