Ephesians 6: 1 - 9 | |
| 1 | Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. |
| 2 | "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), |
| 3 | "that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth." |
| 4 | Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
| 5 | Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as to Christ; |
| 6 | not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, |
| 7 | rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men, |
| 8 | knowing that whatever good any one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. |
| 9 | Masters, do the same to them, and forbear threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him. |
| Psalms 145:
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| 10 | All thy works shall give thanks to thee, O LORD, and all thy saints shall bless thee! |
| 11 | They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and tell of thy power, |
| 12 | to make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom. |
| 13 | Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds. |
| 14 | The LORD upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down. |
| Luke 13: 22
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| 22 | He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. |
| 23 | And some one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, |
| 24 | "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. |
| 25 | When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, `Lord, open to us.' He will answer you, `I do not know where you come from.' |
| 26 | Then you will begin to say, `We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' |
| 27 | But he will say, `I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!' |
| 28 | There you will weep and gnash your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. |
| 29 | And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God. |
| 30 | And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last." |
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