Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Know therefore that the LORD your God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
And Jesus said to them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
The LORD lift up his countenance on you, and give you peace.
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dies no more; death has no more dominion over him.
And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
