John 4:31-38 (WEL) Meanwhile, his disciples kept urgently asking him, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.” 33 Then the disciples said to one another, “Has someone brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the…
John 4:9-13 (WEL) The Samaritan woman says to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman because the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans?” 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew God’s gift and who it is who asks you,…
John 3:29-33 (WEL) “He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the bridegroom’s friend, who stands by and listens, rejoices greatly for the bridegroom’s voice. So, my joy is completely full. 30 “He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 “He who comes from above is over everything. He who is from the…
John 3:8-12 (WEL) “The Spirit [or wind] blows where it wants. You hear its sound but cannot tell where it comes from, and so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “You…
John 3:3-7 (WEL) Jesus answered and said to him, “Very truly, I say to you, ‘Unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.’” 4 Nicodemus says to him, “How is it possible for one to be born when one is old? Can he enter into his mother’s womb a second…
John 3:1-2 (WEL) There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 The same came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we can know that you have come from God as a teacher because no one can do these miracles that you do unless God…
Galatians 1:13-17 (WEL) For you have heard of my earlier way of life in Judaism, how violently I persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it. 14 And outdistanced many of my peers in Judaism as I was much more zealous for the teachings of my ancestors. 15 But when it pleased God, who…
2 Corinthians 2:12-17 (WEL) Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach the Good News about Christ, a door of opportunity was opened for me by the Lord. 13 I had no rest in my spirit because I didn’t find Titus, my brother. So, saying goodbye to them, I went to Macedonia. 14 I…
1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (WEL) 19 For even though I am free from all, yet I have made myself a servant to all so that I may win even more people. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew so that I might win the Jews. To those under the law, as under the…
Abraham was a liar that risked his wife’s purity (Genesis 20:1-13), yet God used Abraham to be the example of faith, the Father of believers, and to be the Father of nations. Isaac was a liar that risked his wife’s purity (Genesis 27:1-11), yet God blessed him with the blessings of Abraham. Jacob was…