Matthew 13:33 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Parable of the Yeast 33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with[a] three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” Footnotes: Matthew 13:33 Gk hid in New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 […]

Luke 18:9-14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by […]

Mark 4:35-41 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Jesus Stills a Storm 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the […]

Isaiah 43:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Restoration and Protection Promised 43 But now thus says the Lord,     he who created you, O Jacob,     he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;     I have called you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; […]

Mark 4:26-34 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Parable of the Growing Seed 26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28 The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, […]

Mark 3:20-35 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler […]

Matthew 9:9-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Call of Matthew 9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10 And as he sat at dinner[a] in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and […]

Ephesians 4:7-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 7 But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive;     he gave gifts to his people.” 9 (When it says, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended[a] into […]

Acts 8:26-40 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south[a] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) 27 So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official […]

John 4:3-30 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 3 he left Judea and started back to Galilee. 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the […]