Beloved: Bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.

The Lord said to Abram: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.

Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Moses spoke to the people, saying: “This day the Lord, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees.

Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.

Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your right­eousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.

Thus says the Lord God: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, had recourse to the Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you.” So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord’s bidding.