May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be ric
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoi
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his fie
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carm
Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be rai
May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,
As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the
The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have