Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels o
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do n
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-i
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships t
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been cal
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.