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Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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View all filters →See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
Jesus teaches about forgiveness, what the heart treasures, and trust amid daily worries.
But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Jesus teaches about forgiveness, what the heart treasures, and trust amid daily worries.
Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
The sermon connects seeking and receiving with mutual care and putting teaching into practice.
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The sermon connects seeking and receiving with mutual care and putting teaching into practice.
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
The sermon connects seeking and receiving with mutual care and putting teaching into practice.
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
During the reading of the law, the people are called to rejoice and share food with those who have none.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Paul describes continuing toward his calling and the community's shared hope in Christ.
I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
Paul encourages practiced wisdom and describes learning contentment in both abundance and need.
Do the things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
Paul encourages practiced wisdom and describes learning contentment in both abundance and need.
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
These proverbs reflect on kindness and the mutual refreshment of generosity.
The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
These proverbs reflect on kindness and the mutual refreshment of generosity.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
A proverb contrasts harmful speech with words that bring healing.
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