“ So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.

你们这小群，不要惧怕，因为你们的父乐意把国赐给你们。

你们这小群，不要惧怕，因为你们的父乐意把国赐给你们。

你们这小群，不要惧怕，因为你们的父乐意把国赐给你们。

“你们这一小群人啊，不要怕！因为你们的天父乐意把祂的国赐给你们。

你们这小群，不要怕，因为你们的父乐意把国赐给你们。

你们这一小群哪，不要怕，因为你们的父乐意把国度赐给你们。

你們這小羣，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。

你們這小羣，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。

你們這小羣，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。

「你們這一小群人啊，不要怕！因為你們的天父樂意把祂的國賜給你們。

你們這小群，不要怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。

小羣哪，別怕了；因為你們的父樂意將國賜給你們。

你們這一小群哪，不要怕，因為你們的父樂意把國度賜給你們。

二三子勿懼、爾父喜以國賜爾、

群小子勿懼、天父喜悅、將以國賜爾、

二三子勿懼、爾父喜悅以國賜爾、

二三子毋庸憂疑、已承爾父美意、以國授爾矣。

“ Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

“ Little flock, do not be afraid. Your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

“ Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.

Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.

“ Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

“ Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.

He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

“ Then the King will say to those on his right,‘ Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and he said,“ O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,and we have a priceless inheritance— an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

But Jesus spoke to them at once.“ Don’t be afraid,” he said.“ Take courage. I am here!”

Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

“ I thought to myself,‘ I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me‘ Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn from me.

So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.

At that time Jesus prayed this prayer:“ O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!“ My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep.My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.The Father and I are one.”

And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.

God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ— which is to fulfill his own good plan.

And there will be no night there— no need for lamps or sun— for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus answered,“ My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”

Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob, don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you. I am the Lord, your Redeemer. I am the Holy One of Israel.’

After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter replied,“ you know I love you.”“ Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.Jesus repeated the question:“ Simon son of John, do you love me?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter said,“ you know I love you.”“ Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.A third time he asked him,“ Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said,“ Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Then feed my sheep.

“ Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.

Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks?If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.

“ If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety nine that didn’t wander away!In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.

“ So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”