Visitation

Luke 1:
39In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,  40and she entered the house of Zechari'ah and greeted Elizabeth.  41And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit  42and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?  44For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.  45And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."  46And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, 47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; 49for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation. 51He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, 52he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree; 53he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away. 54He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever." 56And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.

One

John 17:
1When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee,  2since thou hast given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.  3And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.  4I glorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work which thou gavest me to do;  5and now, Father, glorify thou me in thy own presence with the glory which I had with thee before the world was made.  6"I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.  7Now they know that everything that thou hast given me is from thee;  8for I have given them the words which thou gavest me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from thee; and they have believed that thou didst send me.  9I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine; 10all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.  11And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

World

29His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!  30Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God." 31Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?  32The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.  33I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Always

Matthew 28:
16Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted.  18And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  20teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."

Ask

John 16:
23In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.  24Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.  25"I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.  26In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;  27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father.  28I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father."

Travail

June 16:
20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.  21When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world.  22So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.  23In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

A little while

John 16:
16"A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me."  17Some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, `A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, `because I go to the Father'?"  18They said, "What does he mean by `a little while'? We do not know what he means."  19Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, `A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'?  20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

Believe

John 20:
22It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem;  23it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.  24So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."  25Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness to me; 26but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.  27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;  28and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.  29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.  30I and the Father are one."

Convince

John 16:
5But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, `Where are you going?'  6But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.  7Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.  8And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:  9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;  11concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

Counselor

1526But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me;  27and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.161"I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.  2They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.  3And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.  4But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Manifest

John 14:
15"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.  16And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever,  17even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.  18"I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you.  19Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also.  20In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.  21He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."

World

John 15:
18"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.  19If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  20Remember the word that I said to you, `A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.  21But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me.

Love

John 15:
12"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  13Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.  14You are my friends if you do what I command you.  15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.  16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.  17This I command you, to love one another.

Seek

Luke 12:
22And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on.  23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.  24Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!  25And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life?  26If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?  27Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  28But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!  29And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind.  30For all the nations of the world seek these things; and your Father knows that you need them.  31Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things shall be yours as well.

Prune

John 15:
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.  2Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.  3You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you.  4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.  5I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.  6If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.  7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.  8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.

Peace

John 14:
27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.  28You heard me say to you, `I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.  29And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe.  30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me;  31but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go hence.

Counselor

21He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."  22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?"  23Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.  24He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.  25"These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you.  26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Mansions

John 14:
1"Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.  2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?  3And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.  4And you know the way where I am going."  5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"  6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.  7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him."  8Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied."  9Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the Father'?  10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.  11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.  12"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.

Anything

John 14:
7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him."  8Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied."  9Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the Father'?  10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.  11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.  12"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.  13Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;  14if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

Way

John 14:
1"Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.  2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?  3And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.  4And you know the way where I am going."  5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"  6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.

Receive

John 13: 16Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 18I am not speaking of you all; I know whom I have chosen; it is that the scripture may be fulfilled, `He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.' 19I tell you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. 20Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any one whom I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me."

Darkness

John 10: 44And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45And he who sees me sees him who sent me. 46I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day. 49For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. 50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me."

One

22It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; 23it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. 24So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." 25Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness to me; 26but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; 28and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one."

The Good Shepherd

11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, 15as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd. 17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father."

Door

John 10: 1"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber; 2but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." 6This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them. 9I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Believe

60Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" 61But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? 62Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? 63It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64But there are some of you that do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray him. 65And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father." 66After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him. 67Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also wish to go away?" 68Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; 69and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

Forever

John 6: 52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 54he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. 58This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever." 59This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Caper'na-um.

Flesh

John 6: 44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. 51I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."

Ask

John 14: 6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. 7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him." 8Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied." 9Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the Father'? 10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves. 12"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. 13Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; 14if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

Bread

John 6: 30So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform? 31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, `He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world." 34They said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always." 35Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

Prophet

Matthew 13: 54and coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?" 57And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." 58And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief