Hebrews 10:32-39; Psalms 37:3-40; Matthew 11:25; Mark 4:26-34

Hebrews 10:32-39

32 But call to mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions.

33 And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations, were made a gazingstock; and on the other, became companions of them that were used in such sort.

34 For you both had compassion on them that were in bands and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance.

35 Do not therefore lose your confidence which hath a great reward.

36 For patience is necessary for you: that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.

37 For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come will come and will not delay.

38 But my just man liveth by faith: but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul.

39 But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

Psalms 37:3-40

3 (36-3) Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

4 (36-4) Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

5 (36-5) Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

6 (36-6) And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

7 (36-7) Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

8 (36-8) Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

9 (36-9) For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

10 (36-10) For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.

11 (36-11) But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.

12 (36-12) The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

13 (36-13) But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.

14 (36-14) The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

15 (36-15) Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

16 (36-16) Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

17 (36-17) For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

18 (36-18) The Lord knoweth the days of the undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

19 (36-19) They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:

20 (36-20) Because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.

21 (36-21) The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.

22 (36-22) For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.

23 (36-23) With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

24 (36-24) When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

25 (36-25) I have been young and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

26 (36-26) He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.

27 (36-27) Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.

28 (36-28) For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.

29 (36-29) But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.

30 (36-30) The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.

31 (36-31) The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.

32 (36-32) The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

33 (36-33) But the Lord will not leave him in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.

34 (36-34) Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

35 (36-35) I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.

36 (36-36) And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.

37 (36-37) Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.

38 (36-38) But the unjust shall be destroyed to gether: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.

39 (36-39) But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.

40 (36-40) And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they have hoped in him.

Matthew 11:25

25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

Mark 4:26-34

26 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,

27 And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.

28 For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.

29 And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

30 And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?

31 It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth:

32 And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof.

33 And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear.

34 And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples.