1601 verses about Grace

How long shall I forbear them, to whom I have done so much good?

I divided among you fruitful lands; I cast out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines, before you: what shall I yet do more for you? says the Lord.

I take to witness the grace of the people that shall come, whose little ones rejoice with gladness: and though they see me not with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they shall believe the thing that I say.

Mother, embrace your children; I will bring them out with gladness like a dove; establish their feet; for I have chosen you, says the Lord.

Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim mercy to them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.

Then answered I and said, if I have found favor in your sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,

Then said I, Lord, I beseech you, if I have found favor in your sight, show your servant by whom you visit your creature.

I answered then and said, O Lord that bear rule, If I have found favor in your sight,

And I answered and said, if I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, show this also to your servant, whether after death, even now when every one of us gives up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come, in which you shall renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented forthwith.

I answered then and said, I know, Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, in that he has mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world;

and longsuffering, for that he long suffers those that have sinned, as his creatures;

and bountiful, for that he is ready to give rather than to exact;

and of great mercy, for that he multiplies more and more mercies to those who are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come;

(for if he multiplied not his mercies, the world would not continue with those who dwell therein;)

and one that forgives, for if he did not forgive of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men would not remain living;

that the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, and afterwards you shall order it in your mercy.

hear, O Lord, the prayer of your servant, and give ear to the petition of your handiwork;

O look not upon the sins of your people; but on those who have served you in truth,

Take you no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts; but love those who have always put their trust in your glory.

For we and our fathers have passed our lives in ways that bring death: but you because of us sinners are called merciful.

For if you have a desire to have mercy upon us, then shall you be called merciful, to us, namely, that have no works of righteousness.

For in this, O Lord, your righteousness and your goodness shall be declared, if you be merciful to them which have no store of good works.

Be not angry with us, but spare your people, and have mercy upon your inheritance; for you have mercy upon your own creation.

in that you have humbled yourself, as it becomes you, and have not judged yourself worthy to be among the righteous, so as to be much glorified.

For as many as in their life have received benefits, and yet have not known me;

And I saw, and spared them, but not greatly, and saved me a grape out of a cluster, and a plant out of a great forest.

For you are blessed above many, and with the Most High are called by name, like as but few.

And I said, O Lord that bear rule, if I have found favor in your sight, and if I am justified with you above many others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before your face;

for the Most High has you in remembrance, and the Mighty has not forgotten you forever.

You have showed your servant these wonders from the beginning, and have counted me worthy that you should receive my prayer:

Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, and they were delivered from thence,

Be merciful to your people, and be satisfied with the punishment of me on their account.

And Divine Justice will pardon us if we fear the king through necessity.

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ Hosea 6:6 for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

how he entered into God’s house, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 1 Samuel 21:3-6

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ Hosea 6:6 you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.

But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

For many are called, but few chosen.”

‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’ Psalm 110:1

However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.

He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it,

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.

He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.”

They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.

Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.