1601 verses about Grace

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.

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” Isaiah 61:1-2

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian.”

Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

“A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”

Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.” He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”

But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?”

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.