6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his
robe filled the temple.
6:2
Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six
wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two
they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
6:3
And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy,
holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of
his glory."
6:4
The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of
those who called, and the house filled with smoke.
6:5
And I said: "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man
of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean
lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of
hosts!"
6:6
Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal
that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
6:7
The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: "Now
that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed
and your sin is blotted out."
6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said,
"Here am I; send me!"
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138:1
I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before
the gods I sing your praise;
138:2
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to
your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness;
for you have exalted your name and your word above
everything.
138:3
On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my
strength of soul.
138:4
All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, for
they have heard the words of your mouth.
138:5
They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is
the glory of the LORD.
138:6
For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but
the haughty he perceives from far away.
138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me
against the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your
hand, and your right hand delivers me.
138:8
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast
love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work
of your hands.
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15:1
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the
good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn
received, in which also you stand,
15:2
through which also you are being saved, if you hold
firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you--unless
you have come to believe in vain.
15:3
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in
turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the scriptures,
15:4
and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the
third day in accordance with the scriptures,
15:5
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
15:6
Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and
sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive,
though some have died.
15:7
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
15:8
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also
to me.
15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called
an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace
toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I
worked harder than any of them--though it was not I, but
the grace of God that is with me.
15:11
Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you
have come to believe.
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5:1
Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of
Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear
the word of God,
5:2
he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the
fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their
nets.
5:3
He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to
Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the
shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the
boat.
5:4
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
"Put out into the deep water and let down your nets
for a catch."
5:5
Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night
long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will
let down the nets."
5:6
When they had done this, they caught so many fish that
their nets were beginning to break.
5:7
So they signaled their partners in the other boat to
come and help them. And they came and filled both boats,
so that they began to sink.
5:8
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus'
knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a
sinful man!"
5:9
For he and all who were with him were amazed at the
catch of fish that they had taken;
5:10
and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who
are partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon,
"Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching
people."
5:11
When they had brought their boats to shore, they left
everything and followed him.
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