Acts
2:1-21
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Romans 8:14-17
John 14:8-17, 25-27
2:1
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all
together in one place.
2:2
And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the
rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house
where they were sitting.
2:3
Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a
tongue rested on each of them.
2:4
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them
ability.
2:5
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under
heaven living in Jerusalem.
2:6
And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered,
because each one heard them speaking in the native
language of each.
2:7
Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all
these who are speaking Galileans?
2:8
And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own
native language?
2:9
Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of
Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya
belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews
and proselytes,
2:11
Cretans and Arabs--in our own languages we hear them
speaking about God's deeds of power."
2:12
All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another,
"What does this mean?"
2:13
But others sneered and said, "They are filled with
new wine."
2:14
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice
and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live
in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to
what I say.
2:15
Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is
only nine o'clock in the morning.
2:16
No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
2:17
'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will
pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall
see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
2:18
Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I
will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
2:19
And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs
on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
2:20
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to
blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and
glorious day.
2:21
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be
saved.'
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104:24
O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have
made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
104:25
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things
innumerable are there, living things both small and
great.
104:26
There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to
sport in it.
104:27
These all look to you to give them their food in due
season;
104:28
when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open
your hand, they are filled with good things.
104:29
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you
take away their breath, they die and return to their
dust.
104:30
When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and
you renew the face of the ground.
104:31
May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD
rejoice in his works--
104:32
who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the
mountains and they smoke.
104:33
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing
praise to my God while I have being.
104:34
May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in
the LORD.
104:35b
Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!
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8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of
God.
8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back
into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption.
When we cry, "Abba! Father!"
8:16
it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit
that we are children of God,
8:17
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint
heirs with Christ--if, in fact, we suffer with him so
that we may also be glorified with him.
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14:8
Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and
we will be satisfied."
14:9
Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this
time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has
seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us
the Father'?
14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the
Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not
speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does
his works.
14:11
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in
me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the
works themselves.
14:12
Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will
also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do
greater works than these, because I am going to the
Father.
14:13
I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the
Father may be glorified in the Son.
14:14
If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.
14:15
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Advocate, to be with you forever.
14:17
This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You
know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in
you.
14:25
"I have said these things to you while I am still with you.
14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have
said to you.
14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to
you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do
not let them be afraid.
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