Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty year.
' }, jdg_13_2: { caption: 'Judges 13:2', txt: 'A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile and remained childless.
' }, jdg_13_3_5: { caption: 'Judges 13:3-5', txt: 'The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, "You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son.
Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, because you will conceive and give birth to a son.
No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines."
' }, jdg_13_5: { caption: 'Judges 13:5', txt: 'No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines."
' }, jdg_13_6_7: { caption: 'Judges 13:6-7', txt: 'Then the woman went to her husband and told him, "A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn\'t ask him where he came from, and he didn\'t tell me his name.
But he said to me, \'You will conceive and give birth to a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from birth until the day of his death.\'"
' }, jdg_13_8_11: { caption: 'Judges 13:8-11', txt: 'Then Manoah prayed to the LORD : "O LORD, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born." God heard Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman while she was out in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
The woman hurried to tell her husband, "He\'s here! The man who appeared to me the other day!" Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the one who talked to my wife?" "I am," he said.<\p>' }, jdg_13_11: { caption: 'Judges 13:11', txt: '
When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the one who talked to my wife?" "I am," he said.<\p>' }, jdg_13_12_16: { w: 280, caption: 'Judges 13:12-16', txt: '
So Manoah asked him, "When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule for the boy\'s life and work?" The angel of the LORD answered, "Your wife must do all that I have told her.
She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her."
Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you." The angel of the LORD replied, "Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food.
But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." (Manoah did not realize that it was the angel of the LORD.)
' }, jdg_13_17_18: { caption: 'Judges 13:17-18', txt: 'Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?" He replied, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding."
' }, jdg_13_22_23: { caption: 'Judges 13:22-23', txt: '"We are doomed to die!" he said to his wife. "We have seen God!" But his wife answered, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this."
' }, jdg_13_24_25: { caption: 'Judges 13:24-25', txt: 'The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him, and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
' }, gen_3_14: { caption: 'Genesis 3:14', txt: 'So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
' }, isa_9_6: { caption: 'Isaiah 9:6', txt: 'For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
' }, mat_2_22_23: { caption: 'Matthew 2:22-23', txt: 'But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there.
Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.
So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
' }, mat_4_1_4: { caption: 'Matthew 4:1-4', txt: 'Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered, "It is written: \'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.\'"
' }, mat_4_5_7: { caption: 'Matthew 4:5-7', txt: 'Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: "\'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.\'"
Jesus answered him, "It is also written: \'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.\'"
' }, mat_4_8_11: { caption: 'Matthew 4:8-11', txt: 'Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: \'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.\'"
Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
' }, mat_4_16_17: { caption: 'Matthew 4:16-17', txt: 'the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned." From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
' }, luk_1_14_15: { caption: 'Luke 1:14-15', txt: 'He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord.
He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth.
' }, luk_1_30: { caption: 'Luke 1:30', txt: 'But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God."
' }, luk_1_34_35: { caption: 'Luke 1:34-35', txt: '"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
' }, luk_1_36_37: { caption: 'Luke 1:36-37', txt: 'Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God."
' }, luk_2_13_14: { caption: 'Luke 2:13-14', txt: 'Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
' }, luk_7_28: { caption: 'Luke 7:28', txt: 'I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
' }, joh_1_14: { caption: 'John 1:14', txt: 'The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
' }, joh_1_29_31: { caption: 'John 1:29-31', txt: 'The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
This is the one I meant when I said, \'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.\'
I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel."
' }, joh_3_29_30: { caption: 'John 3:29-30', txt: 'The bride belongs to the bridegroom.
The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom\'s voice.
That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.
' }, joh_3_36: { caption: 'John 3:36', txt: 'Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God\'s wrath remains on him."
' }, joh_8_58: { caption: 'John 8:58', txt: '"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
' }, f_cor_15_55_57: { caption: '1 Corinthians 15:55-57', txt: '"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
' }, rom_5_10_11: { caption: 'Romans 5:10-11', txt: 'For if, when we were God\'s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
' }, rom_6_23: { caption: 'Romans 6:23', txt: 'For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
' }, rom_8_20_21: { caption: 'Romans 8:20-21', txt: 'For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
' }, heb_4_15: { caption: 'Hebrews 4:15', txt: 'For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are -yet was without sin.
' }, rev_19_16: { caption: 'Revelation 19:16', txt: 'On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
' }, kingdom: { w: 200, caption: 'Parables Explaining the Kingdom', txt: '- Wheat and Tares
- Mustard Seed
- Yeast and Flour
- Hidden Treasure
- Pearl of Great Price
- Net Full of Fish