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Letter of James & Paul’s Letters to Thessalonians -  Subscribe to the Basic Bible Reading podcast, on your mobile device. James Chapter 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth. Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort; Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope; But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing. But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him. Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind. Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord; For there is a division in his mind, and

The Gospel According to John: part 4 -  Subscribe to the Basic Bible Reading podcast, on your mobile device. Chapter 16   I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.   They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God’s pleasure.   They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.   I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.   But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?   But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.   But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.   And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious

The Gospel According to John: part 3 -  Subscribe to the Basic Bible Reading podcast, on your mobile device. Chapter 10   Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.   He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.   The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.   When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.   They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.   In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.   So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.   All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.   I am the door: if any m

The Gospel According to John: part 2 -  Subscribe to the Basic Bible Reading podcast, on your mobile device. Chapter 6   After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, that is, the sea of Tiberias.   And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.   Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.   Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.   Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?   This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.   Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.   One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,   There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?   Jesus