Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³ The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,^(A) he said to him, “Follow me.”^(B)

⁴⁴ Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.^{(C) 45} Philip found Nathanael^(D) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,^(E) and about whom the prophets also wrote^(F)—Jesus of Nazareth,^(G) the son of Joseph.”^(H)

⁴⁶ “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”^(I) Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite^(J) in whom there is no deceit.”^(K)

⁴⁸ “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

⁴⁹ Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,^(L) you are the Son of God;^(M) you are the king of Israel.”^(N)

⁵⁰ Jesus said, “You believe^[a] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” ⁵¹ He then added, “Very truly I tell you,^[b] you^[c] will see ‘heaven open,^(O) and the angels of God ascending and descending^(P) on’^[d] the Son of Man.”^(Q)

Faith and Deeds

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?^(A) Can such faith save them? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^{(B) 16} If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^{(C) 17} In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.^(D)

¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,^(E) and I will show you my faith^(F) by my deeds.^{(G) 19} You believe that there is one God.^(H) Good! Even the demons believe that^(I)—and shudder.

²⁰ You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless^[a]?^{(J) 21} Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?^{(K) 22} You see that his faith and his actions were working together,^(L) and his faith was made complete by what he did.^{(M) 23} And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”^[b](N) and he was called God’s friend.^{(O) 24} You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

²⁵ In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?^{(P) 26} As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.^(Q)

¹⁶ And I saw something else under the sun:

¹⁷ I said to myself,

¹⁸ I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.^{(C) 19} Surely the fate of human beings^(D) is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath^[a]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. ²⁰ All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.^{(E) 21} Who knows if the human spirit rises upward^(F) and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

²² So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,^(G) because that is their lot.^(H) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

God and Idols^(A)

10 Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. ² This is what the Lord says:

¹¹ “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish^(Z) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”^[a]

Coming Destruction

Jeremiah’s Prayer

The Covenant Is Broken

11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ² “Listen to the terms of this covenant^(BL) and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. ³ Tell them that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed^(BM) is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant— ⁴ the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt,^(BN) out of the iron-smelting furnace.^(BO)’ I said, ‘Obey^(BP) me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people,^(BQ) and I will be your God. ⁵ Then I will fulfill the oath I swore^(BR) to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’^(BS)—the land you possess today.”

I answered, “Amen,^(BT) Lord.”

⁶ The Lord said to me, “Proclaim^(BU) all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow^(BV) them. ⁷ From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again,^(BW) saying, “Obey me.” ⁸ But they did not listen or pay attention;^(BX) instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts.^(BY) So I brought on them all the curses^(BZ) of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.^(CA)’”

⁹ Then the Lord said to me, “There is a conspiracy^(CB) among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. ¹⁰ They have returned to the sins of their ancestors,^(CC) who refused to listen to my words.^(CD) They have followed other gods^(CE) to serve them.^(CF) Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant^(CG) I made with their ancestors. ¹¹ Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster^(CH) they cannot escape.^(CI) Although they cry^(CJ) out to me, I will not listen^(CK) to them. ¹² The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense,^(CL) but they will not help them at all when disaster^(CM) strikes. ¹³ You, Judah, have as many gods^(CN) as you have towns;^(CO) and the altars you have set up to burn incense^(CP) to that shameful^(CQ) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

¹⁴ “Do not pray^(CR) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen^(CS) when they call to me in the time of their distress.

¹⁷ The Lord Almighty, who planted^(CY) you, has decreed disaster^(CZ) for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused^(DA) my anger by burning incense to Baal.^(DB)

Plot Against Jeremiah

¹⁸ Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. ¹⁹ I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;^(DC) I did not realize that they had plotted^(DD) against me, saying,

²¹ Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth^(DK) who are threatening to kill you,^(DL) saying, “Do not prophesy^(DM) in the name of the Lord or you will die^(DN) by our hands”— ²² therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men^(DO) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. ²³ Not even a remnant^(DP) will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.^(DQ)”