³⁶ But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.^(A)

⁴⁷ As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice,^(A) I will show you what they are like.

²¹ He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”^(A)

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^(C)

²² After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.^(A) Then they believed the scripture^(B) and the words that Jesus had spoken.

³² This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.^(A)

¹¹ Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,^(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures^(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.^(C)

¹⁵ Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.^(A)

¹² For the word of God^(A) is alive^(B) and active.^(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,^(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.^(E)