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When Abram returned from his victory over Chedorlaomer and the
kings who were allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to
greet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine, and being
a priest of God Most High, he blessed Abram with these words:
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of
heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, who delivered
your foes into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth
of everything. The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the
people; the goods you may keep." But Abram replied to the
king of Sodom: "I have sworn to the LORD, God Most High, the
creator of heaven and earth, that I would not take so much as a
thread or a sandal strap from anything that is yours, lest you
should say, 'I made Abram rich.' Nothing for me except what my
servants have used up and the share that is due to the men who
joined me - Aner, Eshcol and Mamre; let them take their
share." [GEN 14:17-24]
Sarah noticed the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to
Abraham playing with her son Isaac; so she demanded of Abraham:
"Drive out that slave and her son! No son of that slave is
going to share the inheritance with my son Isaac!" Abraham
was greatly distressed, especially on account of his son Ishmael.
But God said to Abraham: "Do not be distressed about the boy
or about your slave woman. Heed the demands of Sarah, no matter
what she is asking of you; for it is through Isaac that
descendants shall bear your name. As for the son of the slave
woman, I will make a great nation of him also, since he too is
your offspring." [GEN 21:9-13]
"This is the ritual of the cereal offering. One of Aaron's
sons shall first present it before the LORD, in front of the
altar. Then he shall take from it a handful of its fine flour and
oil, together with all the frankincense that is on it, and this he
shall burn on the altar as its token offering, a sweet-smelling
oblation to the LORD. The rest of it Aaron and his sons may eat;
but it must be eaten in the form of unleavened cakes and in a
sacred place: in the court of the meeting tent they shall eat it.
It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them as
their portion from the oblations of the LORD; it is most sacred,
like the sin offering and the guilt offering. All the male
descendants of Aaron may partake of it as their rightful share in
the oblations of the LORD perpetually throughout your generations.
Whatever touches the oblations becomes sacred."
[LEV 6:7-11]
This is the priestly share from the oblations of the LORD,
allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day he called them to be the
priests of the LORD; on the day he anointed them the LORD ordered the Israelites to
give them this share by a perpetual ordinance throughout their
generations. [LEV 7:35-36]
Moses said to his brother-in-law Hobab, son of Reuel the
Midianite, "We are setting out for the place which the LORD
has promised to give us. Come with us, and we will be generous
toward you, for the LORD has promised prosperity to Israel."
But he answered, "No, I will not come. I am going instead to
my own country and to my own kindred." Moses said,
"Please, do not leave us; you know where we can camp in the
desert, and you will serve as eyes for us. If you come with us, we
will share with you the prosperity the LORD will bestow on
us." [NUM 10:29-32]
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Assemble for me seventy of
the elders of Israel, men you know for true elders and authorities
among the people, and bring them to the meeting tent. When they
are in place beside you, I will come down and speak with you
there. I will also take some of the spirit that is on you and will
bestow it on them, that they may share the burden of the people
with you. You will then not have to bear it by yourself." [NUM 11:16-17]
The LORD said to Aaron, "I myself have given you charge of
the contributions made to me in the various sacred offerings of
the Israelites; by perpetual ordinance I have assigned them to you
and to your sons as your priestly share. You shall have the right
to share in the oblations that are most sacred, in whatever they
offer me as cereal offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings;
these shares shall accrue to you and to your sons. In eating them
you shall treat them as most sacred; every male among you may
partake of them. As sacred, they belong to you." [NUM 18:8-10]
From this, the Israelites' share, Moses, as the LORD had
ordered, took one out of every fifty, both of persons and of
beasts, and gave them to the Levites, who had charge of the LORD'S
Dwelling. [NUM 31:47]
"At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to
carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to be in attendance
before the LORD and minister to him, and to give blessings in his
name, as they have done to this day. For this reason, Levi has no
share in the heritage with his brothers; the LORD himself is his
heritage, as the LORD, your God, has told him." [DEUT 10:8-9]
"But do not neglect the Levite who belongs to your community,
for he has no share in the heritage with you. At the end of
every third year you shall bring out all the tithes of your
produce for that year and deposit them in community stores, that
the Levite who has no share in the heritage with you, and also the
alien, the orphan and the widow who belong to your community, may
come and eat their fill; so that the LORD, your God, may bless you
in all that you undertake." [DEUT 14:27-29]
"The whole priestly tribe of Levi shall have no share in the heritage with Israel; they shall live on the oblations of the LORD and the portions due to him.
Levi shall have no heritage among his brothers; the LORD himself is his heritage, as he has told him."
[DEUT 18:1-2]
On the contrary, he shall recognize as his first-born the son
of her whom he dislikes, giving him a double share of whatever he
happens to own, since he is the first fruits of his manhood, and
to him belong the rights of the first-born. [DEUT 21:17]
When the Most High assigned the nations their heritage, when he parceled out the descendants of Adam, He set up the boundaries of the peoples after the number of the sons of God; While the LORD'S own portion was Jacob, His hereditary share was Israel.
[DEUT 32:8-9]
Furthermore, Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of
Machir, son of Manasseh, had had no sons, but only daughters,
whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. These
presented themselves to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua, son of Nun,
and to the princes, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give
us a heritage among our kinsmen." So in obedience to the
command of the LORD a heritage was given to each of them among
their father's kinsmen. Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh apart
from the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan, since these
female descendants of Manasseh received each a portion among his
sons. The land of Gilead fell to the rest of the Manassehites. [JOSH
17:3-6]
The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, "Why have you
given us only one lot and one share as our heritage? Our people
are too many, because of the extent to which the LORD has blessed
us." Joshua answered them, "If you are too many, go up
to the forest and clear out a place for yourselves there in the
land of the Perizzites and Rephaim, since the mountain regions of
Ephraim are so narrow." For the Josephites said, "Our
mountain regions are not enough for us; on the other hand, the
Canaanites living in the valley region all have iron chariots, in
particular those in Beth-shean and its towns, and those in the
valley of Jezreel." Joshua therefore said to Ephraim and
Manasseh, the house of Joseph, "You are a numerous people and
very strong. You shall have not merely one share, for the mountain
region which is now forest shall be yours when you clear it. Its
adjacent land shall also be yours if, despite their strength and
iron chariots, you drive out the Canaanites." [JOSH 17:14-18]
Seven tribes among the Israelites had not yet received their
heritage. Joshua therefore said to the Israelites, "How much
longer will you put off taking steps to possess the land which the
LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? Choose three men
from each of your tribes; I will commission them to begin a survey
of the land, which they shall describe for purposes of
inheritance. When they return to me you shall divide it into seven
parts. Judah is to retain its territory in the south, and the
house of Joseph its territory in the north. You shall bring here
to me the description of the land in seven sections. I will then
cast lots for you here before the LORD, our God. For the Levites
have no share among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is
their heritage; while Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
have already received the heritage east of the Jordan which Moses,
the servant of the LORD, gave them." When those who were to
map out the land were ready for the journey, Joshua instructed
them to survey the land, prepare a description of it, and return
to him; then he would cast lots for them there before the LORD in
Shiloh. So they went through the land, listed its cities in
writing in seven sections, and returned to Joshua in the camp at
Shiloh. Joshua then divided up the land for the Israelites into
their separate shares, casting lots for them before the LORD in
Shiloh. [JOSH 18:2-10]
If you consider the land you now possess unclean, cross over to
the land the LORD possesses, where the Dwelling of the LORD
stands, and share that with us. But do not rebel against the LORD,
nor involve us in rebellion, by building an altar of your own in
addition to the altar of the LORD, our God. [JOSH 22:19]
We did it rather out of our anxious concern lest in the future
your children should say to our children: 'What have you to do
with the LORD, the God of Israel? For the LORD has placed the
Jordan as a boundary between you and us. You descendants of Reuben
and Gad have no share in the LORD.' Thus your children would
prevent ours from revering the LORD. [JOSH 22:24-25]
Please, now, let my lord the king listen to the words of his
servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, let an offering
appease him; but if men, may they be cursed before the LORD,
because they have exiled me so that this day I have no share in
the LORD'S inheritance, but am told: 'Go serve other gods!' [1SAM
26:19]
But David said: "You must not do this, my brothers, after
what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into
our grip the band that came against us. Who could agree with this
proposal of yours? Rather, the share of the one who goes down to
battle and that of the one who remains with the baggage shall be
the same; they shall share alike." And from that day forward
he made it a law and a custom in Israel, as it still is today. [1SAM
30:23-25]
But the poor man had nothing at all except one little ewe lamb
that he had bought. He nourished her, and she grew up with him and
his children. She shared the little food he had and drank from his
cup and slept in his bosom. She was like a daughter to him. [2SAM
12:3]
The Israelites answered the Judahites: "We have ten shares
in the king. Also, we are the first-born rather than you. Why do
you slight us? Were we not first to speak of restoring the
king?" Then the Judahites in turn spoke even more fiercely
than the Israelites. [2SAM 19:44]
Now a rebellious individual from Benjamin named Sheba, the
son of Bichri, happened to be there. He sounded the horn and
cried out, "We have no portion in David, nor any
share in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tent, O
Israel!" So all the Israelites left David for Sheba, son of
Bichri. But from the Jordan to Jerusalem the Judahites remained
loyal to their king. [2SAM 20:1-2]
The king said to Abiathar the priest: "Go to your land in Anathoth. Though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David and shared in all the hardships my father endured."
So Solomon deposed Abiathar from his office of priest of the LORD, thus fulfilling the prophecy which the LORD had made in Shiloh about the house of Eli.
[1KGS 2:26-27]
When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the
people answered the king. "What share have we in David? We
have no heritage in the son of Jesse. Everyone to your tents, O
Israel! Now look to your own house, David!" So all Israel
went off to their tents. [2CHRON 10:16]
On hearing of this, Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite
slave, and Geshem the Arab mocked us and ridiculed us. "What
is this that you are about?" they asked. "Are you
rebelling against the king?" My answer to them was this:
"It is the God of heaven who will grant us success. We, his
servants, shall set about the rebuilding; but for you there is to
be neither share nor claim nor memorial in Jerusalem." [NEH
2:19-20]
Thus under King Esarhaddon I returned to my home, and my wife
Anna and my son Tobiah were restored to me. Then on our festival
of Pentecost, the feast of Weeks, a fine dinner was prepared for
me, and I reclined to eat. The table was set for me, and when many
different dishes were placed before me, I said to my son Tobiah:
"My son, go out and try to find a poor man from among our
kinsmen exiled here in Nineveh. If he is a sincere worshiper of
God, bring him back with you, so that he can share this meal with
me. Indeed, son, I shall wait for you to come back." [TOBIT
2:1-2]
Be lavish with your bread and wine at the burial of the
virtuous, but do not share them with sinners. [TOBIT 4:17]
When he saw the sacrileges that were being committed in Judah
and in Jerusalem, he said: "Woe is me! Why was I born to see
the ruin of my people and the ruin of the holy city, and to sit
idle while it is given into the hands of enemies, and the
sanctuary into the hands of strangers? Her temple has become
like a man disgraced, her glorious ornaments have been carried off
as spoils, Her infants have been murdered in her
streets, her young men by the sword of the enemy. What nation
has not taken its share of her realm, and laid its hand on
her possessions? All her adornment has been taken away. From
being free, she has become a slave. We see our sanctuary and our
beauty and our glory laid waste, And the Gentiles have
defiled them! Why are we still alive?" Then Mattathias and
his sons tore their garments, put on sackcloth, and mourned
bitterly. [1MACC 2:6-14]
Instead of collecting the third of the grain and the half of
the fruit of the trees that should be my share, I renounce the
right from this day forward: Neither now nor in the future will I
collect them from the land of Judah or from the three districts
annexed from Samaria. [Taken from 1MACC 10:30]
Therefore, the Place itself, having shared in the people's misfortunes,
afterward participated in their good fortune; and
what the Almighty had forsaken in his anger was restored in all
its glory, once the great Sovereign became reconciled. [2MACC
5:20]
They collected the enemy's arms and stripped them of their
spoils, and then observed the sabbath with fervent praise and
thanks to the Lord who kept them safe for that day on which he let
descend on them the first dew of his mercy. After the sabbath,
they gave a share of the booty to the persecuted and to widows and
orphans; the rest they divided among themselves and their
children. When this was done, they made supplication in common,
imploring the merciful Lord to be completely reconciled with his
servants. [2MACC 8:27-29]
He urged him to marry and have children; so Judas married,
settled down, and shared the common life. [2MACC 14:25]
If I have denied anything to the poor, or allowed the eyes
of the widow to languish While I ate my portion alone, with
no share in it for the fatherless, Though like a father God has
reared me from my youth, guiding me even from my mother's
womb - If I have seen a wanderer without clothing, or a poor
man without covering, Whose limbs have not blessed me when
warmed with the fleece of my sheep; If I have raised my hand
against the innocent because I saw that I had supporters at
the gate - Then may my arm fall from the shoulder, my forearm
be broken at the elbow! For the dread of God will be upon
me, and his majesty will overpower me. [JOB 31:16-23]
The wings of the ostrich beat idly; her plumage is lacking in
pinions... God has withheld wisdom from her and has given her no share
in understanding. [Taken from JOB 39:13,17]
Even the friend who had my trust, who shared my table, has
scorned me. [PS 41:10]
May the LORD bless you from Zion, all the days of your life That you may share Jerusalem's joy and live to see your children's children. Peace upon Israel!
[PS 128:5-6]
Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your
own well. How may your water sources be dispersed
abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let your fountain be
yours alone, not one shared with strangers; And have joy of
the wife of your youth, your lovely hind, your graceful
doe. Her love will invigorate you always, through her
love you will flourish continually, When you lie down she will
watch over you, and when you wake, she will share your
concerns; wherever you turn, she will guide you. Why then, my
son, should you go astray for another's wife and accept the
embraces of an adulteress? For each man's ways are plain to the
LORD'S sight; all their paths he surveys; By his own
iniquities the wicked man will be caught, in the meshes of
his own sin he will be held fast; He will die from lack of
discipline, through the greatness of his folly he will be
lost. [PROV 5:15-23,6:22]
The heart knows its own bitterness, and in its joy no one else
shares. [PROV 14:10]
It is better to be humble with the meek than to share plunder
with the proud. [PROV 16:19]
An intelligent servant will rule over a worthless son, and will
share the inheritance with the brothers. [PROV 17:2]
Nothing that my eyes desired did I deny them, nor did I deprive
myself of any joy, but my heart rejoiced in the fruit of all my
toil. This was my share for all my toil. But when I turned to all
the works that my hands had wrought, and to the toil at which I
had taken such pains, behold! all was vanity and a chase after
wind, with nothing gained under the sun. For what will the man do
who is to come after the king? What men have already done! I went
on to the consideration of wisdom, madness and folly. [ECCL 2:10-12]
Therefore I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded
and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepter
and throne, And deemed riches nothing in comparison with her,
nor did I liken any priceless gem to her; Because all gold,
in view of her, is a little sand, and before her, silver is
to be accounted mire. Beyond health and comeliness I loved
her, And I chose to have her rather than the
light, because the splendor of her never yields to sleep. Yet
all good things together came to me in her company, and
countless riches at her hands; And I rejoiced in them all, because
Wisdom is their leader, though I had not known that she is
the mother of these. Simply I learned about her, and ungrudgingly
do I share- her riches I do not hide away; For to men she is
an unfailing treasure; those who gain this treasure win the
friendship of God, to whom the gifts they have from
discipline commend them. [WISDOM 7:7-14]
For in secret the holy children of the good were offering
sacrifice and putting into effect with one accord the divine
institution, That your holy ones should share alike the same good
things and dangers, having previously sung the praises of the
fathers. [WISDOM 18:9]
Yet these, after welcoming them with festivities, oppressed
with awful toils those who now shared with them the same rights.
[WISDOM 19:16]
In the miser's opinion his share is too small; he refuses his neighbor and brings ruin on himself.
[SIRACH 14:8-9]
My son, use freely whatever you have and enjoy it as best
you can; Remember that death does not tarry, nor have you
been told the grave's appointed time. Before you die, be good to
your friend, and give him a share in what you possess. [SIRACH
14:11-13]
Make fast friends with a man while he is poor; thus will you
enjoy his prosperity with him. In time of trouble remain true to
him, so as to share in his inheritance when it comes. [SIRACH
22:23]
He who spoils his son will have wounds to bandage, and
will quake inwardly at every outcry. A colt untamed turns out
stubborn; a son left to himself grows up unruly. Pamper your
child and he will be a terror for you, indulge him and he
will bring you grief. Share not in his frivolity lest you share in
his sorrow, when finally your teeth are clenched in remorse.
Give him not his own way in his youth, and close not your
eyes to his follies. Bend him to the yoke when he is
young, thrash his sides while he is still small, Lest he
become stubborn, disobey you, and leave you disconsolate.
Discipline your son, make heavy his yoke, lest his folly
humiliate you. [SIRACH 30:7-13]
If you are chosen to preside at dinner, be not puffed
up, but with the guests be as one of themselves; Take
care of them first before you sit down; when you have fulfilled
your duty, then take your place, To share in their
joy and win praise for your hospitality. [SIRACH 32:1-2]
A false friend will share your joys, but in time of trouble he
stands afar off. [SIRACH 37:4]
Be ashamed of theft from the people where you settle, and
of stretching out your elbow when you dine; Of refusing to give
when asked, of defrauding another of his appointed share, Of
failing to return a greeting, and of rebuffing a friend [Taken from SIRACH
41:18-20]
But [Aaron] holds no land among the people nor shares with them
their heritage; For the LORD himself is his portion, his
inheritance in the midst of Israel. [Taken from SIRACH 45:22]
Look in the book of the LORD and read: No one of these
shall be lacking, For the mouth of the LORD has ordered
it, and his spirit shall gather them there. It is he who
casts the lot for them, and with his hands he marks off their
shares of her; They shall possess her forever, and dwell
there from generation to generation. [ISA 34:16-17]
[Jesus said,] "It will be as when a man who was going on a journey
called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To
one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one - to
each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the
one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made
another five. Likewise, the one who received two made another two.
But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground
and buried his master's money. After a long time the master of
those servants came back and settled accounts with them. The one
who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional
five. He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made
five more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and
faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will
give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.'
(Then) the one who had received two talents also came forward and
said, 'Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two
more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful
servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you
great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.' Then the
one who had received the one talent came forward and said,
'Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you
did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of
fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is
back.' His master said to him in reply, 'You wicked, lazy servant!
So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where
I did not scatter? Should you not then have put my money in the
bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with
ten. For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow
rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken
away. And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'" [Taken
from MK 2:14-30]
[John] said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him,
"You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming
wrath? Produce good fruits as evidence of your repentance; and do
not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,'
for I tell you, God can raise up children to Abraham from these
stones. Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore
every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and
thrown into the fire." And the crowds asked him, "What
then should we do?" He said to them in reply, "Whoever
has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And
whoever has food should do likewise." Even tax collectors
came to be baptized and they said to him, "Teacher, what
should we do?" He answered them, "Stop collecting more
than what is prescribed." Soldiers also asked him, "And
what is it that we should do?" He told them, "Do not
practice extortion, do not falsely accuse anyone, and be satisfied
with your wages." [Taken from LK 3:7-14]
While he was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his
disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their
hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said, "Why are you
doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?" Jesus said to them in
reply, "Have you not read what David did when he and those
(who were) with him were hungry? (How) he went into the house of
God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could
lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions."
Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."
[LK 6:1-5]
Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my
brother to share the inheritance with me." He replied to him,
"Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?"
Then he said to the crowd, "Take care to guard against all
greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of
possessions." [LK 12:13-15]
Then he said, "A man had two sons, and the younger son
said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of your estate that
should come to me.' So the father divided the property between
them. After a few days, the younger son collected all his
belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered
his inheritance on a life of dissipation. When he had freely spent
everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found
himself in dire need. Coming to his senses he thought, 'How many
of my father's hired workers have more than enough food to eat,
but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my
father and I shall say to him, "Father, I have sinned against
heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son;
treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers."' So
he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long
way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with
compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. His
son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against
you; I no longer deserve to be called your son. But his father
ordered his servants, 'Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on
him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet...Then let
us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead, and
has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.' Then the
celebration began. Now the older son had been out in the field
and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound
of music and dancing. He became angry, and when he refused to
enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. He said
to him, 'My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is
yours. But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother
was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been
found.'" [Taken from LK 15:11-14, 17-25, 28, 31-32]
When the hour came, he took his place at table with the
apostles. He said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat
this Passover with you before I suffer, for, I tell you, I shall
not eat it (again) until there is fulfillment in the kingdom of
God." Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, "Take
this and share it among yourselves; for I tell you (that) from
this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the
kingdom of God comes." Then he took the bread, said the
blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my
body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me."
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup
is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you." [LK
22:14-20]
"And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in
the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in
your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as
we are. When I was with them I protected them in your name that
you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except
the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be
fulfilled. But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world
so that they may share my joy completely. I gave them your word,
and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world
any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take
them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one.
They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the
world. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you
sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I
consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated
in truth." [Taken from JN 17:11-19]
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes
and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They
also took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one
piece from the top down. So they said to one another, "Let's
not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will
be," in order that the passage of scripture might be
fulfilled (that says): "They divided my garments among
them, and for my vesture they cast lots." This is what
the soldiers did. [JN 19:23-24]
During those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers
(there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the
one place). He said, "My brothers, the scripture had to be
fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth
of David, concerning Judas, who was the guide for those who
arrested Jesus. He was numbered among us and was allotted a share
in this ministry. He bought a parcel of land with the wages of his
iniquity... This became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem,
so that the parcel of land was called in their language 'Akeldama,'
that is, Field of Blood. For it is written in the Book of
Psalms: 'Let his encampment become desolate, and may no
one dwell in it.' And: 'May another take his office.'
Therefore, it is necessary that one of the men who accompanied us
the whole time the Lord Jesus came and went among us, beginning
from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up
from us, become with us a witness to his resurrection." [Taken from ACTS
1:15-22]
When Simon saw that the Spirit was conferred by the laying on
of the apostles' hands, he offered them money and said, "Give
me this power too, so that anyone upon whom I lay my hands may
receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter said to him, "May
your money perish with you, because you thought that you could buy
the gift of God with money. You have no share or lot in this
matter, for your heart is not upright before God. Repent of this
wickedness of yours and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your
intention may be forgiven. For I see that you are filled with
bitter gall and are in the bonds of iniquity." Simon said in
reply, "Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you
have said may come upon me."
[ACTS 8:18-24]
For I long to see you, that I may share with you some spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened,
that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine. [ROM
1:11-12]
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as
nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. For
creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the
children of God; for creation was made subject to futility, not of
its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope
that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption
and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God. [ROM 8:18-21]
If the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch of dough;
and if the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some of the
branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were
grafted in their place and have come to share in the rich root of
the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. If you do
boast, consider that you do not support the root; the root
supports you. Indeed you will say, "Branches were broken off
so that I might be grafted in." That is so. They were broken
off because of unbelief, but you are there because of faith. So do
not become haughty, but stand in awe. For if God did not spare the
natural branches, (perhaps) he will not spare you either. See,
then, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who
fell, but God's kindness to you, provided you remain in his
kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off. And they also, if
they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is
able to graft them in again. For if you were cut from what is by
nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a
cultivated one, how much more will they who belong to it by nature
be grafted back into their own olive tree.
[ROM 11:16-24]
For Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make some contribution
for the poor among the holy ones in Jerusalem; they decided to do
it, and in fact they are indebted to them, for if the Gentiles
have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also
to serve them in material blessings. [ROM 15:26-27]
It is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle
an ox while it is treading out the grain." Is God concerned
about oxen, or is he not really speaking for our sake? It was
written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope, and
the thresher in hope of receiving a share. If we have sown
spiritual seed for you, is it a great thing that we reap a
material harvest from you? If others share this rightful claim on
you, do not we still more? Yet we have not used this right. On the
contrary, we endure everything so as not to place an obstacle to
the gospel of Christ. [1COR 9:9-12]
Although I am free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave
to all so as to win over as many as possible. To the Jews I became
like a Jew to win over Jews; to those under the law I became like
one under the law - though I myself am not under the law - to win
over those under the law. To those outside the law I became like
one outside the law - though I am not outside God's law but within
the law of Christ - to win over those outside the law. To the weak
I became weak, to win over the weak. I have become all things to
all, to save at least some. All this I do for the sake of the
gospel, so that I too may have a share in it. Do you not know that
the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins
the prize? Run so as to win. Every athlete exercises discipline in
every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an
imperishable one. Thus I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight as
if I were shadowboxing. No, I drive my body and train it, for fear
that, after having preached to others, I myself should be
disqualified. [1COR 9:19-27]
As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of
the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one
Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks,
slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one
Spirit. Now the body is not a single part, but many. If a foot
should say, "Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the
body," it does not for this reason belong any less to the
body. Or if an ear should say, "Because I am not an eye I do
not belong to the body," it does not for this reason belong
any less to the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would
the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the
sense of smell be? But as it is, God placed the parts, each one of
them, in the body as he intended. If they were all one part, where
would the body be? But as it is, there are many parts, yet one
body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need
you," nor again the head to the feet, "I do not need
you." Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker
are all the more necessary, and those parts of the body that we
consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our
less presentable parts are treated with greater propriety, whereas
our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so
constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is
without it, so that there may be no division in the body, but that
the parts may have the same concern for one another. If (one) part
suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all
the parts share its joy. [1COR 12:12-26]
Our hope for you is firm, for we know that as you share in the
sufferings, you also share in the encouragement. [2COR 1:7]
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not listen to
the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the
slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman. The son of the
slave woman was born naturally, the son of the freeborn through a
promise. Now this is an allegory. These women represent two
covenants. One was from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery;
this is Hagar. Hagar represents Sinai, a mountain in Arabia; it
corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery along
with her children. But the Jerusalem above is freeborn, and she is
our mother. For it is written: "Rejoice, you barren one
who bore no children; break forth and shout, you who were not
in labor; for more numerous are the children of the deserted
one than of her who has a husband." Now you, brothers,
like Isaac, are children of the promise. But just as then the
child of the flesh persecuted the child of the spirit, it is the
same now. But what does the scripture say? "Drive out
the slave woman and her son! For the son of the slave woman
shall not share the inheritance with the son" of
the freeborn. Therefore, brothers, we are children not of the
slave woman but of the freeborn woman. [GAL 4:21-31]
One who is being instructed in the word should share all good
things with his instructor. [GAL 6:6]
The thief must no longer steal, but rather labor, doing honest
work with his (own) hands, so that he may have something to share
with one in need. [EPH 4:28]
Do everything without grumbling or questioning, that you may be
blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the
midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine
like lights in the world, as you hold on to the word of life, so
that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in
vain or labor in vain. But, even if I am poured out as a libation
upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my
joy with all of you. In the same way you also should rejoice and
share your joy with me. [PHIL 2:14-18]
I rejoice greatly in the Lord that now at last you revived your
concern for me. You were, of course, concerned about me but lacked
an opportunity. Not that I say this because of need, for I have
learned, in whatever situation I find myself, to be
self-sufficient. I know indeed how to live in humble
circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every
circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being
well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and of being
in need. I have the strength for everything through him who
empowers me. Still, it was kind of you to share in my distress.
You Philippians indeed know that at the beginning of the gospel,
when I left Macedonia, not a single church shared with me in an
account of giving and receiving, except you alone. For even when I
was at Thessalonica you sent me something for my needs, not only
once but more than once. It is not that I am eager for the gift;
rather, I am eager for the profit that accrues to your account. I
have received full payment and I abound. I am very well supplied
because of what I received from you through Epaphroditus, "a
fragrant aroma," an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. My
God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his
glorious riches in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father, glory
forever and ever. Amen. [PHIL 4:10-20]
Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying
for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of
his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding to live in
a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every
good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of God,
strengthened with every power, in accord with his glorious might,
for all endurance and patience, with joy giving thanks to the
Father, who has made you fit to share in the inheritance of the
holy ones in light. [COL 1:9-12]
I say this so that no one may deceive you by specious
arguments. For even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you
in spirit, rejoicing as I observe your good order and the firmness
of your faith in Christ. So, as you received Christ Jesus the
Lord, walk in him, rooted in him and built upon him and
established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in
thanksgiving. See to it that no one captivate you with an empty,
seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to
the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ. For
in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you
share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every
principality and power. [COL 2:4-10]
With such affection for you, we were determined to share with
you not only the gospel of God, but our very selves as well, so
dearly beloved had you become to us. [1THES 2:8]
Do not lay hands too readily on anyone, and do not share in
another's sins. Keep yourself pure. [1TM 5:22]
Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to
rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who
richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment. Tell them to
do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, ready to share,
thus accumulating as treasure a good foundation for the future, so
as to win the life that is true life. [1TM 6:17-19]
So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me,
a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the
gospel with the strength that comes from God. [2TM 1:8]
So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ
Jesus. And what you heard from me through many witnesses entrust
to faithful people who will have the ability to teach others as
well. Bear your share of hardship along with me like a good
soldier of Christ Jesus. To satisfy the one who recruited him, a
soldier does not become entangled in the business affairs of life.
Similarly, an athlete cannot receive the winner's crown except by
competing according to the rules. The hardworking farmer ought to
have the first share of the crop. [2TM 2:1-6]
He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have
one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them
"brothers," saying: "I will proclaim your name
to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly I will praise
you"; and again: "I will put my trust in
him"; and again: "Behold, I and the children
God has given me." Now since the children share in blood and
flesh, he likewise shared in them, that through death he might
destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
and free those who through fear of death had been subject to
slavery all their life. Surely he did not help angels but rather
the descendants of Abraham; therefore, he had to become like his
brothers in every way, that he might be a merciful and faithful
high priest before God to expiate the sins of the people. Because
he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help
those who are being tested. [HEB 2:11-18]
For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been
enlightened and tasted the heavenly gift and shared in the Holy Spirit
and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age
to come, and then have fallen away, to bring them to repentance
again, since they are recrucifying the Son of God for themselves
and holding him up to contempt. Ground that has absorbed the rain
falling upon it repeatedly and brings forth crops useful to those
for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. But if it
produces thorns and thistles, it is rejected; it will soon be
cursed and finally burned. [HEB 6:4-8]
Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as
sons. For what "son" is there whom his father does not
discipline? If you are without discipline, in which all have
shared, you are not sons but bastards. Besides this, we have had our earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them.
Should we not (then) submit all the more to the Father of spirits
and live? They disciplined us for a short time as seemed right to
them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we may share
his holiness. At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for
joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of
righteousness to those who are trained by it. So strengthen your
drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your
feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed. [HEB
12:7-13]
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have; God is
pleased by sacrifices of that kind. [HEB 13:16]
Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring
among you, as if something strange were happening to you. But
rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ,
so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice
exultantly. [1PT 4:12-13]
So I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and
witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the
glory to be revealed. Tend the flock of God in your midst,
(overseeing) not by constraint but willingly, as God would have
it, not for shameful profit but eagerly. Do not lord it over those
assigned to you, but be examples to the flock. And when the chief
Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the unfading crown of
glory. [1PT 5:1-4]
Symeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who
have received a faith of equal value to ours through the
righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ: may grace and
peace be yours in abundance through knowledge of God and of Jesus
our Lord. His divine power has bestowed on us everything that
makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who
called us by his own glory and power. Through these, he has
bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that
through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after
escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil
desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your
faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with
self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with
devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with
love. If these are yours and increase in abundance, they will keep
you from being idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted,
forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins. Therefore, brothers,
be all the more eager to make your call and election firm, for, in
doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way, entry into the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ will be richly
provided for you.
[2PT 1:1-11]
Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not
acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh; such is the
deceitful one and the antichrist. Look to yourselves that you do
not lose what we worked for but may receive a full recompense.
Anyone who is so "progressive" as not to remain in the
teaching of the Christ does not have God; whoever remains in the
teaching has the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and
does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him in your house or
even greet him; for whoever greets him shares in his evil works. [2JN
1:7-11]
I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the
kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the
island called Patmos because I proclaimed God's word and gave
testimony to Jesus. [RV 1:9]
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Depart
from her, my people, so as not to take part in her
sins and receive a share in her plagues, for her sins are
piled up to the sky, and God remembers her crimes." [Taken from RV
18:4-5]
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first
resurrection. The second death has no power over these; they will
be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for
(the) thousand years. [RV 20:6] [Note: The reader is reminded
that there are different classes of the priesthood and not
all peoples have been allowed to share in the ministerial
priesthood. As in the Old Testament, (e.g. where God spoke to
Moses: "You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy
nation. That is what you must tell the Israelites" - see EX
19:6) different classes of the priesthood exist, including a
general priesthood of followers who can offer prayers,
thanksgiving, etc. to God. The universal priesthood should not be
confused with the ministerial priesthood. For additional
information on this topic, visit the non-Catholics
section.]
I warn everyone who hears the prophetic words in this book: if
anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in
this book, and if anyone takes away from the words in this
prophetic book, God will take away his share in the tree of life
and in the holy city described in this book. [RV 22:18-19]
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