"Looking at His disciples, He said:  'Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.  Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy because great is your reward in heaven.  For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.'"

"This is what the Lord says:  'I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem.  Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord will be called the Holy Mountain.'  This is what the Lord Almighty says:  'Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with cane in hand because of his age.  The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.'  This is what the Lord Almighty says:  'It may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?' declares the Lord Almighty. This is what the Lord Almighty says:  'I will save My people from the countries of the east and the west.'"

"Show me, O Lord, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.  You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before You.  Each man's life is but a breath.  Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:  He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.  But now, Lord, what do I look for?  My hope is in You."

"'You are My witnesses,' declares the Lord, 'and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me.  I even I, am the Lord, and apart from Me there is no savior.  I have revealed and saved and proclaimed- I, and not some foreign god among you.  You are My witnesses,' declares the Lord, 'that I am God.  Yes, and from ancient days I am He.  No one can deliver out of My hand.  When I act, who can reverse it?'"

"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among My people, if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.  Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.  I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever.  My eyes and My heart will always be there."

"God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact."