Below are the full scriptures as taken from the
New King James Version for our weekly thoughts.

Thought For the Week

October 5, 2008

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and
all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your
foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the
great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the
sun, shall be your territory. 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with
Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this
people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong
and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded
you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of
the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good
success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for
the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
The Order to Cross the Jordan

10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 “Pass through the camp and command the
people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in
to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
12 And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying, 13 “Remember
the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The LORD your God is giving you
rest and is giving you this land.’ 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which
Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men
of valor, and help them, 15 until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as He gave you, and they also have
taken possession of the land which the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of
your possession and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the
sunrise.”
16 So they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will
go. 17 Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God be with you, as He
was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you
command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.”

October 10, 2008
Jeremiah 29
Jeremiah’s Letter to the Captives
1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the
elders who were carried away captive—to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar
had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 (This happened after Jeconiah the king, the queen
mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from
Jerusalem.) 3 The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah,
whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying,

4 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to
be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. 6 Take wives and beget sons and
daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and
daughters—that you may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city where I
have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace. 8
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your
midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely to
you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD.

10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good
word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says
the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me
and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me
with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will
gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring
you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

15 Because you have said, “The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon”— 16 therefore thus says the
LORD concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, concerning all the people who dwell in this city, and
concerning your brethren who have not gone out with you into captivity— 17 thus says the LORD of hosts:
Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that
cannot be eaten, they are so bad. 18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence;
and I will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be a curse, an astonishment, a
hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, 19 because they have not heeded My
words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them;
neither would you heed, says the LORD. 20 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity,
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son
of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And because of them a curse shall be taken up by
all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “The LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the
king of Babylon roasted in the fire”; 23 because they have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed
adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded
them. Indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD.

24 You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel, saying: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, to Zephaniah the son
of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 “The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada
the priest, so that there should be officers in the house of the LORD over every man who is demented and
considers himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison and in the stocks. 27 Now therefore, why have
you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who makes himself a prophet to you? 28 For he has sent to us in
Babylon, saying, ‘This captivity is long; build houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.’”

29 Now Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then the word of the
LORD came to Jeremiah, saying: 31 Send to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning
Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I have not sent him, and he has
caused you to trust in a lie— 32 therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite
and his family: he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for
My people, says the LORD, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.

October 19, 2008

2 Corinthians 10
The Spiritual War
1 Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who in presence am
lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. 2 But I beg you that when I am present I may not be
bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to
the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every
high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience
of Christ, 6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
Reality of Paul’s Authority

7 Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is
Christ’s, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ’s, even so we are Christ’s. 8 For even if I
should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your
destruction, I shall not be ashamed— 9 lest I seem to terrify you by letters. 10 “For his letters,” they say, “are
weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.” 11 Let such a person
consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are
present.
Limits of Paul’s Authority

12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they,
measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13 We,
however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us—a sphere
which especially includes you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not
extend to you), for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ; 15 not boasting of things beyond
measure, that is, in other men’s labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly
enlarged by you in our sphere, 16 to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another
man’s sphere of accomplishment.
17 But “he who glories, let him glory in the LORD.” 18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom
the Lord commends.

October 26, 2008

John 6

John 6
Feeding the Five Thousand
1 After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude
followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. 3 And Jesus went
up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great
multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” 6 But this He
said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them
may have a little.”
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There is a lad here who has five barley
loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down,
in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed
them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.
12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is
lost.” 13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves
which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did,
said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Jesus Walks on the Sea
 
15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He
departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
16 Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into the boat, and went over the sea
toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18 Then the sea arose because
a great wind was blowing. 19 So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the
sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid. 20 But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 Then
they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
The Bread from Heaven
 
22 On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no
other boat there, except that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with
His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone— 23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the
place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks— 24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus
was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 And when
they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”
26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs,
but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food
which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal
on Him.”
28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What
work will You do? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven
to eat.’”
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but
My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world.”
34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who
believes in Me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. 37 All that
the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 For I have
come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father
who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this
is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life;
and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Rejected by His Own
 
41 The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42
And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He
says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me
unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets,
‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to
Me. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate
the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may
eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will
live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
52 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink
His blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will
raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats My
flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the
Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven—
not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
Many Disciples Turn Away
 
60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”
61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend
you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives
life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some
of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who
would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been
granted to him by My Father.”
66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the
twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we
have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.
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