id stringlengths 5 9 | embedding list | metadata dict | document stringlengths 10 2.88k |
|---|---|---|---|
142:6.2 | [
0.009937253780663013,
-0.017088966444134712,
0.022051114588975906,
-0.02278960682451725,
-0.011582666076719761,
0.014743929728865623,
0.008641653694212437,
0.0040779015980660915,
-0.030783461406826973,
-0.01030002161860466,
0.009736435487866402,
0.011252287775278091,
0.011764049530029297,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.2"
} | In receiving Nicodemus, Jesus showed no particular deference; in talking with him, there was no compromise or undue persuasiveness. The Master made no attempt to repulse his secretive caller, nor did he employ sarcasm. In all his dealings with the distinguished visitor, Jesus was calm, earnest, and dignified. Nicodemus... |
142:6.3 | [
0.009124549105763435,
-0.02700313925743103,
-0.005275031551718712,
-0.022569600492715836,
-0.02700313925743103,
0.012641236186027527,
-0.0026720548048615456,
-0.00633945781737566,
-0.04014047980308533,
0.009570414200425148,
0.01824909821152687,
0.020924292504787445,
0.0031194903422147036,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.3"
} | Upon being presented by Flavius, Nicodemus said: “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God, for no mere man could so teach unless God were with him. And I am desirous of knowing more about your teachings regarding the coming kingdom.” |
142:6.4 | [
0.012913715094327927,
-0.024162771180272102,
-0.00849984772503376,
-0.013682989403605461,
-0.0257391519844532,
0.005813694093376398,
-0.0016851515974849463,
0.00392518937587738,
-0.05029286816716194,
0.004376034252345562,
0.016734862700104713,
0.024452826008200645,
0.004158493597060442,
-0... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.4"
} | Jesus answered Nicodemus: “Verily, verily, I say to you, Nicodemus, except a man be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Then replied Nicodemus: “But how can a man be born again when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born.” |
142:6.5 | [
0.0008006662246771157,
-0.01450117863714695,
-0.016943752765655518,
-0.006202853284776211,
-0.018216462805867195,
-0.013562715612351894,
-0.012360711582005024,
-0.017972204834222794,
-0.03836127370595932,
-0.018113616853952408,
-0.0069227698259055614,
0.024078641086816788,
-0.020504768937826... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.5"
} | Jesus said: “Nevertheless, I declare to you, except a man be born of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. But you should not marvel that I said you must be born from above. When the wind blows, you hear the rustle ... |
142:6.6 | [
0.008841093629598618,
-0.020211756229400635,
-0.00303021352738142,
-0.024936100468039513,
-0.023038921877741814,
0.014470625668764114,
-0.014073830097913742,
-0.002479970222339034,
-0.04238269105553627,
0.005331935826689005,
0.009919880889356136,
0.021526141092181206,
-0.010037679225206375,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.6"
} | Nicodemus replied: “But I do not understand—how can that be?” Said Jesus: “Can it be that you are a teacher in Israel and yet ignorant of all this? It becomes, then, the duty of those who know about the realities of the spirit to reveal these things to those who discern only the manifestations of the material world. Bu... |
142:6.7 | [
0.01334499940276146,
-0.013663344085216522,
-0.006818938069045544,
-0.024168711155653,
-0.037386372685432434,
0.004877036903053522,
-0.0066215647384524345,
-0.0003332668566145003,
-0.038201335817575455,
0.0027170698158442974,
-0.005239949561655521,
0.027581363916397095,
-0.001221646787598729... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.7"
} | And Nicodemus said: “But how can I begin to lay hold upon this spirit which is to remake me in preparation for entering into the kingdom?” Jesus answered: “Already does the spirit of the Father in heaven indwell you. If you would be led by this spirit from above, very soon would you begin to see with the eyes of the sp... |
142:6.8 | [
0.0028844631742686033,
-0.021320652216672897,
-0.0027983353938907385,
-0.018798574805259705,
-0.037727151066064835,
0.034477055072784424,
-0.004940150771290064,
-0.00017581005522515625,
-0.03494506701827049,
-0.010465320199728012,
0.007878241129219532,
0.015457471832633018,
0.005099406000226... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.8"
} | Nicodemus was thoroughly sincere. He was deeply impressed but went away bewildered. Nicodemus was accomplished in self-development, in self-restraint, and even in high moral qualities. He was refined, egoistic, and altruistic; but he did not know how to submit his will to the will of the divine Father as a little child... |
142:6.9 | [
0.023256119340658188,
-0.018636394292116165,
-0.010610932484269142,
-0.013964170590043068,
-0.0331517830491066,
0.027035893872380257,
-0.010676553472876549,
0.013465450145304203,
-0.016707133501768112,
-0.0031170023139566183,
0.017547084018588066,
0.018807008862495422,
0.009908786974847317,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 9,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "142:6.9"
} | But Nicodemus did summon faith enough to lay hold of the kingdom. He faintly protested when his colleagues of the Sanhedrin sought to condemn Jesus without a hearing; and with Joseph of Arimathea, he later boldly acknowledged his faith and claimed the body of Jesus, even when most of the disciples had fled in fear from... |
142:7.1 | [
0.007158083375543356,
-0.014785122126340866,
-0.010584062896668911,
-0.03191502019762993,
-0.017403457313776016,
0.028658386319875717,
-0.0019262995338067412,
0.019370464608073235,
-0.03360847011208534,
-0.006995251402258873,
-0.00576424365863204,
0.020477719604969025,
0.008975286036729813,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.1"
} | After the busy period of teaching and personal work of Passover week in Jerusalem, Jesus spent the next Wednesday at Bethany with his apostles, resting. That afternoon, Thomas asked a question which elicited a long and instructive answer. Said Thomas: “Master, on the day we were set apart as ambassadors of the kingdom,... |
142:7.2 | [
0.005063924472779036,
-0.025167347863316536,
-0.003316011745482683,
-0.012253206223249435,
-0.014631274156272411,
0.007957132533192635,
-0.02682616375386715,
0.01102205365896225,
-0.028459059074521065,
-0.010782303288578987,
-0.008553269319236279,
0.028796005994081497,
-0.0013890962582081556... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.2"
} | Jesus sought first to make plain to his apostles that he himself was on earth living a unique life in the flesh, and that they, the twelve, had been called to participate in this bestowal experience of the Son of Man; and as such coworkers, they, too, must share in many of the special restrictions and obligations of th... |
142:7.3 | [
0.01705244742333889,
-0.025898244231939316,
-0.01532674953341484,
-0.006787742953747511,
-0.0230987798422575,
0.00606550695374608,
-0.01900823786854744,
-0.036329127848148346,
-0.03190622851252556,
0.009363505989313126,
-0.0005836212658323348,
0.017704376950860023,
-0.005883350037038326,
-... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.3"
} | Very plainly Jesus explained that the kingdom of heaven was an evolutionary experience, beginning here on earth and progressing up through successive life stations to Paradise. In the course of the evening he definitely stated that at some future stage of kingdom development he would revisit this world in spiritual pow... |
142:7.4 | [
0.014896513894200325,
-0.007111432962119579,
0.0007868492393754423,
-0.014159314334392548,
-0.009558172896504402,
-0.007213115692138672,
-0.0008277606684714556,
-0.01014920324087143,
-0.017845312133431435,
-0.0032697340939193964,
-0.019815413281321526,
0.020374668762087822,
-0.00720040546730... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.4"
} | He next explained that the “kingdom idea” was not the best way to illustrate man’s relation to God; that he employed such figures of speech because the Jewish people were expecting the kingdom, and because John had preached in terms of the coming kingdom. Jesus said: “The people of another age will better understand th... |
142:7.5 | [
0.023025138303637505,
0.011570004746317863,
-0.018749406561255455,
-0.002871760632842779,
-0.02589689940214157,
-0.001920888782478869,
-0.006518896669149399,
0.022463548928499222,
-0.01678384467959404,
-0.013886557891964912,
-0.02149353362619877,
0.03647774085402489,
-0.007989875972270966,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.5"
} | Following that, came the memorable discussion of the fundamental characteristics of family life and their application to the relationship existing between God and man. Jesus stated that a true family is founded on the following seven facts: |
142:7.6 | [
0.016388719901442528,
0.00647797342389822,
-0.005536729469895363,
-0.0047974130138754845,
-0.024973906576633453,
0.005373884458094835,
0.00949060544371605,
0.006363981869071722,
-0.0047974130138754845,
-0.008409314788877964,
-0.014577883295714855,
0.0069567374885082245,
-0.002102328697219491... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.6"
} | 1. The fact of existence. The relationships of nature and the phenomena of mortal likenesses are bound up in the family: Children inherit certain parental traits. The children take origin in the parents; personality existence depends on the act of the parent. The relationship of father and child is inherent in all natu... |
142:7.7 | [
0.02995024435222149,
-0.0063702561892569065,
-0.010467040352523327,
-0.045339904725551605,
-0.010117275640368462,
0.018796628341078758,
-0.026582136750221252,
0.0023965376894921064,
-0.0061791809275746346,
-0.030934767797589302,
-0.015700560063123703,
0.0409095473587513,
-0.01768256165087223... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.7"
} | 2. Security and pleasure. True fathers take great pleasure in providing for the needs of their children. Many fathers are not content with supplying the mere wants of their children but enjoy making provision for their pleasures also. |
142:7.8 | [
0.016620617359876633,
-0.015167447738349438,
-0.022809557616710663,
-0.029660210013389587,
-0.01154750119894743,
0.024522220715880394,
0.001016893656924367,
0.020344361662864685,
0.0005968371406197548,
-0.022394366562366486,
0.0005185833433642983,
0.043050121515989304,
-0.010360314510762691,... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.8"
} | 3. Education and training. Wise fathers carefully plan for the education and adequate training of their sons and daughters. When young they are prepared for the greater responsibilities of later life. |
142:7.9 | [
0.01663644053041935,
-0.0004406047228258103,
-0.014971476048231125,
-0.029150111600756645,
-0.008252150379121304,
0.01598895527422428,
-0.01345847174525261,
0.01074959896504879,
0.009223380126059055,
-0.02009851299226284,
0.006210585590451956,
0.02907082624733448,
-0.0095206955447793,
0.02... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 9,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.9"
} | 4. Discipline and restraint. Farseeing fathers also make provision for the necessary discipline, guidance, correction, and sometimes restraint of their young and immature offspring. |
142:7.10 | [
0.012725582346320152,
0.0064519429579377174,
-0.012468033470213413,
-0.05494387447834015,
-0.01586240343749523,
0.021330375224351883,
-0.0010813773842528462,
0.015769949182868004,
-0.009813292883336544,
-0.0273662768304348,
0.0011746564414352179,
0.037615422159433365,
-0.008155731484293938,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 10,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.10"
} | 5. Companionship and loyalty. The affectionate father holds intimate and loving intercourse with his children. Always is his ear open to their petitions; he is ever ready to share their hardships and assist them over their difficulties. The father is supremely interested in the progressive welfare of his progeny. |
142:7.11 | [
0.012185036204755306,
-0.0044736857526004314,
-0.024396024644374847,
-0.051906436681747437,
-0.012645705603063107,
0.012944167479872704,
0.00829854141920805,
0.0001663641887716949,
-0.014871194027364254,
-0.028392819687724113,
0.004013016354292631,
0.04617077484726906,
-0.03542614355683327,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 11,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.11"
} | 6. Love and mercy. A compassionate father is freely forgiving; fathers do not hold vengeful memories against their children. Fathers are not like judges, enemies, or creditors. Real families are built upon tolerance, patience, and forgiveness. |
142:7.12 | [
0.007472176570445299,
-0.004463642369955778,
-0.008966611698269844,
-0.03201237693428993,
-0.0036246611271053553,
0.008212840184569359,
-0.012361864559352398,
0.015298298560082912,
-0.007898221723735332,
-0.0065414318814873695,
0.003634493099525571,
0.03998269885778427,
-0.001971278106793761... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 12,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.12"
} | 7. Provision for the future. Temporal fathers like to leave an inheritance for their sons. The family continues from one generation to another. Death only ends one generation to mark the beginning of another. Death terminates an individual life but not necessarily the family. |
142:7.13 | [
0.033381685614585876,
0.0011569045018404722,
-0.016533751040697098,
-0.024479901418089867,
-0.038958389312028885,
0.010505412705242634,
-0.004751980770379305,
-0.011441408656537533,
-0.03071114979684353,
0.007278516422957182,
-0.0036327126435935497,
0.01741083897650242,
-0.000535906932782381... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 13,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.13"
} | For hours the Master discussed the application of these features of family life to the relations of man, the earth child, to God, the Paradise Father. And this was his conclusion: “This entire relationship of a son to the Father, I know in perfection, for all that you must attain of sonship in the eternal future I have... |
142:7.14 | [
0.016097070649266243,
-0.022153517231345177,
-0.01914379745721817,
-0.0036418852396309376,
-0.011459141038358212,
-0.000699235824868083,
0.007598311174660921,
0.00753663619980216,
-0.008591271936893463,
-0.007320775184780359,
0.014974593184888363,
0.03596862778067589,
-0.028592346236109734,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 14,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.14"
} | When the apostles heard these startling words, they recalled the pronouncements which John made at the time of Jesus’ baptism, and they also vividly recalled this experience in connection with their preaching and teaching subsequent to the Master’s death and resurrection. |
142:7.15 | [
0.00669963238760829,
0.004366724751889706,
-0.009589793160557747,
-0.002485601231455803,
-0.024808788672089577,
-0.004319499712437391,
-0.008292684331536293,
-0.010357984341681004,
-0.01716465875506401,
-0.009671649895608425,
0.002449395600706339,
0.021635279059410095,
-0.013437044806778431,... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 15,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.15"
} | Jesus is a divine Son, one in the Universal Father’s full confidence. He had been with the Father and comprehended him fully. He had now lived his earth life to the full satisfaction of the Father, and this incarnation in the flesh had enabled him fully to comprehend man. Jesus was the perfection of man; he had attaine... |
142:7.16 | [
0.010333702899515629,
-0.013368506915867329,
-0.011082800105214119,
-0.04059211537241936,
-0.01250416412949562,
0.02288268506526947,
-0.0010972355958074331,
0.024099167436361313,
-0.02998950518667698,
-0.011345304548740387,
0.00356301455758512,
0.03959332033991814,
0.0016438525635749102,
-... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 16,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.16"
} | Although Jesus discoursed for several hours, Thomas was not yet satisfied, for he said: “But, Master, we do not find that the Father in heaven always deals kindly and mercifully with us. Many times we grievously suffer on earth, and not always are our prayers answered. Where do we fail to grasp the meaning of your teac... |
142:7.17 | [
0.00214732950553298,
-0.010229834355413914,
-0.010560432448983192,
-0.021619880571961403,
-0.006480974145233631,
0.014246915467083454,
-0.002095868345350027,
-0.0030471181962639093,
-0.030689502134919167,
-0.01043567806482315,
-0.015195046551525593,
0.02674727328121662,
-0.01890024170279503,... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 17,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "142:7.17"
} | Jesus replied: “Thomas, Thomas, how long before you will acquire the ability to listen with the ear of the spirit? How long will it be before you discern that this kingdom is a spiritual kingdom, and that my Father is also a spiritual being? Do you not understand that I am teaching you as spiritual children in the spir... |
142:8.1 | [
-0.0016967831179499626,
-0.020573081448674202,
-0.015347122214734554,
-0.015267740935087204,
-0.03302277252078056,
0.0382884219288826,
-0.00596024002879858,
-0.00741557078436017,
-0.00850045308470726,
-0.022266557440161705,
0.010537915863096714,
0.02267669513821602,
0.007752942852675915,
0... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 8,
"Standard Reference": "142:8.1"
} | By the end of April the opposition to Jesus among the Pharisees and Sadducees had become so pronounced that the Master and his apostles decided to leave Jerusalem for a while, going south to work in Bethlehem and Hebron. The entire month of May was spent in doing personal work in these cities and among the people of th... |
142:8.2 | [
0.015163089148700237,
-0.01022470835596323,
-0.01334400661289692,
-0.023916659876704216,
-0.03955588489770889,
0.012336797080934048,
-0.014149774797260761,
0.0011949173640459776,
-0.023538192734122276,
-0.024832306429743767,
0.005362630356103182,
-0.0017519349930807948,
-0.004678948316723108... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 8,
"Standard Reference": "142:8.2"
} | The people living in this region did not know that Jesus had been born in Bethlehem. They always supposed the Master had been born at Nazareth, as did the vast majority of his disciples, but the twelve knew the facts. |
142:8.3 | [
0.006374238524585962,
-0.01892503909766674,
-0.008114434778690338,
-0.025872861966490746,
-0.01704549789428711,
0.03022821433842182,
-0.011024483479559422,
0.011192994192242622,
-0.02583397552371025,
-0.02401924505829811,
0.0046502454206347466,
0.028880128636956215,
0.0008466038852930069,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 8,
"Standard Reference": "142:8.3"
} | This sojourn in the south of Judea was a restful and fruitful season of labor; many souls were added to the kingdom. By the first days of June the agitation against Jesus had so quieted down in Jerusalem that the Master and the apostles returned to instruct and comfort believers. |
142:8.4 | [
0.022762645035982132,
-0.007442384026944637,
-0.0013316668337211013,
-0.017250731587409973,
-0.024582616984844208,
0.022359652444720268,
0.003493695752695203,
0.0018784707644954324,
-0.009119357913732529,
-0.016002751886844635,
0.0011358573101460934,
0.04081936553120613,
0.01926570013165474,... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 8,
"Standard Reference": "142:8.4"
} | Although Jesus and the apostles spent the entire month of June in or near Jerusalem, they did no public teaching during this period. They lived for the most part in tents, which they pitched in a shaded park, or garden, known in that day as Gethsemane. This park was situated on the western slope of the Mount of Olives ... |
142:8.5 | [
0.0020561821293085814,
-0.01537016499787569,
-0.013088046573102474,
-0.017528750002384186,
-0.028087610378861427,
0.007275471463799477,
0.013484654016792774,
0.0009890805231407285,
-0.01161214616149664,
-0.020805638283491135,
0.020025426521897316,
0.016475463286042213,
0.013627692125737667,
... | {
"Paper": 142,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 8,
"Standard Reference": "142:8.5"
} | When the rulers of the Jews learned that Jesus had returned to Jerusalem, they prepared to arrest him; but when they observed that he did no public preaching, they concluded that he had become frightened by their previous agitation and decided to allow him to carry on his teaching in this private manner without further... |
143:0.1 | [
0.011496840976178646,
-0.015431314706802368,
-0.0271069947630167,
-0.007894497364759445,
-0.03364742174744606,
0.010059735737740993,
-0.0041197012178599834,
0.006578747648745775,
-0.016299964860081673,
-0.011905617080628872,
-0.0030722112860530615,
0.01847159117460251,
0.003484181361272931,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 0,
"Standard Reference": "143:0.1"
} | AT THE end of June, A.D. 27, because of the increasing opposition of the Jewish religious rulers, Jesus and the twelve departed from Jerusalem, after sending their tents and meager personal effects to be stored at the home of Lazarus at Bethany. Going north into Samaria, they tarried over the Sabbath at Bethel. Here th... |
143:0.2 | [
0.013416075147688389,
-0.011437076143920422,
-0.0029990198090672493,
-0.01819651573896408,
-0.027628891170024872,
0.030558837577700615,
0.005863107740879059,
0.011758342385292053,
-0.017091359943151474,
-0.03251213580369949,
0.010068481788039207,
0.024647541344165802,
-0.010389748029410839,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 0,
"Standard Reference": "143:0.2"
} | The people of southern Samaria heard Jesus gladly, and the apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot, succeeded in overcoming much of their prejudice against the Samaritans. It was very difficult for Judas to love these Samaritans. The last week of July Jesus and his associates made ready to depart for the new Gre... |
143:1.1 | [
0.012598286382853985,
-0.016824085265398026,
-0.02084551565349102,
-0.03678620606660843,
-0.007818716578185558,
0.022401347756385803,
-0.00712650315836072,
0.023548444733023643,
-0.0035467701964080334,
-0.02644914947450161,
0.007845086976885796,
0.026923811063170433,
-0.013363017700612545,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.1"
} | The first half of the month of August the apostolic party made its headquarters at the Greek cities of Archelais and Phasaelis, where they had their first experience preaching to well-nigh exclusive gatherings of gentiles—Greeks, Romans, and Syrians—for few Jews dwelt in these two Greek towns. In contacting with these ... |
143:1.2 | [
0.004028297495096922,
-0.0111245047301054,
-0.015899771824479103,
-0.021595411002635956,
-0.013752235099673271,
0.029265182092785835,
-0.003299669362604618,
0.0047219120897352695,
-0.015819739550352097,
-0.03617464751005173,
0.0057923453859984875,
0.030438991263508797,
0.01914108358323574,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.2"
} | A question asked by Philip was typical of their difficulties. Said Philip: “Master, these Greeks and Romans make light of our message, saying that such teachings are fit for only weaklings and slaves. They assert that the religion of the heathen is superior to our teaching because it inspires to the acquirement of a st... |
143:1.3 | [
-0.004202331881970167,
-0.02548590674996376,
-0.015289071947336197,
0.005256004631519318,
-0.03801874443888664,
0.035151269286870956,
0.00015980834723450243,
0.016178976744413376,
-0.02894665114581585,
0.0006307360017672181,
0.02448476292192936,
0.00910917203873396,
0.0026774415746331215,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.3"
} | After Jesus had heard similar objections to the gospel of the kingdom presented by Thomas, Nathaniel, Simon Zelotes, and Matthew, he said to the twelve: |
143:1.4 | [
0.0076293377205729485,
-0.014031263068318367,
-0.02971630170941353,
-0.018398266285657883,
-0.006156442686915398,
0.00489996001124382,
-0.001205609762109816,
-0.009276654571294785,
-0.02167998068034649,
-0.001168464426882565,
-0.022093424573540688,
0.028786052018404007,
-0.018010662868618965... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.4"
} | “I have come into this world to do the will of my Father and to reveal his loving character to all mankind. That, my brethren, is my mission. And this one thing I will do, regardless of the misunderstanding of my teachings by Jews or gentiles of this day or of another generation. But you should not overlook the fact th... |
143:1.5 | [
-0.006847188342362642,
-0.035843994468450546,
-0.02375766821205616,
-0.021514177322387695,
-0.01131471898406744,
0.01823323220014572,
0.0020619372371584177,
0.015406173653900623,
-0.02860775962471962,
-0.021202940493822098,
0.0023893832694739103,
0.03745204582810402,
-0.019633794203400612,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.5"
} | “But who told you that my gospel was intended only for slaves and weaklings? Do you, my chosen apostles, resemble weaklings? Did John look like a weakling? Do you observe that I am enslaved by fear? True, the poor and oppressed of this generation have the gospel preached to them. The religions of this world have neglec... |
143:1.6 | [
0.012186306528747082,
-0.01582949608564377,
-0.024492938071489334,
-0.03663245216012001,
-0.012360109947621822,
0.02965356782078743,
-0.018810898065567017,
-0.012186306528747082,
-0.027287164703011513,
0.0006037168204784393,
-0.007179425563663244,
0.024559784680604935,
-0.011390820145606995,... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.6"
} | “Because my Father is a God of love and delights in the practice of mercy, do not imbibe the idea that the service of the kingdom is to be one of monotonous ease. The Paradise ascent is the supreme adventure of all time, the rugged achievement of eternity. The service of the kingdom on earth will call for all the coura... |
143:1.7 | [
-0.00843125768005848,
-0.02549515664577484,
-0.0315500907599926,
-0.016916217282414436,
0.011351319029927254,
0.01746666617691517,
-0.029079783707857132,
-0.018124518916010857,
-0.029375147074460983,
-0.02467619813978672,
-0.008525236509740353,
0.020205482840538025,
-0.01374778337776661,
0... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.7"
} | “Today, the unbelievers may taunt you with preaching a gospel of nonresistance and with living lives of nonviolence, but you are the first volunteers of a long line of sincere believers in the gospel of this kingdom who will astonish all mankind by their heroic devotion to these teachings. No armies of the world have e... |
143:1.8 | [
-0.005772206466645002,
-0.01488308422267437,
-0.01569739542901516,
-0.013567660003900528,
-0.011143521405756474,
-0.005859901197254658,
0.002904894994571805,
-0.011450453661382198,
-0.004178037401288748,
-0.010817797854542732,
0.001697523519396782,
0.03798443824052811,
0.005167737603187561,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.8"
} | This was not all that Jesus said on that occasion, but it is the introduction of his address, and he went on at great length in amplification and in illustration of this pronouncement. This was one of the most impassioned addresses which Jesus ever delivered to the twelve. Seldom did the Master speak to his apostles wi... |
143:1.9 | [
-0.017262084409594536,
-0.01589997671544552,
-0.017537124454975128,
-0.02324749529361725,
-0.009528198279440403,
0.010104474611580372,
-0.005857713986188173,
0.011080214753746986,
-0.018218178302049637,
-0.02256644144654274,
-0.006476555485278368,
0.024884643033146858,
-0.0031285888981074095... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 9,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "143:1.9"
} | The result upon the public preaching and personal ministry of the apostles was immediate; from that very day their message took on a new note of courageous dominance. The twelve continued to acquire the spirit of positive aggression in the new gospel of the kingdom. From this day forward they did not occupy themselves ... |
143:2.1 | [
0.012517556548118591,
-0.0262020044028759,
-0.010037913918495178,
-0.0229400135576725,
-0.015660205855965614,
0.0009091472020372748,
-0.00376256019808352,
-0.00005588934800471179,
-0.015156321227550507,
-0.020738832652568817,
0.014970679767429829,
0.019412821158766747,
0.0106014683842659,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.1"
} | The Master was a perfected specimen of human self-control. When he was reviled, he reviled not; when he suffered, he uttered no threats against his tormentors; when he was denounced by his enemies, he simply committed himself to the righteous judgment of the Father in heaven. |
143:2.2 | [
0.013397564180195332,
-0.0017900236416608095,
-0.012773816473782063,
-0.019674018025398254,
-0.020869532600045204,
0.016867155209183693,
0.009486150927841663,
0.007634402252733707,
-0.028666367754340172,
-0.007127607706934214,
0.0012215044116601348,
0.033656343817710876,
0.01642533577978611,... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.2"
} | At one of the evening conferences, Andrew asked Jesus: “Master, are we to practice self-denial as John taught us, or are we to strive for the self-control of your teaching? Wherein does your teaching differ from that of John?” Jesus answered: “John indeed taught you the way of righteousness in accordance with the light... |
143:2.3 | [
0.02315307781100273,
-0.0008187899948097765,
-0.011874732561409473,
-0.022198859602212906,
-0.017122941091656685,
0.01483016274869442,
-0.015466309152543545,
-0.0019117525080218911,
-0.02153620682656765,
-0.014618114568293095,
0.0019150658044964075,
0.02152295410633087,
-0.004608748015016317... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.3"
} | “Verily, verily, I say to you, he who rules his own self is greater than he who captures a city. Self-mastery is the measure of man’s moral nature and the indicator of his spiritual development. In the old order you fasted and prayed; as the new creature of the rebirth of the spirit, you are taught to believe and rejoi... |
143:2.4 | [
-0.00602856557816267,
-0.008966242894530296,
-0.009925483725965023,
-0.019451284781098366,
-0.0197443850338459,
0.01147092878818512,
-0.024780401960015297,
-0.024567238986492157,
-0.03178819268941879,
-0.018305523321032524,
-0.008939596824347973,
0.030136168003082275,
-0.006834594998508692,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.4"
} | “By the old way you seek to suppress, obey, and conform to the rules of living; by the new way you are first transformed by the Spirit of Truth and thereby strengthened in your inner soul by the constant spiritual renewing of your mind, and so are you endowed with the power of the certain and joyous performance of the ... |
143:2.5 | [
-0.006708406377583742,
-0.00974115077406168,
0.006250571925193071,
-0.04244544357061386,
-0.023872314020991325,
0.018690021708607674,
-0.00814360287040472,
-0.011085430160164833,
-0.00798774417489767,
-0.008500778116285801,
0.005805726163089275,
0.02339175157248974,
0.015650782734155655,
0... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.5"
} | “Many times, when you have done evil, you have thought to charge up your acts to the influence of the evil one when in reality you have but been led astray by your own natural tendencies. Did not the Prophet Jeremiah long ago tell you that the human heart is deceitful above all things and sometimes even desperately wic... |
143:2.6 | [
0.014973381534218788,
-0.000871184398420155,
-0.021011868491768837,
-0.0055051096715033054,
-0.028395116329193115,
0.006943614687770605,
-0.016938798129558563,
-0.027748597785830498,
-0.020960146561264992,
-0.01210930198431015,
-0.004974964074790478,
0.012458422221243382,
-0.0270503573119640... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.6"
} | “Salvation is by the regeneration of the spirit and not by the self-righteous deeds of the flesh. You are justified by faith and fellowshipped by grace, not by fear and the self-denial of the flesh, albeit the Father’s children who have been born of the spirit are ever and always masters of the self and all that pertai... |
143:2.7 | [
0.01677047461271286,
-0.01096480805426836,
-0.014941918663680553,
-0.02545611932873726,
-0.021642271429300308,
0.01581701450049877,
-0.03150341659784317,
-0.018376993015408516,
-0.01632639765739441,
-0.004496289882808924,
-0.009077477268874645,
0.02808140404522419,
-0.02529938519001007,
0.... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.7"
} | “Your sonship is grounded in faith, and you are to remain unmoved by fear. Your joy is born of trust in the divine word, and you shall not therefore be led to doubt the reality of the Father’s love and mercy. It is the very goodness of God that leads men into true and genuine repentance. Your secret of the mastery of s... |
143:2.8 | [
0.00299814622849226,
-0.009443661198019981,
-0.025875233113765717,
-0.02690012753009796,
-0.01582595333456993,
0.004968071356415749,
-0.0027585607022047043,
-0.00502464035525918,
-0.01935318298637867,
-0.03250376507639885,
-0.025076614692807198,
0.023891998454928398,
-0.012351962737739086,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 2,
"Standard Reference": "143:2.8"
} | “If, then, my children, you are born of the spirit, you are forever delivered from the self-conscious bondage of a life of self-denial and watchcare over the desires of the flesh, and you are translated into the joyous kingdom of the spirit, whence you spontaneously show forth the fruits of the spirit in your daily liv... |
143:3.1 | [
0.003754151752218604,
-0.0145772909745574,
0.024295484647154808,
-0.018837321549654007,
-0.0365031361579895,
0.020035455003380775,
-0.008380278013646603,
0.007415115367621183,
-0.028249327093362808,
-0.03104497119784355,
-0.001674058847129345,
0.020780960097908974,
0.0071821450255811214,
-... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.1"
} | About this time a state of great nervous and emotional tension developed among the apostles and their immediate disciple associates. They had hardly become accustomed to living and working together. They were experiencing increasing difficulties in maintaining harmonious relations with John’s disciples. The contact wit... |
143:3.2 | [
0.002592036733403802,
-0.014784950762987137,
0.021083232015371323,
-0.030877593904733658,
0.0022968046832829714,
0.03562799468636513,
-0.011135416105389595,
0.012029452249407768,
-0.017080087214708328,
-0.016853241249918938,
-0.02021588385105133,
0.015705673024058342,
0.005000595934689045,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.2"
} | “Now you should go to each of your eleven brethren and talk with him privately, saying: ‘The Master desires that we go apart with him for a season to rest and relax. Since we all have recently experienced much vexation of spirit and stress of mind, I suggest that no mention be made of our trials and troubles while on t... |
143:3.3 | [
0.02098916471004486,
-0.007425285875797272,
0.012417919002473354,
-0.0208149254322052,
-0.006617752369493246,
0.03358802571892738,
0.001524596125818789,
-0.020560268312692642,
-0.01139258686453104,
-0.03841312229633331,
-0.00832999125123024,
0.01810751110315323,
0.01292723510414362,
-0.002... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.3"
} | This was a marvelous occasion in the experience of each of them; they never forgot the day going up the mountain. Throughout the entire trip hardly a word was said about their troubles. Upon reaching the top of the mountain, Jesus seated them about him while he said: “My brethren, you must all learn the value of rest a... |
143:3.4 | [
-0.0013995617628097534,
-0.018404673784971237,
0.017058299854397774,
-0.014263940043747425,
0.00040684937266632915,
0.0026324146892875433,
0.0013042994542047381,
0.0025085736997425556,
-0.009551632218062878,
-0.02135145477950573,
0.006750920787453651,
0.033278293907642365,
-0.009475422091782... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.4"
} | The next day Jesus assigned to each of the twelve a topic for discussion. The whole day was devoted to reminiscences and to talking over matters not related to their religious work. They were momentarily shocked when Jesus even neglected to give thanks—verbally—when he broke bread for their noontide lunch. This was the... |
143:3.5 | [
0.007715010084211826,
-0.005741709843277931,
0.013357724994421005,
-0.032602351158857346,
-0.03157280385494232,
0.039518803358078,
0.00918673537671566,
0.002790008904412389,
-0.029012132436037064,
-0.03798767924308777,
0.005151039455085993,
0.022531261667609215,
0.003676014021039009,
-0.00... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.5"
} | When they went up the mountain, Andrew’s head was full of problems. John was inordinately perplexed in his heart. James was grievously troubled in his soul. Matthew was hard pressed for funds inasmuch as they had been sojourning among the gentiles. Peter was overwrought and had recently been more temperamental than usu... |
143:3.6 | [
0.020845327526330948,
0.004122297279536724,
0.018466822803020477,
-0.022168204188346863,
-0.011003928259015083,
0.021941043436527252,
-0.017010321840643883,
-0.034875836223363876,
-0.0032921587117016315,
-0.013936972245573997,
0.006303707137703896,
0.015086137689650059,
0.00993493665009737,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.6"
} | The third day when they started down the mountain and back to their camp, a great change had come over them. They had made the important discovery that many human perplexities are in reality nonexistent, that many pressing troubles are the creations of exaggerated fear and the offspring of augmented apprehension. They ... |
143:3.7 | [
-0.0035695466212928295,
-0.004730071872472763,
0.011808263137936592,
-0.035621028393507004,
-0.026390960440039635,
0.0013212397461757064,
-0.007267664186656475,
0.006726311519742012,
-0.018189461901783943,
-0.015631569549441338,
-0.009805256500840187,
0.02507817931473255,
-0.0086481142789125... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.7"
} | Their return from this holiday marked the beginning of a period of greatly improved relations with the followers of John. Many of the twelve really gave way to mirth when they noted the changed state of everybody’s mind and observed the freedom from nervous irritability which had come to them as a result of their three... |
143:3.8 | [
0.012322049587965012,
-0.018984703347086906,
-0.018071481958031654,
-0.024656962603330612,
-0.01723543554544449,
0.022881969809532166,
-0.006681946571916342,
0.016618046909570694,
-0.017389781773090363,
-0.04123642295598984,
0.0169781893491745,
0.025094278156757355,
-0.011768972501158714,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 3,
"Standard Reference": "143:3.8"
} | Not many of the gentiles in the two Greek cities of Archelais and Phasaelis believed in the gospel, but the twelve apostles gained a valuable experience in this their first extensive work with exclusively gentile populations. On a Monday morning, about the middle of the month, Jesus said to Andrew: “We go into Samaria.... |
143:4.1 | [
-0.0007124652620404959,
-0.0006966146756894886,
0.010170411318540573,
-0.01383800245821476,
-0.03519326448440552,
0.018025819212198257,
0.009598162956535816,
0.006119154393672943,
-0.012778042815625668,
-0.02718179114162922,
0.006736922077834606,
0.017063401639461517,
0.009234005585312843,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 4,
"Standard Reference": "143:4.1"
} | For more than six hundred years the Jews of Judea, and later on those of Galilee also, had been at enmity with the Samaritans. This ill feeling between the Jews and the Samaritans came about in this way: About seven hundred years B.C., Sargon, king of Assyria, in subduing a revolt in central Palestine, carried away and... |
143:4.2 | [
-0.000321545492624864,
-0.009847736917436123,
-0.013420464470982552,
-0.017421919852495193,
-0.024190613999962807,
0.02281349152326584,
0.016759341582655907,
0.0034882815089076757,
0.0011660084128379822,
-0.0452372282743454,
0.021722184494137764,
0.004456165712326765,
0.01461570430546999,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 4,
"Standard Reference": "143:4.2"
} | The religious enmity between the Jews and the Samaritans dated from the return of the former from the Babylonian captivity, when the Samaritans worked to prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Later they offended the Jews by extending friendly assistance to the armies of Alexander. In return for their friendship Alexande... |
143:4.3 | [
0.005351502913981676,
-0.012088865973055363,
-0.005813456606119871,
-0.015420136041939259,
-0.026988491415977478,
0.013481233268976212,
0.006376259028911591,
0.020000632852315903,
-0.019857492297887802,
-0.04317638278007507,
0.016578273847699165,
0.010514320805668831,
0.00030986664933152497,... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 4,
"Standard Reference": "143:4.3"
} | The antagonisms between the Jews and the Samaritans were time-honored and historic; increasingly since the days of Alexander they had had no dealings with each other. The twelve apostles were not averse to preaching in the Greek and other gentile cities of the Decapolis and Syria, but it was a severe test of their loya... |
143:5.1 | [
0.03330463916063309,
-0.02391236461699009,
0.00017363199731335044,
-0.016037505120038986,
-0.028830882161855698,
0.03142095357179642,
0.01196272298693657,
0.007325450889766216,
-0.0000515326282766182,
-0.02563907951116562,
0.004843300674110651,
0.02434404380619526,
0.005673954263329506,
-0... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.1"
} | When the Master and the twelve arrived at Jacob’s well, Jesus, being weary from the journey, tarried by the well while Philip took the apostles with him to assist in bringing food and tents from Sychar, for they were disposed to stay in this vicinity for a while. Peter and the Zebedee sons would have remained with Jesu... |
143:5.2 | [
0.007057580165565014,
-0.020863084122538567,
0.014528035186231136,
-0.015005421824753284,
-0.015302175655961037,
0.009276782162487507,
-0.013147484511137009,
0.0018143915804103017,
-0.01779232732951641,
-0.02193397842347622,
-0.0012547526275739074,
0.031584929674863815,
-0.001369260833598673... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.2"
} | The water of Jacob’s well was less mineral than that from the wells of Sychar and was therefore much valued for drinking purposes. Jesus was thirsty, but there was no way of getting water from the well. When, therefore, a woman of Sychar came up with her water pitcher and prepared to draw from the well, Jesus said to h... |
143:5.3 | [
0.00001899533162941225,
-0.011356329545378685,
0.004425772465765476,
-0.008029662072658539,
-0.022803978994488716,
0.0015263532986864448,
-0.013932866044342518,
-0.004412726499140263,
-0.010443126782774925,
-0.01849888078868389,
0.006744655314832926,
0.02418682910501957,
-0.00506501412019133... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.3"
} | Jesus replied: “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whosoever drinks of the water of the living spirit shall never thirst. And this living water shall become in him a well of refreshment springing up even to eternal life.” Nalda then said: “Give me this water that I thirst not, neither come all the... |
143:5.4 | [
-0.01717492938041687,
-0.01795923337340355,
0.013206882402300835,
-0.020126039162278175,
-0.013944659382104874,
-0.003090689657256007,
-0.014742257073521614,
0.005207645706832409,
-0.020631184801459312,
-0.014237112365663052,
0.000048317990149371326,
0.031053122133016586,
-0.0023578971158713... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.4"
} | Nalda did not know how to take Jesus’ willingness to talk with her. She beheld in the Master’s face the countenance of an upright and holy man, but she mistook friendliness for commonplace familiarity, and she misinterpreted his figure of speech as a form of making advances to her. And being a woman of lax morals, she ... |
143:5.5 | [
0.009290037676692009,
-0.018673375248908997,
-0.005254802294075489,
-0.024444660171866417,
-0.02108585275709629,
0.011169370263814926,
-0.013295282609760761,
0.00232750759460032,
-0.019819634035229683,
-0.021379081532359123,
0.01848677359521389,
0.023138457909226418,
0.012962067499756813,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.5"
} | By this time Nalda was sobered, and her better self was awakened. She was not an immoral woman wholly by choice. She had been ruthlessly and unjustly cast aside by her husband and in dire straits had consented to live with a certain Greek as his wife, but without marriage. Nalda now felt greatly ashamed that she had so... |
143:5.6 | [
-0.005231271032243967,
-0.007721577305346727,
-0.006744986400008202,
-0.010429988615214825,
-0.017591653391718864,
0.005680502858012915,
-0.012148788198828697,
-0.019258368760347366,
-0.025925228372216225,
-0.013040740974247456,
0.010013310238718987,
0.027136201038956642,
-0.0082098729908466... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.6"
} | Jesus perceived the attempt of the woman’s soul to avoid direct and searching contact with its Maker, but he also saw that there was present in her soul a desire to know the better way of life. After all, there was in Nalda’s heart a true thirst for the living water; therefore he dealt patiently with her, saying: “Woma... |
143:5.7 | [
-0.010429022833704948,
-0.021163415163755417,
-0.0007783595938235521,
-0.00007146718417061493,
0.0007074110326357186,
-0.00804581493139267,
-0.01822921447455883,
-0.010973377153277397,
-0.03645842894911766,
0.0056758844293653965,
0.031439755111932755,
0.024310046806931496,
-0.005174680612981... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.7"
} | But Nalda would make one more effort to avoid the discussion of the embarrassing question of her personal life on earth and the status of her soul before God. Once more she resorted to questions of general religion, saying: “Yes, I know, Sir, that John has preached about the coming of the Converter, he who will be call... |
143:5.8 | [
-0.01268666423857212,
-0.015569997020065784,
-0.019132515415549278,
-0.006227998994290829,
-0.02250281162559986,
-0.002506897784769535,
-0.0011493285419419408,
-0.002961823483929038,
-0.023412663489580154,
-0.02824384719133377,
0.008816591463983059,
0.022425921633839607,
-0.01715903356671333... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.8"
} | This was the first direct, positive, and undisguised pronouncement of his divine nature and sonship which Jesus had made on earth; and it was made to a woman, a Samaritan woman, and a woman of questionable character in the eyes of men up to this moment, but a woman whom the divine eye beheld as having been sinned again... |
143:5.9 | [
0.0030834032222628593,
-0.01723586767911911,
0.010407969355583191,
-0.022266952320933342,
-0.02514185756444931,
-0.0006547358352690935,
-0.013357458636164665,
0.004607306327670813,
-0.027704861015081406,
-0.023894255980849266,
0.02290431223809719,
0.04014018177986145,
0.004190309438854456,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 9,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.9"
} | As Nalda was about to voice her real and personal longing for better things and a more noble way of living, just as she was ready to speak the real desire of her heart, the twelve apostles returned from Sychar, and coming upon this scene of Jesus’ talking so intimately with this woman—this Samaritan woman, and alone—th... |
143:5.10 | [
0.007588334381580353,
-0.010995876975357533,
0.011729808524250984,
-0.01914776675403118,
-0.016133401542901993,
0.013852969743311405,
-0.006444842088967562,
-0.003325630212202668,
-0.004062838852405548,
-0.018099291250109673,
0.006998567376285791,
0.0406021773815155,
-0.008230525068938732,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 10,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.10"
} | As she entered the city, she proclaimed to everyone she met: “Go out to Jacob’s well and go quickly, for there you will see a man who told me all I ever did. Can this be the Converter?” And ere the sun went down, a great crowd had assembled at Jacob’s well to hear Jesus. And the Master talked to them more about the wat... |
143:5.11 | [
-0.002215020824223757,
-0.03327525034546852,
-0.0039532077498734,
-0.02332618273794651,
-0.010374351404607296,
0.00465879263356328,
-0.001362841809168458,
0.026135632768273354,
-0.01286806259304285,
-0.02250138856470585,
0.0006282604299485683,
0.06283892691135406,
-0.004072416108101606,
-0... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 11,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.11"
} | The apostles never ceased to be shocked by Jesus’ willingness to talk with women, women of questionable character, even immoral women. It was very difficult for Jesus to teach his apostles that women, even so-called immoral women, have souls which can choose God as their Father, thereby becoming daughters of God and ca... |
143:5.12 | [
0.013801340945065022,
-0.014477376826107502,
0.008061411790549755,
-0.018954521045088768,
-0.003405691357329488,
0.0032207381445914507,
-0.016747837886214256,
0.008775713853538036,
-0.024949558079242706,
-0.008731069974601269,
0.01857185922563076,
0.03880191966891289,
-0.0002877936640288681,... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 12,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.12"
} | Nalda told this entire story to the Apostle John the next day, but he never revealed it fully to the other apostles, and Jesus did not speak of it in detail to the twelve. |
143:5.13 | [
0.002382286125794053,
-0.012540066614747047,
0.020664984360337257,
-0.025027882307767868,
-0.013820198364555836,
-0.000983774778433144,
-0.007765697315335274,
0.0038926457054913044,
-0.02024698257446289,
-0.007968167774379253,
0.006492096930742264,
0.03673194348812103,
0.010789682157337666,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 13,
"Section": 5,
"Standard Reference": "143:5.13"
} | Nalda told John that Jesus had told her “all I ever did.” John many times wanted to ask Jesus about this visit with Nalda, but he never did. Jesus told her only one thing about herself, but his look into her eyes and the manner of his dealing with her had so brought all of her checkered life in panoramic review before ... |
143:6.1 | [
0.01004529558122158,
-0.03283225744962692,
-0.0012044442119076848,
0.004298990126699209,
-0.012113833799958229,
0.000012688278729910962,
-0.007738843094557524,
0.0017843617824837565,
-0.0389387384057045,
-0.02253582701086998,
0.008981287479400635,
0.035951584577560425,
-0.013422365300357342,... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "143:6.1"
} | On the evening that Nalda drew the crowd out from Sychar to see Jesus, the twelve had just returned with food, and they besought Jesus to eat with them instead of talking to the people, for they had been without food all day and were hungry. But Jesus knew that darkness would soon be upon them; so he persisted in his d... |
143:6.2 | [
0.02728867158293724,
-0.013376299291849136,
-0.015826918184757233,
-0.003592965891584754,
-0.016656555235385895,
0.02382972277700901,
0.0013298122212290764,
0.008889878168702126,
-0.00023792230058461428,
-0.02308943122625351,
0.014001717790961266,
0.03293020278215408,
-0.01127667911350727,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "143:6.2"
} | Jesus and the apostles went into Sychar and preached two days before they established their camp on Mount Gerizim. And many of the dwellers in Sychar believed the gospel and made request for baptism, but the apostles of Jesus did not yet baptize. |
143:6.3 | [
0.009403802454471588,
-0.007346720434725285,
-0.012803330086171627,
0.005616901908069849,
-0.0003771455667447299,
0.020731110125780106,
-0.009223473258316517,
-0.008248363621532917,
-0.0010736229596659541,
-0.01541475486010313,
0.004217685200273991,
0.04116835072636604,
-0.001198016339913010... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "143:6.3"
} | The first night of the camp on Mount Gerizim the apostles expected that Jesus would rebuke them for their attitude toward the woman at Jacob’s well, but he made no reference to the matter. Instead he gave them that memorable talk on “The realities which are central in the kingdom of God.” In any religion it is very eas... |
143:6.4 | [
0.012332521378993988,
-0.011286202818155289,
-0.01009952463209629,
-0.011483983136713505,
0.008140867576003075,
0.02648971974849701,
-0.01854025200009346,
-0.019254811108112335,
-0.009742245078086853,
-0.032308273017406464,
-0.00885542668402195,
0.03687634319067001,
0.0009873035596683621,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "143:6.4"
} | The theme of Jesus’ teaching on Mount Gerizim was: That he wants all men to see God as a Father-friend just as he (Jesus) is a brother-friend. And again and again he impressed upon them that love is the greatest relationship in the world—in the universe—just as truth is the greatest pronouncement of the observation of ... |
143:6.5 | [
0.0205544326454401,
-0.019312890246510506,
-0.007875645533204079,
-0.0015534962294623256,
-0.040531985461711884,
0.0002053562056971714,
-0.01142470259219408,
-0.0027558489236980677,
-0.01940067484974861,
-0.01395795214921236,
0.023727264255285263,
0.020642219111323357,
-0.005680999252945185,... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "143:6.5"
} | Jesus declared himself so fully to the Samaritans because he could safely do so, and because he knew that he would not again visit the heart of Samaria to preach the gospel of the kingdom. |
143:6.6 | [
0.02163255400955677,
-0.004040930420160294,
-0.022923095151782036,
-0.014579293318092823,
-0.02949080616235733,
0.03656962141394615,
-0.004960920661687851,
0.0021753942128270864,
-0.017288153991103172,
-0.035215191543102264,
-0.0012378344545140862,
0.030896347016096115,
-0.004168706946074963... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 6,
"Standard Reference": "143:6.6"
} | Jesus and the twelve camped on Mount Gerizim until the end of August. They preached the good news of the kingdom—the fatherhood of God—to the Samaritans in the cities by day and spent the nights at the camp. The work which Jesus and the twelve did in these Samaritan cities yielded many souls for the kingdom and did muc... |
143:7.1 | [
0.0001221540878759697,
0.012524660676717758,
-0.009896027855575085,
-0.01282772608101368,
-0.0022250600159168243,
0.02085587941110134,
-0.010966035537421703,
-0.0024106104392558336,
-0.006587043404579163,
-0.009512556716799736,
0.018703492358326912,
0.03458661586046219,
-0.008826020173728466... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.1"
} | At the evening conferences on Mount Gerizim, Jesus taught many great truths, and in particular he laid emphasis on the following: |
143:7.2 | [
-0.012219577096402645,
-0.00019918999169021845,
0.014203314669430256,
-0.0001897649053717032,
-0.020807482302188873,
-0.0038120103999972343,
0.01016121543943882,
-0.0066476985812187195,
-0.01836978644132614,
-0.0024532433599233627,
0.002652239054441452,
0.03678932040929794,
-0.01636739261448... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.2"
} | True religion is the act of an individual soul in its self-conscious relations with the Creator; organized religion is man’s attempt to socialize the worship of individual religionists. |
143:7.3 | [
0.009598900564014912,
-0.0031902226619422436,
0.010475754737854004,
-0.003846202977001667,
-0.021575937047600746,
0.01898523047566414,
-0.017882518470287323,
-0.015424668788909912,
-0.00010659678082447499,
-0.018799230456352234,
-0.009891184978187084,
0.02164236456155777,
0.00482602138072252... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.3"
} | Worship—contemplation of the spiritual—must alternate with service, contact with material reality. Work should alternate with play; religion should be balanced by humor. Profound philosophy should be relieved by rhythmic poetry. The strain of living—the time tension of personality—should be relaxed by the restfulness o... |
143:7.4 | [
-0.01916527934372425,
0.006078827194869518,
0.02280360832810402,
0.0010601115645840764,
-0.006392696872353554,
0.013938385993242264,
-0.015539762564003468,
-0.03835618123412132,
-0.011049501597881317,
-0.012516362592577934,
0.0028024096973240376,
0.031463854014873505,
-0.002205096185207367,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.4"
} | Prayer is designed to make man less thinking but more realizing; it is not designed to increase knowledge but rather to expand insight. |
143:7.5 | [
0.00297464313916862,
-0.013460377231240273,
0.008191636763513088,
0.010832279920578003,
-0.021401122212409973,
-0.005610581487417221,
-0.00383551768027246,
-0.022605406120419502,
-0.007238246034830809,
-0.017399389296770096,
0.003082840470597148,
0.030834676697850227,
-0.019644875079393387,
... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.5"
} | Worship is intended to anticipate the better life ahead and then to reflect these new spiritual significances back onto the life which now is. Prayer is spiritually sustaining, but worship is divinely creative. |
143:7.6 | [
-0.013323614373803139,
-0.001413327525369823,
0.004673445597290993,
-0.007463514339178801,
-0.024432988837361336,
-0.004485744051635265,
-0.00558968260884285,
-0.015906894579529762,
-0.01695038564503193,
-0.017064915969967842,
-0.0022540069185197353,
0.023936694487929344,
-0.0107085211202502... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.6"
} | Worship is the technique of looking to the One for the inspiration of service to the many. Worship is the yardstick which measures the extent of the soul’s detachment from the material universe and its simultaneous and secure attachment to the spiritual realities of all creation. |
143:7.7 | [
-0.008555284701287746,
0.014406868256628513,
0.017574060708284378,
0.0027712942101061344,
-0.009347083047032356,
0.003865649690851569,
-0.0038946180138736963,
-0.04302748292684555,
-0.016363833099603653,
-0.02200298197567463,
-0.0006385081214830279,
0.03316540643572807,
-0.024809682741761208... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.7"
} | Prayer is self-reminding—sublime thinking; worship is self-forgetting—superthinking. Worship is effortless attention, true and ideal soul rest, a form of restful spiritual exertion. |
143:7.8 | [
0.011438309215009212,
0.0011336408788338304,
0.0025092950090765953,
-0.004232046660035849,
-0.03890043869614601,
-0.008031017147004604,
-0.005187362432479858,
-0.014699118211865425,
-0.0071648648008704185,
-0.019169993698596954,
0.0011256799334660172,
0.01857133023440838,
-0.0052733407355844... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.8"
} | Worship is the act of a part identifying itself with the Whole; the finite with the Infinite; the son with the Father; time in the act of striking step with eternity. Worship is the act of the son’s personal communion with the divine Father, the assumption of refreshing, creative, fraternal, and romantic attitudes by t... |
143:7.9 | [
0.003481946187093854,
-0.019797632470726967,
0.016312411054968834,
-0.02475031651556492,
-0.004123960621654987,
0.03084290400147438,
-0.020413441583514214,
0.0064791059121489525,
-0.0199548602104187,
-0.006606854032725096,
0.01108457800000906,
0.04085309058427811,
-0.01910320855677128,
-0.... | {
"Paper": 143,
"Paragraph": 9,
"Section": 7,
"Standard Reference": "143:7.9"
} | Although the apostles grasped only a few of his teachings at the camp, other worlds did, and other generations on earth will. |
144:0.1 | [
0.012966602109372616,
-0.01707395538687706,
-0.00807569082826376,
-0.024909524247050285,
-0.0232792217284441,
0.0366249643266201,
-0.0061768293380737305,
0.006148393731564283,
-0.00469818152487278,
-0.01616401970386505,
0.0031231690663844347,
0.04504188150167465,
0.007330047897994518,
-0.0... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 0,
"Standard Reference": "144:0.1"
} | SEPTEMBER and October were spent in retirement at a secluded camp upon the slopes of Mount Gilboa. The month of September Jesus spent here alone with his apostles, teaching and instructing them in the truths of the kingdom. |
144:0.2 | [
0.015758899971842766,
-0.011018206365406513,
-0.015172825194895267,
-0.013219242915511131,
-0.04079080745577812,
0.020499594509601593,
0.005199785809963942,
0.01700919307768345,
-0.010809823870658875,
-0.035294726490974426,
0.019027894362807274,
0.02066890522837639,
-0.0007537573110312223,
... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 0,
"Standard Reference": "144:0.2"
} | There were a number of reasons why Jesus and his apostles were in retirement at this time on the borders of Samaria and the Decapolis. The Jerusalem religious rulers were very antagonistic; Herod Antipas still held John in prison, fearing either to release or execute him, while he continued to entertain suspicions that... |
144:0.3 | [
0.004873137921094894,
-0.014664357528090477,
-0.016962885856628418,
0.0015328875742852688,
-0.03025326319038868,
0.009765537455677986,
-0.005364303942769766,
0.011242246255278587,
-0.019441187381744385,
-0.007813714444637299,
0.014060832560062408,
0.027017345651984215,
-0.0000545238508493639... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 0,
"Standard Reference": "144:0.3"
} | Jesus knew that the days of the preliminary work of teaching and preaching were about over, that the next move involved the beginning of the full and final effort of his life on earth, and he did not wish the launching of this undertaking to be in any manner either trying or embarrassing to John the Baptist. Jesus had ... |
144:1.1 | [
0.006594066042453051,
-0.02584770694375038,
-0.012930299155414104,
-0.04151103273034096,
-0.03916475549340248,
0.005752887576818466,
-0.009565585292875767,
-0.00006919176666997373,
-0.028593624010682106,
-0.010932098142802715,
0.015173442661762238,
0.022083353251218796,
0.0028200428932905197... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 1,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.1"
} | As time passed, the twelve became more devoted to Jesus and increasingly committed to the work of the kingdom. Their devotion was in large part a matter of personal loyalty. They did not grasp his many-sided teaching; they did not fully comprehend the nature of Jesus or the significance of his bestowal on earth. |
144:1.2 | [
0.02180762030184269,
-0.01357978954911232,
-0.009672214277088642,
-0.009104778058826923,
-0.02338096685707569,
0.020543783903121948,
-0.015926914289593697,
0.0021166030783206224,
-0.00969155877828598,
-0.013786129653453827,
0.021459421142935753,
0.04456956684589386,
-0.00041711426456458867,
... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 2,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.2"
} | Jesus made it plain to his apostles that they were in retirement for three reasons: |
144:1.3 | [
0.01434935349971056,
-0.02028701640665531,
-0.025209695100784302,
-0.008874776773154736,
-0.03235265240073204,
0.013740362599492073,
-0.02311628870666027,
-0.00456426152959466,
-0.014526975341141224,
-0.0012901413720101118,
0.0036539467982947826,
0.010917434468865395,
-0.013372429646551609,
... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 3,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.3"
} | 1. To confirm their understanding of, and faith in, the gospel of the kingdom. |
144:1.4 | [
-0.014873127453029156,
-0.00884153787046671,
-0.0005456529324874282,
-0.0038424422964453697,
-0.028543857857584953,
0.02523726597428322,
-0.01705573871731758,
0.0003171403659507632,
0.0022022160701453686,
-0.03340572118759155,
0.006459616124629974,
0.01587948016822338,
0.025028152391314507,
... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 4,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.4"
} | 2. To allow opposition to their work in both Judea and Galilee to quiet down. |
144:1.5 | [
-0.009374279528856277,
-0.018684132024645805,
-0.03069351799786091,
-0.002140621654689312,
-0.011300678364932537,
0.008581815287470818,
-0.0017959316028282046,
0.003910782281309366,
-0.01903204247355461,
0.004220036789774895,
0.01597815379500389,
0.015668898820877075,
0.0035725347697734833,
... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 5,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.5"
} | 3. To await the fate of John the Baptist. |
144:1.6 | [
0.009219185449182987,
-0.009545697830617428,
-0.015198851004242897,
-0.022727852687239647,
-0.019078591838479042,
0.006466234102845192,
-0.007573816925287247,
-0.010806933976709843,
-0.022996746003627777,
-0.019052982330322266,
0.012830032967031002,
0.010313963517546654,
-0.00784270931035280... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 6,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.6"
} | While tarrying on Gilboa, Jesus told the twelve much about his early life and his experiences on Mount Hermon; he also revealed something of what happened in the hills during the forty days immediately after his baptism. And he directly charged them that they should tell no man about these experiences until after he ha... |
144:1.7 | [
0.010615932755172253,
-0.026116376742720604,
-0.012736493721604347,
-0.018671436235308647,
-0.03558339923620224,
0.03324618563055992,
-0.0063124424777925014,
-0.0036797961220145226,
-0.021835865452885628,
-0.017896743491292,
-0.004956728313118219,
0.029307065531611443,
0.00783228687942028,
... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 7,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.7"
} | During these September weeks they rested, visited, recounted their experiences since Jesus first called them to service, and engaged in an earnest effort to co-ordinate what the Master had so far taught them. In a measure they all sensed that this would be their last opportunity for prolonged rest. They realized that t... |
144:1.8 | [
0.0379260815680027,
-0.007580145727843046,
0.018760226666927338,
-0.020877089351415634,
-0.03105578012764454,
-0.0023687954526394606,
0.009234340861439705,
-0.013499757274985313,
-0.01632646843791008,
-0.03675990551710129,
0.000977623276412487,
0.03650638833642006,
-0.0007462894427590072,
... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 8,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.8"
} | Much of this time Jesus was alone on the mountain near the camp. Occasionally he took with him Peter, James, or John, but more often he went off to pray or commune alone. Subsequent to the baptism of Jesus and the forty days in the Perean hills, it is hardly proper to speak of these seasons of communion with his Father... |
144:1.9 | [
0.0021472268272191286,
-0.0008368440321646631,
-0.004952750634402037,
-0.00971298012882471,
-0.003171933814883232,
0.01738896779716015,
-0.010768738575279713,
-0.0007052623550407588,
-0.019388698041439056,
-0.02128906361758709,
-0.0007506755064241588,
0.034902140498161316,
0.0147309396415948... | {
"Paper": 144,
"Paragraph": 9,
"Section": 1,
"Standard Reference": "144:1.9"
} | The central theme of the discussions throughout the entire month of September was prayer and worship. After they had discussed worship for some days, Jesus finally delivered his memorable discourse on prayer in answer to Thomas’s request: “Master, teach us how to pray.” |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.