curiosity

²It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech. ³Heaven above, and earth below, and the heart of kings are each unsearchable.

⁷But he said to them: “It is not yours to know the times or the moments, which the Father has set by his own authority.

²¹Therefore, when Peter had seen him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, but what about this one?” ²²Jesus said to him: “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow me.”

¹However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?” ²The woman responded to him: “From the fruit of the trees which are in Paradise, we eat. ³Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die.” ⁴Then the serpent said to the woman: “By no means will you die a death. ⁵For God knows that, on whatever day you will eat from it, your eyes will be opened; and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.” ⁶And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.

¹Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.

²¹But there is no just man on earth, who does good and does not sin.

²⁰Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.

¹⁹And apprehending him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: “Are we able to know what this new doctrine is, about which you speak? ²⁰For you bring certain new ideas to our ears. And so we would like to know what these things mean.” ²¹(Now all the Athenians, and arriving visitors, were occupying themselves with nothing other than speaking or hearing various new ideas.)

⁸Then Herod, upon seeing Jesus, was very glad. For he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard so many things about him, and he was hoping to see some kind of sign wrought by him.

⁹Now a great multitude of the Jews knew that he was in that place, and so they came, not so much because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

²³And someone said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” But he said to them:

¹²To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze.

⁹And Herod said: “I beheaded John. So then, who is this, about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.

²³And as they drew near, he said: “Will you destroy the just with the impious? ²⁴If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it? ²⁵Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.” ²⁶And the Lord said to him, “If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them.” ²⁷And Abraham responded by saying: “Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes. ²⁸What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city?” And he said, “I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there.”

²¹he said to him: “Descend, and call the people to witness, lest they might be willing to transgress the limits, so as to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them might perish.

¹⁹Then he struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had seen the ark of the Lord. And he struck down some of the people: seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

⁸And I heard and did not understand. And I said, “My lord, what will be after these things?” ⁹And he said, “Go, Daniel, for the words are closed and sealed until the predetermined time.

⁶And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.

²⁰Now there were certain Gentiles among those who went up so that they might worship on the feast day. ²¹Therefore, these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they petitioned him, saying: “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”