a thread opens
For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
For he that has, to him shall be given: and he that has not, from him shall be taken even that which he has.
from Matthew 25:29
For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that he has.
from Mark 4:25 · a strong link
Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he purges it, so that it may bring forth more fruit.
from Matthew 13:12
Then he said to the dresser of his vineyard, Look, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbers it the ground?
from John 15:2
a thread opens
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
And this is the testimony, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
from Acts 20:21
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
from I John 5:11 · a strong link
But to the Son he said, Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom.
from I John 5:20
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;
from Hebrews 1:8
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained equally precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:
from Titus 2:13
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Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
from Acts 13:38
And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; of which we are witnesses.
from Acts 5:31
But God raised him from the dead:
from Acts 3:15
Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held of it.
from Acts 13:30 · a strong link
Which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
from Acts 2:24 · a strong link
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
from Ephesians 1:20
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Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
from Acts 17:31
And he said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
from Matthew 25:31
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
from John 1:51
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For truly against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
from Acts 4:30
And his name through faith in his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yes, the faith which is by him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
from Acts 3:6 · a strong link
The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly seeing him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
from Acts 3:16
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You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
from Acts 7:51
O house of David, thus says the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is plundered out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
from Jeremiah 4:4
Shall you reign, because you close yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
from Jeremiah 21:12
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
from Jeremiah 22:15
Only be strong and very courageous, so that you may observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
from II Kings 22:2
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
from Acts 22:21 · a strong link
Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of his power.
from Acts 9:15 · a strong link
Who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.
from Ephesians 3:7
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.
from II Corinthians 3:6 · a strong link
Of his own will he fathered us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
from John 6:63
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
from James 1:18 · a strong link
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Matthew 25:29 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table