A group of prophets who lived there went to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master away from you today?" "Yes, I know," Elisha answered. "But let's not talk about it."

After the death of the LORD's servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Moses' helper, Joshua son of Nun.

He said, "My servant Moses is dead. Get ready now, you and all the people of Israel, and cross the Jordan River into the land that I am giving them.

As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven.

Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.

and now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.

until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before he was taken up, he gave instructions by the power of the Holy Spirit to the men he had chosen as his apostles.

and said, "Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven."

Paul answered, "I am not mad, Your Excellency! I am speaking the sober truth.

His father refused, saying, "I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations."

the time for tearing and the time for mending, the time for silence and the time for talk.

God says, "Be silent and listen to me, you distant lands! Get ready to present your case in court; you will have your chance to speak. Let us come together to decide who is right.

The LORD is in his holy Temple; let everyone on earth be silent in his presence.