For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants.

But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,

Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, “What is it that you want to report to me?”

Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.

He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, “Do you see anything?”

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.