When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.

(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith.

When Jesus learned of this, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”

From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

Then he will reply from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.