Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

Now a certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”

Then a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house,

and from Jesus Christ – the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood