Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”