It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

The commanding officer answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” “But I was even born a citizen,” Paul replied.

After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!