Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

“I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but whose father was a Greek.

To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!