Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year.

When they could not pay, he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

For just as it is written, “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.

For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes –

Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the cattle grazing in Sharon; Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the cattle in the valleys.

Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.

Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.

Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

The Lord will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.

All the people went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, who were better than you.