And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.

Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years.

So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?”

The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,

Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters.

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).