After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

(Look! I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.)

While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended?

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

Many came to him and began to say, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!”

They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

Then he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”

and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?