Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

The man replied, ‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.

Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

Paul replied, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”

But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?”

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed – perhaps of wheat or something else.

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God – given to me for you – in order to complete the word of God,

But to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.