For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.

whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

I have sent him (who is my very heart) back to you.

Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.

“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am – I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go’ and he goes, and to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

They said to him, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

but he answered his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.

The king said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?