May the Lord protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls!

From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?

“Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, ‘The days pass slowly, and every vision fails’?

I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

“‘He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand – the sword is sharpened, it is polished – giving it into the hand of the executioner.

He made me walk all around among them. I realized there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.

So these men concluded, “We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God.”

When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.

The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

“Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

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