Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man replied, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. “Come,” he said, “I will show you the condemnation and punishment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”

The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”

and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.

He said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “This is the Lord’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.

“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”

Isaac said, “Since I am so old, I could die at any time.

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,

You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”

We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

This is what she said to him: “That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me,

“Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too.”

Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”