For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.

Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.

They replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.

As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control.

and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.

But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

If the God of my father – the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears – had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”

It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

The Levite said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel.”