But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father – and yet you dishonor me.

You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.

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 we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.

I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!