After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”

Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!”)

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man’s ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.

Then he said to them, “Do you still not understand?”

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

If David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.