Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

Surely he rescues me from all trouble, and I triumph over my enemies.

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.

When Jesus noticed this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

“This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!”

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the strips of linen cloth; then he went home, wondering what had happened.

The Lord took him outside and said, “Gaze into the sky and count the stars – if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”

So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.