And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)

While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”

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 he also says in Hosea: “I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved, ‘My beloved.’”

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.