And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, “Is that the way you answer the high priest?”

Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

Paul looked directly at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.

For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?