He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”

But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

“You descendants of Jacob, my servants, do not be afraid; do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from the faraway lands where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.

(Now the Lord granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.)

“‘Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire where the peace offering is burning.

Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine.

Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.

Camel caravans will cover your roads, young camels from Midian and Ephah. All the merchants of Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing praises to the Lord.

כ (Kaf) My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares.

who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the sacrificial offerings made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them.

They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the Lord.