and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.

“When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”

“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Do a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ it will become a snake.”

Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”

A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)

you must select without fail a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.

When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.

Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

“‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the Lord as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the Lord.

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a gift to the Lord. It is a guilt offering.

It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,