On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

“‘On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.

Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”

You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue.

If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus replied, “You have said it yourself.”

Simon answered, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.” Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus replied, “What I have told you from the beginning.

Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another.”

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

This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.