Remember, I have told you ahead of time.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

A member of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ’s name will never lose his reward.

The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

Then all the disciples left him and fled.

So it seemed good to me as well, because I have followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion, saying, “There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.