The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.

She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

And Jesus answered him, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.”

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

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

When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” – but the immoral person sins against his own body.

Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord –

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”