Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees.

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,

He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

But Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

Then they shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

But Peter helped him up, saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”

I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’

Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.