Then all the disciples left him and fled.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’

If I have told you people about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand.

“Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas – who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus –

Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”

and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”

Paul said in his defense, “I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”

The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”