The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.

“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me.

“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

This is the Lord’s gate – the godly enter through it.

This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.

This was the dream. Now we will set forth before the king its interpretation.

Therefore the palm of a hand was sent from him, and this writing was inscribed.

The Lord decided not to do this. “It will not happen,” the Lord said.

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.

Jesus said, “This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”

I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined to comprehend this” – but it was beyond my grasp.

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.