For they said, &#8220;Not during the feast, so there won&#8217;t be a riot among the people.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

and &#8216;<b><i>with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stonei>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

But he said, &#8216;No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

Otherwise,<n id="1" /> when he has laid<n id="2" /> a foundation and is not able to finish the tower,<n id="3" /> all who see it<n id="4" /> will begin to make fun of<n id="5" /> him.

but if<n id="1" /> it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found<n id="2" /> fighting against God.&#8221; He convinced them,<n id="3" />

correcting<n id="1" /> opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">See to it,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> that none of you has<n id="3" /> an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes<n id="4" /> the living God.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore we must be wary<n id="1" /> that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

&#8216;No,&#8217; they replied.<n id="1" /> &#8216;There won&#8217;t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.&#8217;

<p class="otpoetry">so that <b><i>although they look they may look but not see,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and although they hear they may hear but not understand,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>so they may not repent and be forgivenb>.i>&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">While the people were filled with anticipation<n id="1" /> and they all wondered<n id="2" /> whether perhaps John<n id="3" /> could be the Christ,<n id="4" />

&#8220;When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast,<n id="1" /> do not take<n id="2" /> the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But be on your guard<n id="1" /> so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.<n id="2" />

Yet here he is, speaking publicly,<n id="1" /> and they are saying nothing to him.<n id="2" /> Do the rulers really know that this man<n id="3" /> is the Christ?<n id="4" />

and said to him, &#8220;If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, &#8216;<b><i>He will command his angels concerning youi>b>&#8217;<n id="1" /> and &#8216;<b><i>with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stonei>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

Reach agreement<n id="1" /> quickly with your accuser while on the way to court,<n id="2" /> or he<n id="3" /> may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.<n id="1" />p>

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body<n id="1" /> and say to the people, &#8216;He has been raised from the dead,&#8217; and the last deception will be worse than the first.&#8221;

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>For the heart of this people has become dull;i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>they are hard of hearing,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and they have shut their eyes,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that they would not see with their eyesi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and hear with their earsi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and understand with their heartsi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and turn, and I would heal themb>.i>&#8217;<n id="1" />p>