For this reason also the wisdom<n id="1" /> of God said, &#8216;I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,&#8217;

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Which of you, if you have a son<n id="2" /> or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?&#8221;

When<n id="1" /> he saw them he said, &#8220;Go<n id="2" /> and show yourselves to the priests.&#8221;<n id="3" /> And<n id="4" /> as they went along, they were cleansed.

And he summoned ten of his slaves,<n id="1" /> gave them ten minas,<n id="2" /> and said to them, &#8216;Do business with these until I come back.&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared,<n id="1" /> and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up<n id="2" /> to Jesus to kiss him.<n id="3" />

So<n id="1" /> they all said, &#8220;Are you the Son of God,<n id="2" /> then?&#8221; He answered<n id="3" /> them, &#8220;You say<n id="4" /> that I am.&#8221;

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other,<n id="1" /> for prior to this they had been enemies.<n id="2" />p>

A third time he said to them, &#8220;Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty<n id="1" /> of no crime deserving death.<n id="2" /> I will therefore flog<n id="3" /> him and release him.&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;You<n id="2" /> foolish people<n id="3" /> &#8211; how slow of heart<n id="4" /> to believe<n id="5" /> all that the prophets have spoken!

got into a boat, and started to cross the lake<n id="1" /> to Capernaum.<n id="2" /> (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)<n id="3" />

Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach<n id="1" /> them.

They asked the parents,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Is this your son, whom you say<n id="2" /> was born blind? Then how does he now see?&#8221;

He told them, &#8220;You are not permitted to know<n id="1" /> the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

With many other words he testified<n id="1" /> and exhorted them saying, &#8220;Save yourselves from this perverse<n id="2" /> generation!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">While the man<n id="1" /> was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway<n id="2" /> called Solomon&#8217;s Portico.<n id="3" />

But Peter and John replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Whether it is right before God to obey<n id="2" /> you rather than God, you decide,

<t /><p class="bodytext">When they were released, Peter and John<n id="1" /> went to their fellow believers<n id="2" /> and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

With<n id="1" /> great power the apostles were giving testimony<n id="2" /> to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Then the commander<n id="1" /> of the temple guard<n id="2" /> went with the officers<n id="3" /> and brought the apostles<n id="4" /> without the use of force<n id="5" /> (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).<n id="6" />p>

The next day Moses<n id="1" /> saw two men<n id="2" /> fighting, and tried to make peace between<n id="3" /> them, saying, &#8216;Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?&#8217;