Then<n id="1" /> the experts in the law<n id="2" /> and the chief priests wanted to arrest<n id="3" /> him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But<n id="4" /> they were afraid of the people.p>

Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts,<n id="1" /> you did not arrest me.<n id="2" /> But this is your hour,<n id="3" /> and that of the power<n id="4" /> of darkness!&#8221;p>

Look at my hands and my feet; it&#8217;s me!<n id="1" /> Touch me and see; a ghost<n id="2" /> does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.&#8221;

So he made a whip of cords<n id="1" /> and drove them all out of the temple courts,<n id="2" /> with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers<n id="3" /> and overturned their tables.

Don&#8217;t you say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;There are four more months and then comes the harvest?&#8217; I tell you, look up<n id="2" /> and see that the fields are already white<n id="3" /> for harvest!

The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth,<n id="1" /> and a cloth wrapped around his face.<n id="2" /> Jesus said to them, &#8220;Unwrap him<n id="3" /> and let him go.&#8221;p>

The person who has my commandments and obeys<n id="1" /> them is the one who loves me.<n id="2" /> The one<n id="3" /> who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal<n id="4" /> myself to him.&#8221;p>

Then he said to Thomas, &#8220;Put<n id="1" /> your finger here, and examine<n id="2" /> my hands. Extend<n id="3" /> your hand and put it<n id="4" /> into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe.&#8221;<n id="5" />

I tell you the solemn truth,<n id="1" /> when you were young, you tied your clothes around you<n id="2" /> and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up<n id="3" /> and bring you where you do not want to go.&#8221;

And Saul agreed completely with killing<n id="1" /> him.p><t /><p class="bodytext">Now on that day a great<n id="2" /> persecution began<n id="3" /> against the church in Jerusalem,<n id="4" /> and all<n id="5" /> except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions<n id="6" /> of Judea and Samaria.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues<n id="1" /> in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way,<n id="2" /> either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners<n id="3" /> to Jerusalem.<n id="4" />

When the jailer woke up<n id="1" /> and saw the doors of the prison standing open,<n id="2" /> he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,<n id="3" /> because he assumed<n id="4" /> the prisoners had escaped.

These Jews<n id="1" /> were more open-minded<n id="2" /> than those in Thessalonica,<n id="3" /> for they eagerly<n id="4" /> received<n id="5" /> the message, examining<n id="6" /> the scriptures carefully every day<n id="7" /> to see if these things were so.

so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body<n id="1" /> were brought<n id="2" /> to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.<n id="3" />

When<n id="1" /> our time was over,<n id="2" /> we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied<n id="3" /> us outside of the city. After<n id="4" /> kneeling down on the beach and praying,<n id="5" />

When the seven days were almost over,<n id="1" /> the Jews from the province of Asia<n id="2" /> who had seen him in the temple area<n id="3" /> stirred up the whole crowd<n id="4" /> and seized<n id="5" /> him,

The father<n id="1" /> of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him<n id="2" /> and after praying, placed<n id="3" /> his hands on him and healed<n id="4" /> him.

Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.p>

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds<n id="1" /> of the naive.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will<n id="1" /> bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition<n id="2" /> from God.p>