Because Joseph, her husband to be,<n id="1" /> was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her<n id="2" /> privately.

Whoever is not with me is against me,<n id="1" /> and whoever does not gather with me scatters.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> Jesus, when he began his ministry,<n id="2" /> was about thirty years old. He was<n id="3" /> the son (as was supposed)<n id="4" /> of Joseph, the son<n id="5" /> of Heli,

For<n id="1" /> Peter<n id="2" /> and all who were with him were astonished<n id="3" /> at the catch of fish that they had taken,

Whoever is not with me is against me,<n id="1" /> and whoever does not gather with me scatters.<n id="2" />p>

He<n id="1" /> was longing to eat<n id="2" /> the carob pods<n id="3" /> the pigs were eating, but<n id="4" /> no one gave him anything.

And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing<n id="1" /> wrong.&#8221;

He is not here, but has been raised!<n id="1" /> Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,<n id="2" />

No one has ever seen God. The only one,<n id="1" /> himself God, who is in closest fellowship with<n id="2" /> the Father, has made God<n id="3" /> known.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus<n id="1" /> before and who was one of the rulers,<n id="2" /> said,<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">I wrote<n id="1" /> the former<n id="2" /> account,<n id="3" /> Theophilus,<n id="4" /> about all that Jesus began to do and teach

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols<n id="1" /> and from blood and from what has been strangled<n id="2" /> and from sexual immorality.<n id="3" /> If you keep yourselves from doing these things,<n id="4" /> you will do well. Farewell.<n id="5" />p>

When you examine<n id="1" /> him yourself, you will be able to learn from him<n id="2" /> about all these things we are accusing him of doing.&#8221;<n id="3" />

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge<n id="1" /> him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa,<n id="1" /> I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God&#8217;s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters<n id="1" /> at one time, most of whom are still alive,<n id="2" /> though some have fallen asleep.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor,<n id="1" /> is no different from a slave, though he is the owner<n id="2" /> of everything.

<p class="bodytext">But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan<n id="1" /> to be taught not to blaspheme.p>