and no lie was found on their lips;<n id="1" /> they<n id="2" /> are blameless.p>

and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat<n id="1" /> with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then<n id="2" /> he called them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;When<n id="1" /> you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive<n id="2" /> so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth,<n id="3" /> they have their reward.

Jesus said to them, &#8220;The wedding guests<n id="1" /> cannot mourn while the bridegroom<n id="2" /> is with them, can they? But the days<n id="3" /> are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them,<n id="4" /> and then they will fast.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this reason I<n id="1" /> am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law,<n id="2" /> some of whom you will kill and crucify,<n id="3" /> and some you will flog<n id="4" /> in your synagogues<n id="5" /> and pursue from town to town,

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;The wedding guests<n id="2" /> cannot fast while the bridegroom<n id="3" /> is with them, can they?<n id="4" /> As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>He has blinded their eyesi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and hardened their heart,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that they would not see with their eyesi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and understand with their heart,i>b><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and turn to me,i>b><n id="3" /> <i><b>and I would heal themb>.i>&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

But I have told you these things<n id="1" /> so that when their time<n id="2" /> comes, you will remember that I told you about them.<n id="3" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.<n id="4" />

When I was with them I kept them safe<n id="1" /> and watched over them<n id="2" /> in your name<n id="3" /> that you have given me. Not one<n id="4" /> of them was lost except the one destined for destruction,<n id="5" /> so that the scripture could be fulfilled.<n id="6" />

When the argument became<n id="1" /> so great the commanding officer<n id="2" /> feared that they would tear Paul to pieces,<n id="3" /> he ordered the detachment<n id="4" /> to go down, take him away from them by force,<n id="5" /> and bring him into the barracks.<n id="6" />p>

They<n id="1" /> show that the work of the law is written<n id="2" /> in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend<n id="3" /> them,<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">But I ask, have they<n id="1" /> not heard?<n id="2" /> Yes, they have:<n id="3" /> <i><b>Their voice has gone out to all the earthb>, <b>and their words to the ends of the worldb>i>.<n id="4" />

&#8220;<i><b>This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those daysb>, <b>says the Lordb>. <b>I will putb>i><n id="1" /> <b><i>my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their mindsi>b>,&#8221;<n id="2" />

Each<n id="1" /> of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached<n id="2" /> of both their fellow servants<n id="3" /> and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.p>

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On<n id="2" /> their heads were something like crowns similar to gold,<n id="3" /> and their faces looked like men&#8217;s<n id="4" /> faces.

If<n id="1" /> anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths<n id="2" /> and completely consumes<n id="3" /> their enemies. If<n id="4" /> anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.

When<n id="1" /> they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer<n id="2" /> them and kill them.

For three and a half days those from every<n id="1" /> people, tribe,<n id="2" /> nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> they overcame himp> <p class="poetry">by the blood of the Lambp> <p class="poetry">and by the word of their testimony,p> <p class="poetry">and they did not love their lives<n id="2" /> so much that they were afraid to die.p>