as it is written: &#8220;<b><i>The one who gatheredi>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>much did not have too muchb>, <b>and the one who gatheredb>i> <b><i>little did not have too littlei>b>.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

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

For I can testify that he has worked hard<n id="1" /> for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves<n id="1" /> and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.<n id="2" />p>

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm.<n id="1" /> <i>The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deedsi>.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">On this topic we have much to say<n id="1" /> and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish<n id="2" /> in hearing.

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles.<n id="1" /> Because of these false teachers,<n id="2" /> the way of truth will be slandered.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with<n id="1" /> pen and ink.<n id="2" />

His feet were like polished bronze<n id="1" /> refined<n id="2" /> in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar<n id="3" /> of many waters.

So<n id="1" /> I began weeping bitterly<n id="2" /> because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

Then<n id="1" /> they<n id="2" /> told me: &#8220;You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations,<n id="3" /> languages, and kings.&#8221;p>

But the gracious gift is not like the transgression.<n id="1" /> For if the many died through the transgression of the one man,<n id="2" /> how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>A voice was heard in Ramah,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>weeping and loud wailing,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>Rachel weeping for her children,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and she did not want to be comforted, because they werei>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>goneb>.i>&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.p>

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass,<n id="1" /> which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven,<n id="2" /> won&#8217;t he clothe you even more,<n id="3" /> you people of little faith?

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet<n id="1" /> with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob<n id="2" /> in the kingdom of heaven,

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.<n id="1" />

As<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> was having a meal<n id="3" /> in Matthew&#8217;s<n id="4" /> house, many tax collectors<n id="5" /> and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while<n id="1" /> the whole crowd stood on the shore.