His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>The Lord said to my lord,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Sit at my right hand,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>until I put your enemies under your feetb>.i>&#8221;&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

The Lord replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Who then is the faithful and wise manager,<n id="2" /> whom the master puts in charge of his household servants,<n id="3" /> to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, &#8220;Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give<n id="1" /> to the poor, and if<n id="2" /> I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord,<n id="2" /> how he had said to him, &#8220;Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The<n id="1" /> Lord<n id="2" /> said to him in a vision, &#8220;Ananias,&#8221; and he replied, &#8220;Here I am,<n id="3" /> Lord.&#8221;

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that the rest of humanityi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>may seek the Lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>namely,i>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>all the Gentilesi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>I have called to be my own,i>b>&#8217;<n id="4" /> <b><i>says the Lord,i>b><n id="5" /> <i>who makes these thingsi>

So I asked,<n id="1" /> &#8216;What should I do, Lord?&#8217; The Lord said to me, &#8216;Get up<n id="2" /> and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything<n id="3" /> that you have been designated<n id="4" /> to do.&#8217;

Who are you to pass judgment on another&#8217;s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord<n id="1" /> is able to make him stand.p>

&#8220;Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both.&#8221;<n id="1" /> The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

So then, dear brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.p>

<p class="bodytext">Masters,<n id="1" /> treat your slaves<n id="2" /> the same way,<n id="3" /> giving up the use of threats,<n id="4" /> because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven,<n id="5" /> and there is no favoritism with him.p>

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord,<n id="1" /> that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.

However, God&#8217;s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: &#8220;<b><i>The Lord knows those who are hisi>b>,&#8221;<n id="1" /> and &#8220;Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord<n id="2" /> must turn away from evil.&#8221;p>

They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying<n id="1" /> the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.&#8221;p>

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

<t /><p class="bodytext">After Herod<n id="1" /> had died, an<n id="2" /> angel of the Lord<n id="3" /> appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

Jesus said to him, &#8220;Once again it is written: &#8216;<b><i>You are not to put the Lord your God to the testi>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<b><i>Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lordi>b>.&#8217;<n id="2" />

And a leper<n id="1" /> approached, and bowed low before him, saying,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Lord, if<n id="3" /> you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;