<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for<n id="1" /> these things, strive to be found<n id="2" /> at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.<n id="3" />

The one who says he resides<n id="1" /> in God<n id="2" /> ought himself to walk<n id="3" /> just as Jesus<n id="4" /> walked.p>

because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds.<n id="1" />p>

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down<n id="1" /> and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense,<n id="2" /> and myrrh.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.<n id="1" /> &#8220;Follow me,&#8221; he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

When<n id="1" /> he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus<n id="2" /> said to them, &#8220;Do you believe that I am able to do this?&#8221; They said to him, &#8220;Yes, Lord.&#8221;

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven.<n id="1" /> But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,<n id="2" /> either in this age or in the age to come.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Listen to another parable: There was a landowner<n id="1" /> who planted a vineyard.<n id="2" /> He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then<n id="3" /> he leased it to tenant farmers<n id="4" /> and went on a journey.

Then<n id="1" /> some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, &#8220;Prophesy!&#8221; The guards also took him and beat<n id="2" /> him.p>

Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy,<n id="1" /> but as they became fully awake,<n id="2" /> they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

I tell you, even though the man inside<n id="1" /> will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man&#8217;s<n id="2" /> sheer persistence<n id="3" /> he will get up and give him whatever he needs.p>

Nathanael asked him, &#8220;How do you know me?&#8221; Jesus replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree,<n id="2" /> I saw you.&#8221;

Jesus told him, &#8220;Go home;<n id="1" /> your son will live.&#8221; The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.<n id="2" />p>

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.

(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened,<n id="1" /> but when Jesus was glorified,<n id="2" /> then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened<n id="3" /> to him.)<n id="4" />p>

Peter said to him, &#8220;You will never wash my feet!&#8221;<n id="1" /> Jesus replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Jesus replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;If anyone loves me, he will obey<n id="2" /> my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.<n id="3" />

Pilate asked,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What is truth?&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders<n id="3" /> and announced,<n id="4" /> &#8220;I find no basis for an accusation<n id="5" /> against him.

Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius<n id="1" /> replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;What is it, Lord?&#8221; The angel<n id="3" /> said to him, &#8220;Your prayers and your acts of charity<n id="4" /> have gone up as a memorial<n id="5" /> before God.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus<n id="1" /> so as not to spend time<n id="2" /> in the province of Asia,<n id="3" /> for he was hurrying<n id="4" /> to arrive in Jerusalem,<n id="5" /> if possible,<n id="6" /> by the day of Pentecost.