When<n id="1" /> they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.p>

But when these things<n id="1" /> begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption<n id="2" /> is drawing near.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> led them out as far as Bethany,<n id="3" /> and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

After<n id="1" /> he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

So I want the men<n id="1" /> to pray<n id="2" /> in every place, lifting up holy hands<n id="3" /> without anger or dispute.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he looked up<n id="2" /> at his disciples and said:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Blessed<n id="3" /> are you who are poor,<n id="4" /> for the kingdom of God belongs<n id="5" /> to you.p>

And in hell,<n id="1" /> as he was in torment,<n id="2" /> he looked up<n id="3" /> and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.<n id="4" />

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted<n id="1" /> in the Lycaonian language,<n id="2" /> &#8220;The gods have come down to us in human form!&#8221;<n id="3" />

and every arrogant obstacle<n id="1" /> that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey<n id="2" /> Christ.

For you put up with<n id="1" /> it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly<n id="2" /> toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

<p class="bodytext">As<n id="1" /> he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out<n id="2" /> to him, &#8220;Blessed is the womb<n id="3" /> that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!&#8221;<n id="4" />

The tax collector, however, stood<n id="1" /> far off and would not even look up<n id="2" /> to heaven, but beat his breast and said, &#8216;God, be merciful<n id="3" /> to me, sinner that I am!&#8217;<n id="4" />

Don&#8217;t you say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;There are four more months and then comes the harvest?&#8217; I tell you, look up<n id="2" /> and see that the fields are already white<n id="3" /> for harvest!

Then Jesus, when he looked up<n id="1" /> and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, &#8220;Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<b><i>The one who eats my breadi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>has turned against mei>b>.&#8217;<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward<n id="1" /> to heaven<n id="2" /> and said, &#8220;Father, the time<n id="3" /> has come. Glorify your Son, so that your<n id="4" /> Son may glorify you &#8211;

<t /><p class="bodytext">But Peter stood up<n id="1" /> with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: &#8220;You men of Judea<n id="2" /> and all you who live in Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> know this<n id="4" /> and listen carefully to what I say.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The crowd<n id="1" /> was listening to him until he said this.<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> they raised their voices and shouted,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Away with this man<n id="5" /> from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!&#8221;<n id="6" />

So they slipped<n id="1" /> the anchors<n id="2" /> and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage<n id="3" /> that bound the steering oars<n id="4" /> together. Then they hoisted<n id="5" /> the foresail<n id="6" /> to the wind and steered toward<n id="7" /> the beach.