by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, ¹  moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. ² 

and serves in the name of the Lord his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord.

So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ¹  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out. ¹ 

Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between ¹  the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

So they prepared a dinner for Jesus ¹  there. Martha ²  was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table ³  with him.

And David says, “Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please ¹  the one who recruited him.

Give a shepherd’s care to ¹  God’s flock among you, exercising oversight ²  not merely as a duty ³  but willingly under God’s direction, ⁴  not for shameful profit but eagerly.

and has appointed ¹  us as a kingdom, ²  as priests ³  serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! ⁴  Amen.

When a leader died, the next generation ¹  would again ²  act more wickedly than the previous one. ³  They would follow after other gods, worshiping them ⁴  and bowing down to them. They did not give up ⁵  their practices or their stubborn ways.

Esther responded, ¹  “My request and my petition is this:

“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, ¹  my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

He gave them portions of the food set before him, ¹  but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk. ² 

the woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.”