The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; ¹  I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.

He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’” ¹ 

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression ¹  either.

From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep – from every kind of animal – and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.”

When you look up ¹  to the sky ²  and see the sun, moon, and stars – the whole heavenly creation ³  – you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, ⁴  for the Lord your God has assigned ⁵  them to all the people ⁶  of the world. ⁷ 

She quickly emptied ¹  her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon, turning toward Neah.

But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, ¹  for they say, ²  “Who hears?”

When he sees chariots, teams of horses, ¹  riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”

The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. ¹  The process of refining them has proved useless. ²  The wicked have not been purged.

All his retinue – his attendants and his troops – I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.

All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid – their faces are troubled.

and those who turn their backs on ¹  the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.” ² 

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. ¹ 

He ¹  saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

And now, ¹  compelled ²  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ³  without knowing what will happen to me there, ⁴ 

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.