When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.

So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its ¹  interpretation to the king.

For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, ¹  and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.

(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, ¹  for Judas, ²  one of the twelve, was going to betray him.) ³ 

But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. ¹  He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.”

His brothers were jealous ¹  of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said. ² 

(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.) ¹ 

I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last. ¹ 

I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, ¹  what will happen after these things?”

Now ¹  when Jesus ²  had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Jesus told them this parable, ¹  but they ²  did not understand ³  what he was saying to them.

(For Jesus ¹  knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, “Not every one of you is ²  clean.”) ³ 

The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed ¹  to know which of them he was talking about.

They replied, ¹  “Believe ²  in the Lord Jesus ³  and you will be saved, you and your household.”

He ¹  saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, ²  he came to them walking on the sea, ³  for ⁴  he wanted to pass by them. ⁵ 

Now while Peter was puzzling over ¹  what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was ²  and approached ³  the gate.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know ¹  that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied, ¹  “and how well your livestock have fared under my care. ² 

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this ¹  to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.” ² 

So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles ¹  sharpened.