So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread. ¹ 

Now this happened ¹  to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’ ² 

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt. ¹ 

¹ Come, let’s consider your options,” ²  says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become ³  white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become ⁴  white like wool. ⁵ 

But just as Paul was about to speak, ¹  Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, ²  I would have been justified in accepting the complaint ³  of you Jews, ⁴ 

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, ¹  as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Then Satan answered the Lord, “Is it for nothing that Job fears God? ¹ 

They ¹  are dark ²  because of ice; snow is piled ³  up over them. ⁴ 

before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me. ¹ 

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. ¹ 

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise ¹  by understanding ²  what the Lord’s will is.

But ¹  for this purpose I have caused you to stand: ²  to show you ³  my strength, and so that my name may be declared ⁴  in all the earth.

This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: ¹  Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ² 

He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I ¹  would be discredited. ² 

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

They discussed with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

Then ¹  the experts in the law ²  and the Pharisees began to think ³  to themselves, ⁴  “Who is this man ⁵  who is uttering blasphemies? ⁶  Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

The experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees ²  watched ³  Jesus ⁴  closely to see if ⁵  he would heal on the Sabbath, ⁶  so that they could find a reason to accuse him.