But Martha was distracted ¹  with all the preparations she had to make, ²  so ³  she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care ⁴  that my sister has left me to do all the work ⁵  alone? Tell ⁶  her to help me.”

Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. ¹  So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children ²  as well as her husband!

So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to ¹  know your ways. ² 

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop ¹  than in a house in company ²  with a quarrelsome wife. ³ 

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife. ¹ 

A servant ¹  cannot be corrected ²  by words, for although ³  he understands, there is no answer. ⁴ 

“But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven ¹  – except the Father alone.

to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help ¹  to me in ministry. ² 

So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

On the first day there will be a holy convocation, ¹  and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind ²  on them, only what every person will eat – that alone may be prepared for you.

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ¹  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ²  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ³ 

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ¹  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. ²  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ³ 

Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod, ¹  the flock that belongs to you, ²  the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. ³  Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, ⁴  as they did in the old days. ⁵ 

Then ¹  they asked Jesus ²  to leave their region.

The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation. ¹ 

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. ¹  When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ²  but I blessed him ³  and gave him numerous descendants. ⁴ 

Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued. ¹ 

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” ¹