Then the Pharisees answered, ¹  “You haven’t been deceived too, have you? ² 

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

(Now Jesus had been talking about ¹  his death, but they ²  thought he had been talking about real sleep.) ³ 

Jesus replied, ¹  “Are you saying this on your own initiative, ²  or have others told you about me?”

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, ¹  as your rulers did too.

The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas ¹  were Roman citizens ² 

For you are bringing some surprising things ¹  to our ears, so we want to know what they ²  mean.”

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” ¹ 

If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with ¹  the Spirit.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. ¹ 

But reject those myths ¹  fit only for the godless and gullible, ²  and train yourself for godliness.

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets ¹  what sort of person he was.

When ¹  the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, ²  “What is it?” because they did not know what it was. ³  Moses said to them, “It is the bread ⁴  that the Lord has given you for food. ⁵ 

Jesus ¹  answered, “You don’t know what you are asking! ²  Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” ³  They said to him, “We are able.” ⁴ 

The ¹  proposal pleased the entire group, so ²  they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with ³  Philip, ⁴  Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism ⁵  from Antioch. ⁶ 

that you were at that time without the Messiah, ¹  alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, ²  having no hope and without God in the world.

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you ¹  through an empty, deceitful philosophy ²  that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits ³  of the world, and not according to Christ.

He turned aside to her along the road and said, “Come on! I want to have sex with you.” ¹  (He did not realize ²  it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, “What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?” ³