You, however, must continue ¹  in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know ²  who taught you ³ 

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ¹  They give ²  insight to the untrained. ³ 

Because he has done this,” ¹  the Lord says, “I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the Lord, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord.”’” ² 

Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, ¹  or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore ²  my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

I will therefore have him flogged ¹  and release him.” ² 

Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, ¹  cried out, ²  “You both know me and know where I come from! ³  And I have not come on my own initiative, ⁴  but the one who sent me ⁵  is true. You do not know him, ⁶ 

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian ¹  change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots? ² 

Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet – indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’ ¹ 

He taught what was true; ¹  sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.

Now one ¹  day, as Jesus ²  was teaching the people in the temple courts ³  and proclaiming ⁴  the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law ⁵  with the elders came up ⁶ 

After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, ¹  to Iconium, ²  and to Antioch. ³ 

“‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you. ¹ 

You have been taught that the Lord alone is God – there is no other besides him.

Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

Joash did what the Lord approved ¹  throughout the lifetime ²  of Jehoiada the priest.

Your sin inspires ¹  your mouth; you choose the language ²  of the crafty. ³ 

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

I know, Lord, that your regulations ¹  are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. ² 

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.