At that time Herod the tetrarch ¹  heard reports about Jesus,

So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

And so ¹  you know what holds him back, ²  so that he will be revealed in his own time.

And God will exalt you in due time, ¹  if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand ² 

So we must not grow weary ¹  in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. ² 

who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

At harvest time he sent a slave ¹  to the tenants to collect from them ²  his portion of the crop. ³ 

Now ¹  there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ² 

who will not receive many times more ¹  in this age ²  – and in the age to come, eternal life.” ³ 

When harvest time came, he sent a slave ¹  to the tenants so that they would give ²  him his portion of the crop. ³  However, the tenants beat his slave ⁴  and sent him away empty-handed.

But stay alert at all times, ¹  praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must ²  happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful ¹  to God. For ²  three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” ¹  Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

With every prayer and petition, pray ¹  at all times in the Spirit, and to this end ²  be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

At that time Jesus said, ¹  “I praise ²  you, Father, Lord ³  of heaven and earth, because ⁴  you have hidden these things from the wise ⁵  and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His ¹  disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat ²  and eat them.

“Who then is the faithful and wise slave, ¹  whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves ²  their food at the proper time?

who will not receive in this age ¹  a hundred times as much – homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions ²  – and in the age to come, eternal life. ³ 

Those ¹  on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, ²  but ³  in a time of testing ⁴  fall away. ⁵