But ¹  they could not reply ²  to this.

Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

Every ¹  island fled away ²  and no mountains could be found. ³ 

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate ¹  him.

All the crowds were amazed and said, “Could this one be the Son of David?”

It ¹  could have been sold at a high price and the money ²  given to the poor!”

He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹ 

So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But ¹  she could not

She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

I ¹  begged ²  your disciples to cast it out, but ³  they could not do so.” ⁴ 

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, ¹ 

If this man ¹  were not from God, he could do nothing.”

For this reason they could not believe, ¹  because again Isaiah said,

For ¹  three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything. ² 

if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

Then you will say, “The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you! ¹ 

So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens ¹  alone.

So ¹  we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.