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

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? ¹ 

Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise,

and so, somehow, ¹  to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline ¹  among you,

But Barnabas took ¹  Saul, ²  brought ³  him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that ⁴  the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly ⁵  in the name of Jesus.

So if ¹  Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say. ¹ 

So ¹  he called them and spoke to them in parables: ²  “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then ¹  how will you understand any parable?

He also asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

When they heard this, they were delighted ¹  and promised to give him money. ²  So ³  Judas ⁴  began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Mary ¹  said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with ²  a man?”

Then ¹  when Jesus ²  noticed how the guests ³  chose the places of honor, ⁴  he told them a parable. He said to them,

The ¹  chief priests and the experts in the law ²  were trying to find some way ³  to execute ⁴  Jesus, ⁵  for they were afraid of the people. ⁶ 

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard ¹  how he might ²  betray Jesus, ³  handing him over to them. ⁴ 

If I have told you people ¹  about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? ²