Then Paul ¹  went back upstairs, ²  and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them ³  a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

So what benefit ¹  did you then reap ²  from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God ¹  who subjected it – in hope

And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. ¹ 

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, ¹  is no different from a slave, though he is the owner ²  of everything.

So ¹  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ²  through your faith.

And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing – and will do – what we are commanding.

Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to ¹  a different tribe, and no one from that tribe ²  has ever officiated at the altar.

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, ¹  I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,

The ¹  armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, ²  were following him on white horses.

And the king will answer them, ¹  ‘I tell you the truth, ²  just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters ³  of mine, you did it for me.’

Then he will answer them, ¹  ‘I tell you the truth, ²  just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

Jesus ¹  said to him, “Friend, do what you are here to do.” Then they came and took hold ²  of Jesus and arrested him.

It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

Immediately ¹  he stood up before them, picked ²  up the stretcher ³  he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying ⁴  God.

And if a peace-loving person ¹  is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you. ² 

But Jesus, ¹  realizing their thoughts, said to them, ²  “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, ³  and a divided household falls. ⁴ 

So ¹  if ²  Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because ³  you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

But ¹  when a stronger man ²  attacks ³  and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s ⁴  armor on which the man relied ⁵  and divides up ⁶  his plunder. ⁷ 

Jesus ¹  also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down ²  on everyone else.