Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, ¹  there is freedom.

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

Let everyone see your gentleness. ¹  The Lord is near!

Think about what I am saying and ¹  the Lord will give you understanding of all this. ² 

The Lord ¹  be with your spirit. Grace be with you. ² 

“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” ¹ 

The Lord replied, ¹  “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, ²  whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, ³  to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him ¹  until he repaid all he owed.

Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work ¹  when he comes.

But if ¹  that evil slave should say to himself, ²  ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

After ¹  a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

“This is what ¹  the Lord has done for me at the time ²  when he has been gracious to me, ³  to take away my disgrace ⁴  among people.” ⁵ 

“Blessed ¹  be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help ²  and has redeemed ³  his people.

When ¹  the Lord saw her, he had compassion ²  for her and said to her, “Do not weep.” ³ 

But the Lord ¹  answered her, ²  “Martha, Martha, ³  you are worried and troubled ⁴  about many things,

Blessed is that slave ¹  whom his master finds at work ²  when he returns.

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ¹  it.’”

So ¹  they threw him out of the vineyard and killed ²  him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my ¹  lord, “Sit at my right hand,