Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, ¹  “Rabbi, eat something.” ² 

All who believed were together and held ¹  everything in common,

(Now there were about twelve men in all.) ¹ 

They took the boy home alive and were greatly ¹  comforted.

So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves.

Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, ¹  but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, ²  so that you were not harmed ³  in any way by us.

And although you were ¹  dead ²  in your transgressions and sins,

For ¹  Peter ²  and all who were with him were astonished ³  at the catch of fish that they had taken,

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

So those who accepted ¹  his message ²  were baptized, and that day about three thousand people ³  were added. ⁴ 

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick ¹  also came and were healed. ² 

Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

Think about the circumstances of your call, ¹  brothers and sisters. ²  Not many were wise by human standards, ³  not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. ⁴ 

Some of you once lived this way. ¹  But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ ²  and by the Spirit of our God.

In ¹  a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were ²  dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns ³  on their heads.

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. ¹ 

There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, ¹  and Salome.

All ¹  their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

All ¹  were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They ²  said, “Isn’t this ³  Joseph’s son?”