And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves ¹  and entrusted his property to them.

Listen: ¹  You will become pregnant ²  and give birth to ³  a son, and you will name him ⁴  Jesus. ⁵ 

They ¹  said to her, “But ²  none of your relatives bears this name.” ³ 

And you, child, ¹  will be called the prophet ²  of the Most High. ³  For you will go before ⁴  the Lord to prepare his ways, ⁵ 

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male ¹  will be set apart to the Lord” ² ),

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,

But Jesus ¹  said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet ²  and invited ³  many guests. ⁴ 

For I tell you, not one of those individuals ¹  who were invited ²  will taste my banquet!’” ³ 

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me ¹  like one of your hired workers.”’

Now ¹  a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector ²  and was rich.

Then ¹  Satan ²  entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. ³ 

Then they returned to Jerusalem ¹  from the mountain ²  called the Mount of Olives ³  (which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey ⁴  away).

And they called them in and ordered ¹  them not to speak or teach at all in the name ²  of Jesus.

They began to call ¹  Barnabas Zeus ²  and Paul Hermes, ³  because he was the chief speaker.

As we ran under the lee of ¹  a small island called Cauda, ²  we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat ³  under control.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Were you called as a slave? ¹  Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one ¹  who called you by the grace of Christ ²  and are following ³  a different ⁴  gospel –

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, ¹  urge you to live ²  worthily of the calling with which you have been called, ³