¹ So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

In the future ¹  the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; ²  it will be more prominent than other hills. ³  People will stream to it.

So ¹  the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, ²  you will begin to move to the least important ³  place.

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.” ¹ 

He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord. ¹ 

“What is mankind ¹  that you make so much of them, ²  and that you pay attention ³  to them?

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past. ¹ 

The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ¹ 

Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk. ¹ 

For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight ¹  in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings. ² 

Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ¹ 

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

And while they were eating he said, “I tell you the truth, ¹  one of you will betray me.” ² 

The second is: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ¹  There is no other commandment greater than these.”

On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,

Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, ¹  but there are many opponents.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love. ¹ 

But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.