If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

nor did I go up to Jerusalem ¹  to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, ²  and then returned to Damascus.

But ¹  we did not surrender to them ²  even for a moment, ³  in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. ⁴ 

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ¹  the gifts prescribed by the law.

And he did not enter to offer ¹  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

People ¹  do not light a lamp and put it under a basket ²  but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers ¹  of the field grow; they do not work ²  or spin.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

So ¹  they answered Jesus, ²  “We don’t know.” ³  Then he said to them, “Neither will I tell you ⁴  by what authority ⁵  I am doing these things.

For then there will be great suffering ¹  unlike anything that has happened ²  from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

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.’

When he learned of this, ¹  Jesus said to them, “Why are you arguing ²  about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

Jesus ¹  answered them, ²  “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

for each tree is known ¹  by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered ²  from thorns, nor are grapes picked ³  from brambles. ⁴ 

For nothing is hidden ¹  that will not be revealed, ²  and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place ¹  or under a basket, ²  but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

He ¹  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ²  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ³