To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable ¹  to the Lord than sacrifice. ² 

Like a madman ¹  who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows, ² 

You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. ¹ 

and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” ¹ 

They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’ ¹ 

adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.

But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean. ¹ 

Then ¹  his disciples asked him what this parable meant. ² 

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

Then the Pharisees answered, ¹  “You haven’t been deceived too, have you? ² 

You don’t want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’ ¹ 

Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

The man ¹  replied, “Who made you a ruler ²  and a judge over us? Are you planning ³  to kill me like you killed that ⁴  Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking, ⁵  “Surely what I did ⁶  has become known.”

Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. ¹  When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” ² 

Paul answered, ¹  “I am a Jew ²  from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. ³  Please ⁴  allow me to speak to the people.”

They ¹  show that the work of the law is written ²  in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend ³  them, ⁴ 

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? ¹  Or do I make my plans ²  according to mere human standards ³  so that I would be saying ⁴  both “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, ¹  so as to invalidate the promise.