He answered them, ¹  “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten. ¹ 

So then, ¹  God ²  has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. ³ 

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner ¹  unless he competes according to the rules. ² 

And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. ¹ 

Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, ¹  and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they ²  are going. They ³  will reject ⁴  me and break my covenant that I have made with them. ⁵ 

but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. ¹  You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, ²  who were better than you.

Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight ¹  before us.” Joab said, “So be it!” ² 

Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great leader ¹  has fallen this day in Israel?

But now, get me a musician.” ¹  When the musician played, the Lord energized him, ² 

He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord ¹  and led Judah away from the Lord. ² 

I also have understanding ¹  as well as you; I am not inferior to you. ²  Who does not know such things as these? ³ 

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of ¹  the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

Then ¹  observers ²  will say, “Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! ³  Yes indeed, there is a God who judges ⁴  in the earth!”

People will curse ¹  the one who withholds grain, ²  but they will praise ³  the one who sells it. ⁴ 

Then with smooth words he will defile ¹  those who have rejected ²  the covenant. But the people who are loyal to ³  their God will act valiantly. ⁴ 

Then ¹  Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus ²  replied, “You have said it yourself.”

‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, ¹  but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. ² 

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around ¹  for him and find him, ²  though he is ³  not far from each one of us.