“‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you. ¹ 

Joash did what the Lord approved ¹  throughout the lifetime ²  of Jehoiada the priest.

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

I know, Lord, that your regulations ¹  are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. ² 

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

So that ¹  your confidence may be in the Lord, I am making them known to you today ²  – even you.

The Teacher sought to find delightful ¹  words, and to write ²  accurately truthful sayings. ³ 

He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then ¹  he went around among the villages and taught.

She ¹  had a sister named Mary, who sat ²  at the Lord’s feet ³  and listened to what he said.

Then the Jewish leaders ¹  were astonished ²  and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?” ³ 

I wrote ¹  the former ²  account, ³  Theophilus, ⁴  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

So Moses was trained ¹  in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful ²  in his words and deeds.

proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ ¹  with complete boldness ²  and without restriction. ³ 

There will be ¹  affliction and distress on everyone ²  who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, ³ 

and know his will ¹  and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law, ² 

But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, ¹  I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law. ² 

You have been taught that the Lord alone is God – there is no other besides him.

Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, ¹  so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. ²