Look, the Lord will throw you far away, ¹  you mere man! ²  He will wrap you up tightly. ³ 

When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”

A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.

But ¹  the Pharisees ²  and the experts in the law ³  were complaining, ⁴  “This man welcomes ⁵  sinners and eats with them.”

But they all shouted out together, ¹  “Take this man ²  away! Release Barabbas for us!”

They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat ¹  and walk’?” ² 

They ¹  heaped insults ²  on him, saying, ³  “You are his disciple! ⁴  We are disciples of Moses!

Brothers and sisters, ¹  my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites ²  is for their salvation.

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

The one who says he is in the light but still hates ¹  his fellow Christian ²  is still in the darkness.

The one who loves his fellow Christian ¹  resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. ² 

And the commandment we have from him is this: that ¹  the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian ²  too.

My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! ¹  But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent. ² 

Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you ¹  (whether it involves a violent crime ²  or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the Lord. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues; but if you obey, you will be free of guilt. ³ 

The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. ¹  The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues ¹  arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated ²  it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred ³  and ⁴  the Tower of Hananel.

“Son of man, your brothers, ¹  your relatives, ²  and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem ³  have said, ‘They have gone ⁴  far away from the Lord; to us this land has been given as a possession.’

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate ¹  of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

“If you lend money to any of ¹  my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender ²  to him; do not charge ³  him interest. ⁴