So ¹  Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests ²  fast while the bridegroom ³  is with them, can you? ⁴ 

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; ¹  but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”

Now they were all ¹  wailing and mourning ²  for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

John answered, ¹  “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop ²  him because he is not a disciple ³  along with us.”

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe ¹  man. You withdraw ²  what you did not deposit ³  and reap what you did not sow.’

for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with ¹  now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”

The one who reaps receives pay ¹  and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

We know that God doesn’t listen to ¹  sinners, but if anyone is devout ²  and does his will, God ³  listens to ⁴  him. ⁵ 

The person who does not love me does not obey ¹  my words. And the word ²  you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, ¹  for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. ² 

For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin. ¹ 

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay ¹  one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? ² 

And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects ¹  of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory –

For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself ¹  is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.