Do not give the devil an opportunity.

(because they said, “He has an unclean spirit” ¹ ).

If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ ¹ 

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. ¹ 

“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ¹  ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ ² 

If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

We do not give anyone ¹  an occasion for taking an offense in anything, ²  so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

so much that he promised with an oath ¹  to give her whatever she asked.

As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, ¹  saying, “Who is this?”

And one of them, an expert in religious law, ¹  asked him a question to test ²  him:

From that time ¹  on, Judas ²  began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

He denied it again with an oath, “I do not know the man!”

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

Now an argument started among the disciples ¹  as to which of them might be ²  the greatest.

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹ 

And which of you by worrying ¹  can add an hour to his life? ² 

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

There was also an inscription ¹  over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God. ¹