Thus whenever you do charitable giving, ¹  do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues ²  and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, ³  they have their reward.

Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius ¹  replied, ²  “What is it, Lord?” The angel ³  said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity ⁴  have gone up as a memorial ⁵  before God.

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ¹ 

Small and great are ¹  there, and the slave is free ²  from his master. ³ 

May he show ¹  the humble what is right! ²  May he teach ³  the humble his way!

when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ¹  and does not reject ²  their request. ³ 

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

The Lord lifts up the oppressed, but knocks ¹  the wicked to the ground.

In all hard work ¹  there is profit, but merely talking about it ²  only brings ³  poverty. ⁴ 

for the Lord will plead their case ¹  and will rob those who are robbing ²  them.

For it is not necessary ¹  for me to write you about this service ²  to the saints,

Now the believer ¹  of humble means ²  should take pride ³  in his high position. ⁴ 

Show hospitality ¹  to one another without complaining.

“I, I am the one who consoles you. ¹  Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? ² 

Now in Joppa ¹  there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means ²  Dorcas). ³  She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity. ⁴ 

On the fourth ¹  day they said to Samson’s bride, “Trick your husband into giving the solution to the riddle. ²  If you refuse, ³  we will burn up ⁴  you and your father’s family. ⁵  Did you invite us here ⁶  to make us poor?” ⁷ 

Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern ¹  the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon. ² 

“No,” he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” ¹ 

But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, ¹  why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!” ¹