Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly ¹  to God, and everyone ²  must turn from their ³  evil way of living ⁴  and from the violence that they do. ⁵ 

Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord who rules over all and to ask his favor.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him ¹  because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.

so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ ¹  will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

He ¹  said to them, “Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, ¹  holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. ¹  But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ² 

Now ¹  when the time came for their ²  purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary ³  brought Jesus ⁴  up to Jerusalem ⁵  to present him to the Lord

Give to everyone who asks you, ¹  and do not ask for your possessions ²  back ³  from the person who takes them away.

“Exert every effort ¹  to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Why then didn’t you put ¹  my money in the bank, ²  so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

Jesus replied, ¹  “This is the deed ²  God requires ³  – to believe in the one whom he ⁴  sent.”

but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know ¹  that I love the Father. ²  Get up, let us go from here.” ³ 

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.” ¹ 

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

But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. ¹  God has called you in peace.

And his affection for you is much greater ¹  when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

But the law is not based on faith, ¹  but the one who does the works of the law ²  will live by them. ³ 

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey ¹  the whole law.