Everyone ¹  who goes on ahead and does not remain ²  in the teaching of Christ ³  does not have God. ⁴  The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

For John the Baptist has come ¹  eating no bread and drinking no wine, ²  and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ ³ 

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ¹  it.’”

“Show me a denarius. ¹  Whose image ²  and inscription are on it?” ³  They said, “Caesar’s.”

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) ¹ 

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

Many of them were saying, “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! ¹  Why do you listen to him?”

No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life ¹  for his friends.

and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison ¹  all who call on your name!” ² 

For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

For I can testify that he has worked hard ¹  for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ¹  when ²  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

So the slaves ¹  of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures ¹  and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Because ¹  he was not able to repay it, ²  the lord ordered him to be sold, along with ³  his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ ¹  and he will send them at once.”

For the one who has will be given more, ¹  and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ²