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

if indeed ¹  you have heard of the stewardship ²  of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

Now if I am to go on living in the body, ¹  this will mean productive work ²  for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer: ³ 

Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. ¹  The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. ² 

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place ¹  during ²  my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel. ³ 

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and ¹  I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” ² 

Then ¹  they ²  told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, ³  languages, and kings.”

The one who conquers ¹  will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Instructed by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

Am I not ¹  permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ ² 

telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. ¹  Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

The ¹  one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” ¹  So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions ¹  of angels right now?

Then Jesus came up and said to them, ¹  “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. ¹  “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.