For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive ¹  to do his will. ² 

You ought to say instead, ¹  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

And everyone who has this hope focused ¹  on him purifies ²  himself, just as Jesus ³  is pure). ⁴ 

And you know that Jesus ¹  was revealed to take away ²  sins, and in him there is no sin.

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness ¹  is righteous, just as Jesus ²  is righteous.

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant ¹  was healed at that hour.

Whenever ¹  they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, ²  for what you should say will be given to you at that time. ³ 

He replied, ¹  “You have been given ²  the opportunity to know ³  the secrets ⁴  of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Then ¹  Jesus rebuked ²  the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

Then his lord called the first slave ¹  and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

The ¹  king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death ²  and set their city ³  on fire.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

“But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven ¹  – except the Father alone.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

Now ¹  in those days Jesus came from Nazareth ²  in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River. ³ 

He said to them, “The secret ¹  of the kingdom of God has been given ²  to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. ¹ 

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So ¹  Jesus ²  called his disciples and said to them,