So ¹  the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, ²  your mina ³  has made ten minas more.’

They ¹  devour ²  widows’ property, ³  and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

He ¹  said, “I tell you the truth, ²  this poor widow has put in more than all of them. ³ 

And in his anguish ¹  he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.] ² 

Now when Jesus ¹  knew that the Pharisees ²  had heard that he ³  was winning ⁴  and baptizing more disciples than John

So when he heard that Lazarus ¹  was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

Because he could not be persuaded, ¹  we said no more except, ²  “The Lord’s will be done.” ³ 

As you can verify ¹  for yourself, not more than twelve days ago ²  I went up to Jerusalem ³  to worship.

But the centurion ¹  was more convinced ²  by the captain ³  and the ship’s owner than by what Paul said. ⁴ 

Now the law came in ¹  so that the transgression ²  may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

For if what was made ineffective ¹  came with ²  glory, how much more has what remains ³  come in glory!

yet even ¹  angels, who are much more powerful, ²  do not bring a slanderous ³  judgment against them before the Lord. ⁴ 

So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in ¹  humankind indefinitely, ²  since ³  they ⁴  are mortal. ⁵  They ⁶  will remain for 120 more years.” ⁷ 

What’s more, ¹  she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.

She quickly emptied ¹  her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

But Rebekah’s ¹  brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go.”

Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. ¹  Then we will give you the younger one ²  too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” ³ 

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons ¹  because he was a son born to him late in life, ²  and he made a special ³  tunic for him.

When Joseph’s ¹  brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, ²  they hated Joseph ³  and were not able to speak to him kindly. ⁴