He called a child, had him stand among them,

Go! I ¹  am sending you out like lambs ²  surrounded by wolves. ³ 

¹  although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became ²  little children ³  among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,

For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.

He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

Other seed fell among the thorns, ¹  and they grew up with it and choked ²  it.

When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

While they were saying these things, Jesus ¹  himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ² 

The experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees ²  brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

After ¹  making Peter and John ²  stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name ³  did you do this?”

saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; ¹  in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.” ² 

and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. ¹  He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt ²  around his chest.

“I ¹  am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, ²  so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

After ¹  three days ²  they found him in the temple courts, ³  sitting among the teachers, ⁴  listening to them and asking them questions.

Then those who are in Judea must flee ¹  to the mountains. Those ²  who are inside the city must depart. Those ³  who are out in the country must not enter it,

For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, ¹  or the one who serves? Is it not ²  the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one ³  who serves.

Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, ¹  until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

In those days ¹  Peter stood up among the believers ²  (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,