Stay away from every form of evil.

As ¹  all the people were listening, Jesus ²  said to his disciples,

and were continually in the temple courts ¹  blessing ²  God. ³ 

He ¹  shouted with a powerful voice: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She ²  has become a lair for demons, a haunt ³  for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast. ⁴ 

Now there were devout Jews ¹  from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. ² 

This is the reason ¹  I do my best to always ²  have a clear ³  conscience toward God and toward people. ⁴ 

let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.” ¹ 

I pray ¹  that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing ²  that belongs to you ³  in Christ. ⁴ 

and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent ¹  as they perform their duties.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, ¹  for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

He ¹  was a devout, God-fearing man, ²  as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people ³  and prayed to God regularly.

From one man ¹  he made every nation of the human race ²  to inhabit the entire earth, ³  determining their set times ⁴  and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, ⁵ 

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves ¹  from everything that could defile the body ²  and the spirit, and thus accomplish ³  holiness out of reverence for God. ⁴ 

far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one ¹  comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; ²  this is the seed sown along the path.