How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

and he has granted the Son ¹  authority to execute judgment, ²  because he is the Son of Man.

(Now Jesus ¹  said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.) ² 

If this man ¹  were not from God, he could do nothing.”

So whoever knows what is good to do ¹  and does not do it is guilty of sin. ² 

A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.

I wrote ¹  the former ²  account, ³  Theophilus, ⁴  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

But stand up ¹  and enter the city and you will be told ²  what you must do.”

and are advocating ¹  customs that are not lawful for us to accept ²  or practice, ³  since we are ⁴  Romans.”

Then he brought them outside ¹  and asked, “Sirs, what must ²  I do to be saved?”

So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

But when the Pharisees ¹  saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

Jesus ¹  was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat ²  as they made their way.

If anyone wants to do God’s will, ¹  he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. ² 

This was the one who exploited ¹  our people ²  and was cruel to our ancestors, ³  forcing them to abandon ⁴  their infants so they would die. ⁵ 

When the centurion ¹  heard this, ²  he went to the commanding officer ³  and reported it, ⁴  saying, “What are you about to do? ⁵  For this man is a Roman citizen.” ⁶ 

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ¹  God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. ² 

“Be ¹  careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. ²  Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

I can do nothing on my own initiative. ¹  Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, ²  because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. ³ 

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains ¹  in me – and I in him – bears ²  much fruit, ³  because apart from me you can accomplish ⁴  nothing.