¹⁸ Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers^(A) are and bring back some assurance^[a] from them.

¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers^(A) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.^(B)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem,

²⁰ So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread,^(A) a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.

⁵ For this reason, when I could stand it no longer,^(A) I sent to find out about your faith.^(B) I was afraid that in some way the tempter^(C) had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.^(D)

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

⁶ But Timothy^(E) has just now come to us from you^(F) and has brought good news about your faith and love.^(G) He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.^(H)

Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas

³⁶ Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns^(A) where we preached the word of the Lord^(B) and see how they are doing.”

²⁹ honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat.^(A) For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.^(B)”