⁴ Elijah said to him, “Elisha, ^(A)please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to ^(B)Jericho.” But he said, ^(C)“As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

² And Elijah said to Elisha, ^(A)“Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, ^(B)“As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

²⁶ Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, ^(A)“Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.

Jesus and Zacchaeus

19 ^(A)He entered Jericho and was passing through.

³⁰ Then the mother of the child said, ^(A)“As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

^34 (A)In his days Hiel of Bethel built ^(B)Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

²³ When he came and saw ^(A)the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord ^(B)with steadfast purpose,

The Fellowship of the Believers

⁴² And ^(A)they devoted themselves to the apostles' ^(B)teaching and the ^(C)fellowship, to ^(D)the breaking of bread and the prayers.