²⁸ So he went in and out among them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

²¹ “So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

¹⁸ Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days,^(A)

⁹ I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

⁷ And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, although I am only a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.^(A)

² For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you, ‘It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.’ ”^(A)

¹⁶ “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation^{(A) 17} who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”^(B)