²¹ Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep^(A)

15 Now the tax collectors^(B) and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.

⁷ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,^(A) then you will govern my house^(B) and have charge^(C) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.^(D)

⁴ When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate^(A) and state their case before the elders^(B) of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them.