Jethro’s Wise Advice

¹³ The next day, Moses took his seat to hear the people’s disputes against each other. They waited before him from morning till evening.

⁶ Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do.

⁸ If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

² “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.^[a]