²¹ And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock,

⁷ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and ^(A)keep my charge, then you shall ^(B)rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among ^(C)those who are standing here.

⁴ He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand ^(A)at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them.

³¹ But you, stand here by me, and ^(A)I will tell you the whole commandment and the statutes and the rules that you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land that I am giving them to possess.’

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

15 Now ^(A)the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.