¹⁸ The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph’s house. “It’s because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

³⁵ As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.

⁸ But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.

¹⁶ When Herod heard about Jesus, he said, “John, the man I beheaded, has come back from the dead.”

²⁶ When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”

²⁷ But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!^[a]”

² The news had come to the royal court of Judah: “Syria is allied with Israel^[a] against us!” So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, like trees shaking in a storm.