¹⁸ No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I ^(A)have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. ^(B)This command I have received from My Father.”

⁵⁷ Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might ^(A)seize Him.

¹⁵ So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and ^(A)receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.

^10 (A)Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with ^(B)Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),

¹⁴ not giving heed to Jewish fables and ^(A)commandments of men who turn from the truth.

^2 (A)The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.

³ And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

⁴ They said, ^(B)“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.”

⁵ And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this ^[a]precept.