¹⁵ And he said to him, ^(A)“Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, ^(B)my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.”

²¹ Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, ^(A)from the least of the tribes of Israel? ^(B)And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”

¹¹ But Moses said to God, ^(A)“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

¹⁰ But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but ^(A)I am slow of speech and of tongue.”

⁶ Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, ^(A)I do not know how to speak, ^(B)for I am only a youth.”

⁸ To me, ^(A)though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, ^(B)to preach to the Gentiles the ^(C)unsearchable ^(D)riches of Christ,

⁹ For ^(A)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^(B)I persecuted the church of God.

³⁴ And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”^[a]

⁴⁵ Therefore hear ^(A)the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, ^(B)and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: ^(C)Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.