¹⁷ And at the time for the banquet he ^(A)sent his servant^[a] to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

³ and ^(A)sent his servants^[a] to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. ^4 (B)Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my ^(C)dinner, ^(D)my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’

^27 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son ^(B)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone ^(C)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ^28 (D)Come to ^(E)me, all who labor and are ^(F)heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and ^(G)learn from me, for I am ^(H)gentle and lowly in heart, and ^(I)you will find rest for your souls.

The Twelve Apostles

10 ^(A)And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. ^2 (B)The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, ^(C)who is called Peter, and ^(D)Andrew his brother; ^(E)James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ^(F)Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;^{[a] 4} Simon the Zealot,^[b] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

The Way of Wisdom

¹⁸ All this is from God, ^(A)who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us ^(B)the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹ that is, in Christ God was reconciling^[a] the world to himself, ^(C)not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us ^(D)the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ Therefore, ^(E)we are ambassadors for Christ, ^(F)God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ^21 (G)For our sake he made him to be sin ^(H)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become ^(I)the righteousness of God.

6 ^(J)Working together with him, then, ^(K)we appeal to you ^(L)not to receive the grace of God in vain.

³⁸ Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, ^(A)that through this man ^(B)forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and by him ^(C)everyone who believes is freed^[a] from everything ^(D)from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

²⁶ “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you ^(A)who fear God, to us has been sent ^(B)the message of ^(C)this salvation.

³⁸ And Peter said to them, ^(A)“Repent and ^(B)be baptized every one of you ^(C)in the name of Jesus Christ ^(D)for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive ^(E)the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For ^(F)the promise is for you and ^(G)for your children and for all ^(H)who are far off, everyone ^(I)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”