⁴⁷ Therefore I tell you, her sins, ^(A)which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

⁹ Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And ^(A)he sought to see him.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

¹⁰ On their return ^(B)the apostles told him all that they had done. ^(C)And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^(A)deny himself and ^(B)take up his cross and follow me.

Straining Toward the Goal

¹² Not that I have already ^(A)obtained this or ^(B)am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: ^(C)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for ^(D)the prize of the upward ^(E)call of God in Christ Jesus.