¹⁷ the one on the housetop must not go down to take things from the house;

³¹ On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away, and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. ³² Remember Lot’s wife. ³³ Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.

¹⁵ the one on the housetop must not go down or enter to take anything from the house; ¹⁶ the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat.

²⁷ What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.

⁹ About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.^(A)

³ Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.

¹⁹ but, finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the tiles into the middle of the crowd^[a] in front of Jesus.^(A)

Do Not Worry

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,^[a] or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?^(A)

²⁵ When they came down from the shrine into the town, a bed was spread for Saul^[a] on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.^[b](A)

⁸ “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof; otherwise you might have bloodguilt on your house, if anyone should fall from it.