⁴⁸ And he stood between the dead and the living, and ^(A)the plague was stopped.

²⁵ And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. ^(A)So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.

¹⁶ Therefore, ^(A)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, ^(B)that you may be healed. ^(C)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.^[a]

²⁴ but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues ^(A)forever. ²⁵ Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost^{[a] (B)}those who draw near to God ^(C)through him, since he always lives ^(D)to make intercession for them.

⁵ For ^(A)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man^[a] Christ Jesus, ^6 (B)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is ^(C)the testimony given ^(D)at the proper time.

¹⁰ and ^(A)to wait for his Son ^(B)from heaven, ^(C)whom he raised from the dead, Jesus ^(D)who delivers us from ^(E)the wrath to come.

¹⁴ Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! ^(A)Sin no more, ^(B)that nothing worse may happen to you.”

²⁶ And David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the Lord, and the Lord^{[a] (A)}answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering. ²⁷ Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.