¹¹ So it was broken on that day. Thus ^(A)the^[a] poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged

5 Come now, you ^(A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! ² Your ^(B)riches ^[a]are corrupted, and ^(C)your garments are moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. ^(D)You have heaped up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Indeed ^(E)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and ^(F)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of ^[b]Sabaoth. ⁵ You have lived on the earth in pleasure and ^[c]luxury; you have ^[d]fattened your hearts ^[e]as in a day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren: ^(A)Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be ^(B)rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom ^(C)which He promised to those who love Him? ⁶ But ^(D)you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you ^(E)and drag you into the courts?

⁷ What then? ^(A)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were ^(B)blinded. ⁸ Just as it is written:

⁹ And David says:

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

¹¹ I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But ^(F)through their ^[a]fall, to provoke them to ^(G)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. ¹² Now if their ^[b]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

²¹ “Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² beginning from the baptism of John to that day when ^(A)He was taken up from us, one of these must ^(B)become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

^49 (A)Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city ^[a]of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

The Ascension^(B)

⁵⁰ And He led them out ^(C)as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. ^51 (D)Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. ^52 (E)And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually ^(F)in the temple ^[b]praising and blessing God. ^[c]Amen.

⁵¹ He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, ^(A)who^[a] himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.

⁴⁸ and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to ^(A)hear Him.