“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,

Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.

All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.

And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”

Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’”

Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second.

False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.