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And if that happens, you surely won’t be free again until you have paid the last penny.
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Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!
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“They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!
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Instantly the man could hear perfectly, and his tongue was freed so he could speak plainly!
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“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,
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People rushed out to see what had happened. A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been freed from the demons. He was sitting at Jesus’ feet, fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid.
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The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him home, saying,
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And if that happens, you won’t be free again until you have paid the very last penny.”
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And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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“But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?”
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So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.
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Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
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The Ascension of Jesus
So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?”
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The Believers Pray for Courage
As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said.
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But one day some men from the Synagogue of Freed Slaves, as it was called, started to debate with him. They were Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and the province of Asia.
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So the jailer told Paul, “The city officials have said you and Silas are free to leave. Go in peace.”
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He ordered an officer to keep Paul in custody but to give him some freedom and allow his friends to visit him and take care of his needs.
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And Agrippa said to Festus, “He could have been set free if he hadn’t appealed to Caesar.”
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Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.
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So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.
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And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.
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For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
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Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.
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Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!
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Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
