²⁷ Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father's people and the men of the town, he did it by night.

¹ And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

⁵ All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

⁵ His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

² He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

¹⁶ To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

⁴ But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.