²⁶ But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?

¹⁸ But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.

³⁸ Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.

¹² And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?

¹³ And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.

¹² Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,

¹³ Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?

¹⁴ And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

¹³ And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

¹⁹ But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

²⁰ For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

²⁹ But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.