³ Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

¹⁰ But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

⁹ And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

¹³ Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

¹ Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

² For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

¹⁶ For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

¹⁷ For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.

²⁹ Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

³⁰ But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

¹¹ And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

¹² And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

¹³ For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

²¹ It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.

¹⁵ And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.

⁸ And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

⁹ Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

⁴⁴ While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

³⁴ Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

¹⁰ Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

¹⁸ For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

¹⁹ The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

¹⁰ For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.