"I do not know who has done this thing," Abimelech replied. "Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today."

Silently the man watched her with interest to determine if the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the Lord has given you for food.

In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people's trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation.

Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,