Then some soldiers also asked him, "And as for us -- what should we do?" He told them, "Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay."

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,

Demons also came out of many, crying out, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation."

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Jesus also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and it does.

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

"The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

They also said many other things against him, reviling him.

When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

There was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews."

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about -- Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.

John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"

If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.

"I give you a new commandment -- to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

"Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.

"Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.

Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

"I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

(Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)

Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you."

To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.

So they proposed two candidates: Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!'

The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?"

When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

But Saul (also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him

that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have fathered you.'

Therefore he also says in another psalm, 'You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.'

He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but whose father was a Greek.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness."

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.

When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him.

Paul replied, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

Agrippa said to Festus, "I would also like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he replied, "you will hear him."

And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

"Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.

You also are among them, called to belong to Jesus Christ.

Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek.

For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus' faithfulness.

Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say, "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness."

And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants -- not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.

but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.