When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, "Have you caught up with me, my enemy?" "Yes, I have," Elijah answered. "You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the LORD's sight.

I will announce your commands to kings and I will not be ashamed.

"But you, mortal man, must not be afraid of them or of anything they say. They will defy and despise you; it will be like living among scorpions. Still, don't be afraid of those rebels or of anything they say.

So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it.

Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, "In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!"

For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of God, who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness.

Moses answered, "We will all go, including our children and our old people. We will take our sons and daughters, our sheep and goats, and our cattle, because we must hold a festival to honor the LORD."

Here on Mount Zion the LORD Almighty will prepare a banquet for all the nations of the world---a banquet of the richest food and the finest wine.

Let us celebrate our Passover, then, not with bread having the old yeast of sin and wickedness, but with the bread that has no yeast, the bread of purity and truth.