They answered, "You were born and brought up in sin---and you are trying to teach us?" And they expelled him from the synagogue.

But they said, "Get out of our way, you foreigner! Who are you to tell us what to do? Out of our way, or we will treat you worse than them." They pushed Lot back and moved up to break down the door.

The man answered, "Who made you our ruler and judge? Are you going to kill me just as you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and said to himself, "People have found out what I have done."

Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, "Since when did the LORD's spirit leave me and speak to you?"

If you correct conceited people, you will only be insulted. If you reprimand evil people, you will only get hurt.

Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.

Others said, "He is the Messiah!" But others said, "The Messiah will not come from Galilee!

"Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Nathanael asked. "Come and see," answered Philip.

There will be no way for them to escape from this time of trouble. The land of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali was once disgraced, but the future will bring honor to this region, from the Mediterranean eastward to the land on the other side of the Jordan, and even to Galilee itself, where the foreigners live.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. They lived in a land of shadows, but now light is shining on them.

"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, on the road to the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee, land of the Gentiles!

The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On those who live in the dark land of death the light will shine."