At the LORD's command a prophet from Judah went to Bethel and arrived there as Jeroboam stood at the altar to offer the sacrifice.

The LORD has commanded me not to eat or drink a thing, and not to return home the same way I came."

because the LORD has commanded me not to eat or drink a thing, and not to return home the same way I came."

Then the old prophet from Bethel said to him, "I, too, am a prophet just like you, and at the LORD's command an angel told me to take you home with me and offer you my hospitality." But the old prophet was lying.

Instead, you returned and ate a meal in a place he had ordered you not to eat in. Because of this you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in your family grave."

At the LORD's command a member of a group of prophets ordered a fellow prophet to hit him. But he refused,

But Micaiah answered, "By the living LORD I promise that I will say what he tells me to!"

Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed.

For what is mortal must be changed into what is immortal; what will die must be changed into what cannot die.

We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus to life, will also raise us up with Jesus and take us, together with you, into his presence.

Who can attack him and still be safe? No one in all the world can do it.

LORD, I call to you for help; every morning I pray to you.

Before sunrise I call to you for help; I place my hope in your promise.

All night long I lie awake, to meditate on your instructions.

"Of course," Peter answered. When Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke up first, "Simon, what is your opinion? Who pays duties or taxes to the kings of this world? The citizens of the country or the foreigners?"