²⁷ Therefore, O king, may my ^(A)advice be pleasing to you: ^(B)wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by ^(C)showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a ^(D)prolonging of your prosperity.’

¹⁹ And He *said to them, “^[a]Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people.”

^22 (A)beginning ^[a]with the baptism of John until the day that He ^(B)was taken up from us—one of these must become a ^(C)witness with us of His resurrection.”

^12 (A)for the equipping of the ^[a]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of ^(B)the body of Christ;

The Patmos Vision

^9 (A)I, John, your ^(B)brother and ^(C)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(D)kingdom and ^[a](E)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(F)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.