Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all,
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.
For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.
Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything that he sent me to tell you.