as Sarah did. Sarah obeyed Abraham and spoke to him respectfully. You became Sarah’s daughters by not letting anything make you afraid to do good.
And so Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “Now that I’ve become old, will I enjoy myself again? What’s more, my husband is old!”
Because she was afraid, Sarah denied that she had laughed. But the Lord said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
The king longs for your beauty. He is your Lord. Worship him.
Whom did you dread and fear so much that you lied to me? You haven’t remembered me or cared about me. I’ve been silent for a long time. Is that why you don’t fear me?
Peter and John answered them, “Decide for yourselves whether God wants people to listen to you rather than to him.
At daybreak, the woman came to the door of the house where her husband was and collapsed. She was still there when it became light.