And He began speaking and taught them, saying:
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips will disclose right things,
to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will say things which have been kept secret since the foundation of the world.”
Now seeing the crowds, He went up on a mountain. And when He sat down, His disciples came to Him.
Then Peter began to speak, saying, “Truthfully, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.
When Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “O Jews, if it were a matter of a misdemeanor or serious crime, I would rightly bear with you.
Then Philip spoke, beginning with the same Scripture, and preached Jesus to him.
Pray for me, that the power to speak may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,