1 Let every person be subject ^uto the governing authorities. For ^vthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an ^wavenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of ^xconscience. 6 For because of this you also ^ypay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, ^zhonor to whom honor is owed.

8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for ^athe one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, ^b“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ^c“You shall ^dlove your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the ^efulfilling of the law.

11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to ^fwake from sleep. For ^gsalvation is ^hnearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 ⁱThe night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the ^jworks of darkness and ^kput on the armor of light. 13 ^lLet us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But ^mput on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its ⁿdesires.

16 ^c“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For ^dnothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Take care then how you hear, for ^eto the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

19 ^fThen his mother and his brothers¹ came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” 21 But he answered them, ^g“My mother and my brothers are those who ^hhear the word of God and do it.”

22 ⁱOne day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, 23 and as they sailed he fell ^jasleep. And a ^kwindstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24 And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are ^lperishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, ^mand they ⁿceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, ^o“Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, ^p“Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”