For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. | For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. |
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. | And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. |
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Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. | Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. |
I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over. | I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. |
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. | And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish. | Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. |
Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.’ | Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord. |