At the same time he hoped that money would be given to him by Paul. So he sent for him frequently (pyknoteron | πυκνότερον | adverb-comparative) and conversed with him.
And they said to him, “The disciples of John often (pykna | πυκνά | adverb) fast and offer prayers, so also do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”
Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl who had a spirit of divination (pythōna | πύθωνα | acc sg masc), met us. She brought great profit to her masters by fortune-telling.
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat except they ceremonially (pygmē | πυγμῇ | dat sg fem) wash their hands, thus maintaining the tradition of the elders.
He also caused everyone — small and great, rich and poor (ptōchous | πτωχούς | acc pl masc), free and slave — to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.
Because you say, ‘I am rich and have prospered; I need nothing,’ but do not realize that you are wretched, miserable, poor (ptōchos | πτωχός | nom sg masc), blind, and naked,
But you have dishonored the poor! (ptōchon | πτωχόν | acc sg masc) Is it not the rich who oppress you? And are not they the ones who drag you into court?
Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose those whom the world considers poor (ptōchous | πτωχούς | acc pl masc) to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?
and you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “You sit here in a good place,” but to the poor (ptōchō | πτωχῷ | dat sg masc) man you say, “You stand over there, or sit down here at my feet,”
