Matthew 12
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At that time w Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and x they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, y "Look, your disciples are doing z what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
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He said to them, a "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
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how he entered the house of God and ate b the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
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Or have you not read c in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
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I tell you, d something greater than the temple is here.
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And if you had known e what this means, f 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For g the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
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He went on from there and h entered their synagogue.
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And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, i "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" - j so that they might accuse him.
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He said to them, "Which one of you who has a sheep, k if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?
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l Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So m it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
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Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And n the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.
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But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
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Jesus, aware of this, o withdrew from there. And p many followed him, and he healed them all
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and q ordered them not to make him known.
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r This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
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s "Behold, my t servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
u I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
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He will not quarrel or cry aloud,
nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
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a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
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v and in his name the Gentiles will hope."
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w Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
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x And all the people were amazed, and said, x "Can this be the Son of David?"
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But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, y "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons."
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z Knowing their thoughts, a he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
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And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
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And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, b by whom do c your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
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But if it is d by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then e the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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Or f how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed g he may plunder his house.
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h Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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i Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but j the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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And whoever speaks a word k against the Son of Man l will be forgiven, but j whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in m this age or in the age to come.
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n "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, o for the tree is known by its fruit.
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p You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, q when you are evil? r For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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r The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
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I tell you, s on the day of judgment t people will give account for u every careless word they speak,
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for v by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
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Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, w we wish to see a sign from you."
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But he answered them, x "An evil and y adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
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For z just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, a so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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b The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and c condemn it, for d they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, e something greater than Jonah is here.
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f The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, e something greater than Solomon is here.
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"When g the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through h waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
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Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.
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Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and i the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this j evil generation."
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While he was still speaking to the people, behold, k his mother and his l brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
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But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"
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And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
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For m whoever n does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
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Matthew 12:1 - 8
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
Mark 2:23 - 28
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
Luke 6:1 - 5
On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
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Deuteronomy 23:25
If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
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Matthew 12:1 - 8
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
Mark 2:23 - 28
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
Luke 6:1 - 5
On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
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Matthew 12:10
And a man was there with a withered hand. And t...
Luke 13:14
But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant becau...
Luke 14:3
And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisee...
John 5:10
So the Jews said to the man who had been healed...
John 7:23
If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, ...
John 9:16
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not fr...
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Exodus 20:9 - 11
Six days you shall labor, and do all your work.
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1 Samuel 21:1 - 6
Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
Matthew 21:16
And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
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Exodus 25:30
And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
Leviticus 24:5 - 9
You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
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Numbers 28:9 - 10
On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering:
1 Chronicles 9:32
Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
John 7:22 - 23
Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
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Matthew 12:41 - 42
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:8
For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
Haggai 2:9
The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.'
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
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Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
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Hosea 6:6
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:6 - 8
With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
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Hosea 6:6
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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Matthew 9:6
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he then said to the paralytic - "Rise, pick up your bed and go home.
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Matthew 12:9 - 14
He went on from there and entered their synagogue.
Mark 3:1 - 6
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
Luke 6:6 - 11
On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
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Matthew 12:9 - 14
He went on from there and entered their synagogue.
Mark 3:1 - 6
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
Luke 6:6 - 11
On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
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Luke 14:3
And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
Matthew 12:2
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.
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Luke 11:54
Lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
Luke 20:20
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
John 8:6
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
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Exodus 23:4 - 5
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
Deuteronomy 22:4
You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way and ignore them. You shall help him to lift them up again.
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Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 10:31
Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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John 5:16 - 17
And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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1 Kings 13:4
And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
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Mark 3:7
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea
John 10:39
Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Matthew 19:2
And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
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Mark 1:25
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and ...
Mark 3:12
And he strictly ordered them not to make him kn...
Mark 8:30
And he strictly charged them to tell no one abo...
Luke 4:41
And demons also came out of many, crying, "You ...
Luke 9:21
And he strictly charged and commanded them to t...
Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothin...
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Matthew 1:22
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
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Isaiah 42:1 - 3
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
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Acts 4:27
For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel.
Acts 4:30
While you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
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Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.
John 3:34
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
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Isaiah 42:1 - 3
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
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Isaiah 42:4
He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
Isaiah 11:10
In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples - of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.
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Matthew 12:22 - 24
Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
Luke 11:14 - 15
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.
Matthew 9:32 - 34
As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.
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Matthew 12:22 - 24
Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
Luke 11:14 - 15
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.
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John 4:29
"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
John 7:26
And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
John 7:31
Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?
Matthew 9:27
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David.
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John 4:29
"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
John 7:26
And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
John 7:31
Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?
Matthew 9:27
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David.
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Mark 3:22
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
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Matthew 9:4
But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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Matthew 12:25 - 29
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Mark 3:23 - 27
And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Luke 11:17 - 22
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.
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Matthew 12:25 - 29
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Mark 3:23 - 27
And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Luke 11:17 - 22
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.
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Acts 19:13
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.
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2 Kings 2:7
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.
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Matthew 12:18
Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
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Matthew 19:24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
Luke 17:21
Nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.
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Isaiah 49:24
Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?
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Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
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Luke 11:23
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
Mark 9:40
For the one who is not against us is for us.
Luke 9:50
But Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.
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Matthew 12:31 - 32
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy w...
Mark 3:28 - 30
Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven ...
Luke 12:10
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son ...
Hebrews 6:4 - 6
For it is impossible, in the case of those who ...
Hebrews 10:26
For if we go on sinning deliberately after rece...
1 John 5:16
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not...
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Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
Hebrews 10:29
How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
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Matthew 12:31 - 32
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Mark 3:28 - 30
Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter.
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Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
John 7:12
And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray.
John 9:24
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.
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1 Timothy 1:12 - 13
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.
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Matthew 12:31
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Ephesians 1:21
Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
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Matthew 7:16 - 20
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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Luke 6:43 - 44
For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit.
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Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 23:33
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
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Matthew 7:11
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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Matthew 15:18 - 19
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
Luke 6:45
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Ephesians 5:4
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
2 Peter 1:8
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Romans 14:12
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
1 Peter 4:5
But they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
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Acts 17:31
Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
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Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
James 3:2 - 12
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
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Matthew 16:1
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to te...
Mark 8:11 - 12
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him,...
Luke 11:16
While others, to test him, kept seeking from hi...
Luke 23:8
When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he ...
John 2:18
So the Jews said to him, "What sign do you show...
John 4:48
So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and...
John 6:30
So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do,...
1 Corinthians 1:22
For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom.
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Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.
Matthew 12:39 - 42
But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Luke 11:29 - 32
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
Mark 8:11 - 12
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
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Isaiah 57:3
But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.
Mark 8:38
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
James 4:4
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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Matthew 12:39 - 42
But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Luke 11:29 - 32
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
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Jonah 1:17
And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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Matthew 17:22 - 23
As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
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Jonah 1:2
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me."
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Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Jeremiah 3:11
And the Lord said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Ezekiel 16:51 - 52
Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.
Romans 2:27
Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
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Jonah 3:5
And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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Matthew 12:6
I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
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1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
2 Chronicles 9:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
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Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
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Matthew 12:43 - 45
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
Luke 11:24 - 26
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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Psalms 63:1
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?
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Matthew 12:43 - 45
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
Luke 11:24 - 26
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
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2 Peter 2:20 - 22
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
John 5:14
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.
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Matthew 12:39
But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
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Matthew 12:46 - 50
While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
Mark 3:31 - 35
And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
Luke 8:19 - 21
Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.
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Matthew 13:55
Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mot...
Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and ...
John 2:12
After this he went down to Capernaum, with his ...
John 7:3
So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go...
John 7:5
For not even his brothers believed in him.
John 7:10
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast...
Acts 1:14
All these with one accord were devoting themsel...
1 Corinthians 9:5
Do we not have the right to take along a believ...
Galatians 1:19
But I saw none of the other apostles except Jam...
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Matthew 12:46 - 50
While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
Mark 3:31 - 35
And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
Luke 8:19 - 21
Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.
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John 15:14
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Hebrews 2:11
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
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Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 11:28
But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!
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