Matthew 12 - 13
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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."
Matthew 13
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That same day Jesus went out of the house o and sat beside the sea.
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And great crowds gathered about him, p so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
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And q he told them many things in parables, saying: r "A sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
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Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,
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but s when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, t they withered away.
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Other seeds fell among u thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
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Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some v a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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w He who has ears, let him hear."
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Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
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And he answered them, x "To you it has been given to know y the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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z For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, a even what he has will be taken away.
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This is why I speak to them in parables, because b seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, c nor do they understand.
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Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
d "'You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.
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For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears e they can barely hear,
and f their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and g understand with their heart
and h turn, and I would heal them.'
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But i blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
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i For truly, I say to you, j many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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k "Hear then the parable of the sower:
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When anyone hears the word of l the kingdom and m does not understand it, n the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately o receives it with joy,
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yet he has no root in himself, but p endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately q he falls away.
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As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but r the cares of s the world and t the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and m understands it. He indeed u bears fruit and yields, in one case v a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."
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He put another parable before them, saying, w "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
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but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
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So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
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And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?'
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He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'
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But he said, x 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
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Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, y Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
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He put another parable before them, saying, z "The kingdom of heaven is like a a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
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It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."
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He told them another parable. b "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in c three measures of flour, till it was d all leavened."
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e All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
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This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:
f "I will open my mouth in parables;
g I will utter what has been hidden h since the foundation of the world."
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Then he left the crowds and went into i the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, j "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."
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He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
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The field is the world, and the good seed is k the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are l the sons of the evil one,
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and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. m The harvest is n the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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Just as the weeds o are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at n the close of the age.
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p The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all q causes of sin and r all law-breakers,
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s and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place t there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Then u the righteous will shine like the sun v in the kingdom of their Father. w He who has ears, let him hear.
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"The kingdom of heaven x is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy y he goes and sells all that he has and z buys that field.
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"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,
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who, on finding a one pearl of great value, y went and sold all that he had and z bought it.
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"Again, the kingdom of heaven is b like a net that was thrown into the sea and c gathered fish of every kind.
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When it was full, d men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.
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So it will be at e the close of the age. The angels will come out and f separate the evil from the righteous
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g and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place g there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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h "Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes."
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And he said to them, "Therefore every i scribe j who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who k brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."
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And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,
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l and coming to m his hometown n he taught them in their synagogue, so that o they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
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p Is not this q the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not r his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
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And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"
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And s they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, t "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."
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And he did not do many mighty works there, u because of their unbelief.
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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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Matthew 13:1 - 15
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
Mark 4:1 - 12
Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.
Luke 8:4 - 10
And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
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Matthew 13:1 - 15
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
Mark 4:1 - 12
Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.
Luke 8:4 - 10
And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
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Mark 3:9
And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him.
Luke 5:1 - 3
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
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Matthew 13:34
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
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Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater.
Amos 9:13
Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord, "when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.
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James 1:11
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
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John 15:6
If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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Jeremiah 4:3
For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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Matthew 13:23
As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
Genesis 26:12
And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him.
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Matthew 11:15
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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Matthew 19:11
But he said to them, "Not everyone can receive ...
Colossians 1:27
To them God chose to make known how great among...
1 Corinthians 2:6 - 10
Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, altho...
1 John 2:20
But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and...
1 John 2:27
But the anointing that you received from him ab...
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Fath...
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Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
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Matthew 25:29
For to everyone who has will more be given, and...
Mark 4:25
For to the one who has, more will be given, and...
Luke 8:18
Take care then how you hear, for to the one who...
Luke 19:26
I tell you that to everyone who has, more will ...
John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he ...
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "Go...
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Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
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Deuteronomy 29:4
But to this day the Lord has not given you a he...
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who ...
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebelli...
Romans 11:8
As it is written, "God gave them a spirit of st...
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened. For to this day,...
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case the god of this world has blinded...
Isaiah 42:19 - 20
Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my mess...
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Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Matthew 13:51
"Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes."
Matthew 15:10
And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand:
Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:21
And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?
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John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."
Acts 28:26 - 27
'Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Isaiah 6:9 - 10
And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.
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Isaiah 6:9 - 10
And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.
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Hebrews 5:11
About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
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John 9:39
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
John 9:41
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
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Romans 10:10
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
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Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
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Luke 10:23 - 24
Then turning to the disciples he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 13:16
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
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Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
1 Peter 1:10 - 12
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
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Matthew 13:18 - 23
Hear then the parable of the sower:
Mark 4:13 - 20
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Luke 8:11 - 15
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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Matthew 13:18 - 23
Hear then the parable of the sower:
Mark 4:13 - 20
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Luke 8:11 - 15
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
Matthew 4:23
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
Matthew 8:12
While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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John 17:15
I do not ask that you take them out of the worl...
Ephesians 6:16
In all circumstances take up the shield of fait...
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you...
1 John 2:13 - 14
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know ...
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil...
1 John 5:18 - 19
We know that everyone who has been born of God ...
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Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Ezekiel 33:31 - 32
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
Mark 6:20
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
John 5:35
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Galatians 1:6
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -
Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
Galatians 5:7
You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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Matthew 11:6
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
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Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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1 Timothy 6:9 - 10
But those who desire to be rich fall into tempt...
1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge the...
Matthew 19:23
And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say ...
Mark 10:23
And Jesus looked around and said to his discipl...
Acts 5:1 - 11
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira...
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another every day, as long as it...
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Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.
John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Philippians 1:11
Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:6
Which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing - as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
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Matthew 13:8
Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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Matthew 13:37 - 42
He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
Mark 4:26 - 29
And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
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Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
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Matthew 13:31 - 32
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Mark 4:30 - 32
And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
Luke 13:18 - 19
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
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Matthew 17:20
He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
Luke 17:6
And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
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Matthew 13:31 - 32
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Mark 4:30 - 32
And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
Luke 13:18 - 19
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
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Luke 13:20 - 21
And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
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Genesis 18:6
And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.
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1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
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Matthew 13:3
And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.
Mark 4:33 - 34
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
John 16:25
I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:29
His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
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Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old.
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Matthew 13:11
And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Romans 16:25 - 26
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
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Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Luke 11:50
So that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
1 Peter 1:20
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
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Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old.
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Matthew 13:1
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
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Matthew 13:24 - 30
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Matthew 15:15
But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us.
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Matthew 13:43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Acts 13:10
And said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
1 John 3:10
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Matthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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Joel 3:13
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.
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Matthew 13:49
So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
Matthew 24:3
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Daniel 12:13
But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.
Hebrews 9:26
For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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John 15:6
If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
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Matthew 13:39
And the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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Matthew 24:31
And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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Matthew 18:7
Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
Zephaniah 1:3
I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth," declares the Lord.
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Matthew 7:23
And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
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Matthew 13:50
And throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Revelation 9:2
He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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Matthew 8:12
While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Daniel 12:3
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
1 Corinthians 15:41 - 42
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
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Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 26:29
I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Matthew 11:15
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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Proverbs 2:4
If you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures.
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Matthew 25:9
But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Philippians 3:7 - 8
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
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Isaiah 55:1
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
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Matthew 7:6
Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
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Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
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Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
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Matthew 4:19
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
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Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
Matthew 22:10
And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Matthew 25:2
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
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John 21:11
So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.
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Matthew 13:39
And the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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Matthew 25:32
Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers.
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Matthew 13:42
And throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 13:42
And throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 13:10 - 16
Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?
John 10:6
This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
John 16:29
His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
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Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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Matthew 12:35
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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Matthew 13:54 - 58
And coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
Mark 6:1 - 6
He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
Luke 4:16 - 30
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.
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Matthew 2:23
And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene.
Luke 4:23
And he said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself.' What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.
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Matthew 4:23
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
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Matthew 7:28
And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching.
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Matthew 13:54 - 58
And coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
Mark 6:1 - 6
He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
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Luke 4:22
And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?
John 6:42
They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven' ?
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Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.
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Matthew 12:46
While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
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Matthew 11:6
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
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Luke 4:24
And he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
John 4:44
(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.)
Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, and say, "Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand" -
Jeremiah 12:6
For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.
John 7:5
For not even his brothers believed in him.
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Matthew 17:20
He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
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