He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
Acts
History / LukeAnd they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
Joshua
HistoryWhat then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy
LawThou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Acts
History / LukeSwear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
Numbers
LawAnd he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
1 Kings
HistoryThus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
Mark
GospelsBehold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
Mark
GospelsAnd if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHowbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
2 Samuel
HistorySo also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.