Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
John
GospelsGod shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis
LawWhere are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWho hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsO LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Job
Wisdom / JobShe shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Exodus
LawAll his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomTo be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Luke
GospelsAnd their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraCursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawBut they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.