He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
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Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
Genesis
LawHe made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraOn the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
Numbers
Law / MosesKnowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Genesis
LawBut when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Judges
History / SamuelThe altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
Exodus
LawAnd the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job
WisdomHear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
Matthew
GospelsAnd to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukFear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.