But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
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And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOf such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Daniel
Major ProphetsTherefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Job
Wisdom(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Acts
HistoryAnd Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
Acts
History / LukeBut thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
Deuteronomy
LawThere is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsHe shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psalms
PoetryThen they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Numbers
LawTherefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.