For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
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And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ruth
HistoryAnd, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Luke
GospelsAnd he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Mark
GospelsAnd they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
Luke
GospelsAnd he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Judges
History / SamuelHowbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd 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
History / JeremiahAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
Numbers
LawWhen goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThere is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Proverbs
WisdomNow we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesHowbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
Judges
History / SamuelO my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesIn my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIn that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.