And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
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But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
Judges
HistoryAnd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Mark
GospelsWhen Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
John
GospelsGod is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
Exodus
LawAnd one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
LawAnd the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
Luke
GospelsSaying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYe shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus
LawI will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
Acts
History / LukeAnd of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Genesis
Law / MosesAs soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhile the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,