And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
Mark
Gospels / MarkHe esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
1 Samuel
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesLet the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryIf ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Numbers
LawHe made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBut I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
Numbers
LawAnd they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.