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And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
