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They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
