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Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
