And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
Genesis
LawWhat profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulElias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
James
General EpistlesNeither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts
HistoryAnd he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSlay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Acts
HistoryAnd they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAlso on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawBut be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOf the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
Ezra
HistoryNow therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsStand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
John
GospelsAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Judges
HistoryNow these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Joshua
HistoryI have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.