No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts
HistoryThou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Exodus
LawAnd on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus
LawA dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job
WisdomAnd Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
Mark
GospelsAnd they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHe shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAll things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John
GospelsAnd if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers
LawAnd the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
Acts
HistoryAnd he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
Mark
GospelsIn his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.