And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Ezra
History / EzraThe stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Job
WisdomAnd, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
Joshua
HistoryThe LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsTeach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
Numbers
LawBut I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
Job
WisdomThey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job
WisdomAnd thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis
LawThe lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark
GospelsAnd if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Psalms
PoetryIf his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Job
WisdomTherefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
Luke
GospelsThey bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Job
WisdomThe children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.