And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
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And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
Luke
GospelsAnd the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
Genesis
LawHe caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Ruth
History / SamuelI fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Luke
GospelsThis is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Luke
GospelsYe have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
Acts
History / LukeAnd Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Judges
History / SamuelWe have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonIn these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
John
GospelsWhereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Acts
History / LukeAnd Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAt the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsOne thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Luke
GospelsThe righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Genesis
LawBut his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.