And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
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And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHave mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job
WisdomAnd Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawAnd the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryMy soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
2 Samuel
HistoryYe shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus
LawAnd their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Joshua
HistorySo Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Genesis
LawAnd as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Acts
HistoryThe virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
Joshua
HistoryThree times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
Exodus
LawAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.