And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
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Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
2 Kings
HistoryHe rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTo whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Acts
HistoryAnd the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWho is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
1 Peter
General EpistlesNeither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
1 Kings
HistoryHe fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
Mark
GospelsAnd Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThere is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Genesis
LawWill he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.