And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew
GospelsAnd they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
Exodus
LawYet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
LawAnd when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
Acts
History / LukeMark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAgain there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
Job
WisdomBut they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
John
GospelsThe people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
Exodus
LawAnd the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Genesis
Law / MosesThy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Genesis
LawAnd the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Genesis
Law / MosesWhile I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
John
GospelsSo the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
2 Samuel
HistoryWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: