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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
Luke
GospelsAnd they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
Exodus
LawAnd found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
John
Gospels / JohnAnd straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Mark
GospelsAnd the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.
Leviticus
LawAnd Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsJoseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
Genesis
LawAnd God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra
HistoryThen Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
Psalms
PoetryEnter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew
GospelsThen the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
Ezra
HistoryOn the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
John
Gospels / JohnNow at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Mark
GospelsAnd this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.