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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Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
John
GospelsWhat could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Luke
GospelsWas returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
Acts
History / LukeAnd said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
Genesis
LawAnd all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
1 Chronicles
HistoryLest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
Exodus
Law / MosesBecause thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryThe woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
John
GospelsAnd it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraDraw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.