Then Herod saw the magicians had trifled with him, and he was furiously angry; he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and in all the neighbourhood who were two years old or under, calculating by the time he had ascertained from the magicians.

As he was walking along the sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew, casting a net in the sea ??for they were fishermen;

Nor do men light a lamp to put it under a bowl; they put it on a stand and it shines for all in the house.

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

Enter by the narrow gate: for [the gate] is broad and the road is wide that leads to destruction, and many enter that way.

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Now a heavy storm came on at sea, so that the boat was buried under the waves. He was sleeping.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother,

These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,

When you enter the house, salute it;

Why, how can anyone enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first of all binds the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

This made the crowd wonder, to see dumb people speaking, the lame walking, and the blind seeing.

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes?

The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.'

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you shut the Realm of heaven in men's faces; you neither enter yourselves, nor will you let those enter who are on the point of entering.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath,

Now as he passed along the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew netting fish in the sea ??for they were fishermen;

On leaving the synagogue they went straight to the house of Simon and Andrew, accompanied by James and John.

But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the zealot,

No one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods unless first of all he binds the strong man; then he can plunder his house.

He also said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be placed under a bowl or a bed? Is it not to be placed upon the stand?

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

so the spirits begged him saying, "Send us into the swine, that we may enter them,"

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place.

And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean).

She answered him, "No, sir, but under the table the dogs do pick up the children's crumbs."

Now as Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, he checked the unclean spirit. "Deaf and dumb spirit," he said, "leave him, I command you, and never enter him again."

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here.

this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes."

And as he sat on the Hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him in private,

Pray it may not be winter when it comes,

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

it fell to him by lot, as was the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense,

Simon (to whom he gave the name of Peter), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

So Jesus went with them. But he was not far from the house when the captain sent some friends to tell him, "Do not trouble yourself, sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof,

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

No one lights a lamp and hides it under a vessel or puts it below the bed: he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light.

Now a considerable drove of swine was grazing there on the hillside, so the daemons begged him for leave to enter them. He gave them leave,

Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this household!'

No one lights a lamp to put it in a cellar or under a bowl, but on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

'A hundred barrels of oil,' he said. The factor told him, 'Here is your bill; sit down at once and enter fifty barrels.'

Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A hundred quarters of wheat,' he said. 'Here is your bill,' said the factor, 'just enter eighty.'

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road;

but those who are considered worthy to attain yonder world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are married,

they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires.

He said to them, "When you enter the city you will meet a man carrying a water-jar: follow him to the house he enters,

and ascertaining that he came under the jurisdiction of Herod, he remitted him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem during those days.

Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?"

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

One of the two men who heard what John said and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Peter.

Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter;

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb over again and be born?"

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter God's Realm.

Do not wonder at me telling you, 'You must all be born from above.'

The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he is doing himself. He will show him still greater deeds than these, to make you wonder;

Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice

One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,

and the sea was getting up under a strong wind.

Truly, truly I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs up somewhere else, he is a thief and a robber;

[vss 22-29 moved to follow 9:41] Then came the festival of Dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter,

Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;

On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.

Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem.

There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

and he has seen a man called Ananias enter and lay his hands upon him to bring back his sight."

Look, you disdainful folk, wonder at this and perish for in your days I do a deed, a deed you will never believe, not though one were to explain it to you."

when they got as far as Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them,

After waiting on for a number of days Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. (As the latter was under a vow, he had his head shaved at Cenchreae.)

(Paul wanted to enter the popular assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.

Now here I go to Jerusalem under the binding force of the Spirit. What will befall me there, I do not know.

So do as we tell you. We have four men here under a vow;

till the commander ordered him to be taken inside the barracks and examined under the lash, so as to find out why the people shouted at him in this way.

Failing them, let these men yonder tell what fault they found with my appearance before the Sanhedrin! ??21 unless it was with the single sentence I uttered, when I stood and said, 'It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial to-day before you.'"

Putting to sea from there, we had to sail under the lee of Cyprus, as the wind was against us;

For a number of days we made a slow passage and had great difficulty in arriving off Cnidus; then, as the wind checked our progress, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Cape Salmone,

and, as the harbour was badly placed for wintering in, the majority proposed to set sail and try if they could reach Phoenix and winter there (Phoenix is a Cretan harbour facing S.W. and N.W.).

Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we managed with great difficulty to get the boat hauled in;

Striking a reef, they drove the ship aground; the prow jammed fast, but the stern began to break up under the beating of the waves.

All who sin outside the Law will perish outside the Law, and all who sin under the Law will be condemned by the Law.

Well now, are we Jews in a better position? Not at all. I have already charged all, Jews as well as Greeks, with being under sin ??10 as it is written, None is righteous, no, not one;

Their throat is an open grave, they are treacherous with their tongues, the venom of an asp lies under their lips.

Sin must have no hold over you, for you live under grace, not under law.

What follows, then? Are we 'to sin, because we live under grace, not under law'? Never!

Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;

but now we are done with the Law, we have died to what once held us, so that we can serve in a new way, not under the written code as of old but in the Spirit.

Consider both the kindness and the severity of God; those who fall come under his severity, but you come under the divine kindness, provided you adhere to that kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Do you not know the saints are to manage the world? If the world is to come under your jurisdiction, are you incompetent to adjudicate upon trifles?