And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold him. For they said, "He is too fervent."

and many of them said, "He hath the devil, and is mad: why hear ye him?"

As he thus answered for himself: Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, thou art besides thyself. Much learning hath made thee mad."

And then came his mother and his brethren, and stood without, and sent unto him and called him:

For if we be too fervent, to God are we too fervent: if we keep measure, for your cause keep we measure.

And when Jehu was come out to the servants of his lord, they said to him, "Is all peace? Wherefore came this mad fellow unto thee?" And he said to them, "Ye know the person and his communication."

'The LORD hath ordained thee to be priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, that thou shouldest be the chief in the house of the LORD above all prophets, and preachers, and that thou mightest put them in prison, or in the stocks.

Be ye sure, O Israel: the time of visitation is come, the days of recompensing are at hand. As for the prophet, ye hold him for a fool; and him that is rich in the spirit, for a mad man: so great is your wickedness and malice.

His brethren therefore said unto him, "Get thee hence and go into Jewry that thy disciples may see thy works that thou doest.

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And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

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And then came his mother and his brethren, and stood without, and sent unto him and called him:
His brethren therefore said unto him, "Get thee hence and go into Jewry that thy disciples may see thy works that thou doest.

He is

And when Jehu was come out to the servants of his lord, they said to him, "Is all peace? Wherefore came this mad fellow unto thee?" And he said to them, "Ye know the person and his communication."
'The LORD hath ordained thee to be priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, that thou shouldest be the chief in the house of the LORD above all prophets, and preachers, and that thou mightest put them in prison, or in the stocks.
Be ye sure, O Israel: the time of visitation is come, the days of recompensing are at hand. As for the prophet, ye hold him for a fool; and him that is rich in the spirit, for a mad man: so great is your wickedness and malice.
and many of them said, "He hath the devil, and is mad: why hear ye him?"
As he thus answered for himself: Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, thou art besides thyself. Much learning hath made thee mad."
For if we be too fervent, to God are we too fervent: if we keep measure, for your cause keep we measure.

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Behold, O thou son of man, there shall chains be brought for thee, to bind thee withal, so that thou shalt not escape out of them.
let them depart, that they may go into the country round about, and into the towns, and buy them bread: for they have nothing to eat."
Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for press.
For as yet his brethren believed not in him.
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