Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Jesus
General references
Bible References
Jesus
Luke 7:24
When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
A reed
Genesis 49:4
Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it--he went up to my couch!
2 Corinthians 1:17
Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?
Ephesians 4:14
so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
General references
Matthew 3:5
Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,
Luke 6:5
And he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."