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Verse ConceptsWedding FeastsThe Third Day Of The WeekWedding GuestsMarriage KjvIdentity In Christmarraige

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there.

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Verse ConceptsSanhedrinpharisees

Now there was a man named Nicodemus, who belonged to the party of the Pharisees and was a leader among the Jews.

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Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfThe Light Of ChristContemporary Witness To ChristBelieve In Christ!

He came for the purpose of testifying, to testify to the light, so that everyone through him might come to believe.

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Verse ConceptsBanksWhipsTurning Upside DownWhippingChrist Driving Out PeopleIndeterminate Sums Of Moneycatsknots

So He made a lash out of cords, and drove them all, together with the sheep and cattle, out of the temple court, scattered the money-changers' coins and upset their tables.

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Verse ConceptsOutsidersWaterDrawing WaterMan Providing WaterSocial dutieswoman

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

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Verse ConceptsThe Holy SpiritMetaphysicsBeing Born AgainMetaphorsSymbolsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindAbraham, New Testament ReferencesHoly Spirit, Types OfThe Holy Spirit Described As The WindGod In The WindNot Knowing WhereLack Of ExpectationWhere From?Where To?muscles

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

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Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

The sick man answered, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved, but while I am trying to get down, somebody else steps down ahead of me."

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Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristAbiding In Christdiscipleship, nature ofNames And Titles For The ChristianObeying JesusAbiding With GodReceiving God's WordJewsDiscipleship

So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples,

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Verse ConceptsThe Truth Of The GospelSound DoctrineKnowing About God's Kingdomluck

that you may better know the certainty of those things that you have been taught.

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Verse ConceptsBeing AloneGrandmothers

because of the truth that lives on in our hearts and will be with us forever:

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Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRabbiSignsSigns Of The TimesJesus As Our TeacherGod With ChristSigns Performed By ChristDuring One NightOther People Of GodSpecial Revelation

He came to Jesus one night and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that you have come from God, for no one can perform the wonder-works that you are doing, unless God is with him."

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Verse ConceptsAge, Glories OfConsciences, Description OfCommunicationOld Age, Attainment OfStandingAccusations, Source OfIsolated PersonsLeaving

Having heard, they began to leave one by one, starting with the eldest, until only Jesus was left with the woman.

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Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombIncarnationMothers, Examples OfOne FleshProphecies Concerning ChristEngagementConceptionCalendarsThe Holy Spirit Giving LifeAbsence Of SexMiraculous BirthsNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthRelationships With BoyfriendHaving A Babyghostsbabyvirginity

Now the birth of Christ Jesus occurred under these conditions: After His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, but before they had lived together, she was found to be an expectant mother through the influence of the Holy Spirit.

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Verse ConceptsLawyersInheritance, SpiritualSeeking LifeTesting ChristDoing God's WorksTests

Just then an expert in the law got up to test Him by asking, "Teacher, what shall I do to get possession of eternal life?"

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Verse ConceptsFutureGospel, Essence OfLast ThingsAngel, AnnouncementsChrist And HeavenChrist Coming AgainGoing To Heaven

and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This very Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in just the way you have seen Him go up into heaven."

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Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationClaimsProfitsWork, And RedemptionFaith That WorksUseless ReligionThings Which Cannot SaveWorks Of Faith

My brothers, what good is there in a man's saying that he has faith, if he has no good deeds to prove it? Such faith cannot save him, can it?

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Verse ConceptsBaptism, significance ofBeing Born AgainMortificationSacramentsPutting Off The Old ManDead To SinBaptised Into ChristBaptism

Or, do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into union with Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

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Verse ConceptsAddictionsMentoringAlcoholBeing A Womendrinking, abstention fromSlanderTemperanceAlcohol ConsumptionCharacters Of Old PeopleTeaching In The ChurchNot Too Much WineWomen's Rolesgossiping

the older women, too, to be reverent in their deportment, and not to be slanderers or slaves to heavy drinking, but to be teachers of what is right,

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Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineTruthAcceptance, Of WorshipWorship, Of God AloneProphecies Said By JesusThat Which Is SpiritualGod Searching For PeoplePerforming The TruthNowHow To Worship GodThe FatherWorshiping God

But a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the real worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality, for the Father is looking for just such worshipers.

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Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTCaesarProclamationsRankTaxationProphecies Concerning ChristArmies, RomanRoman EmperorsThe King's Orderstaxes

Now in those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken.

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Verse ConceptsAmazingThe Future AgeDeath Approachingsurprises

Stop being surprised at this, for the time is coming when all that are in the graves will listen to His voice,

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Verse ConceptsThe World Without GodLanguageThe WorldListening To GodPerspective

They are children of the world; this is why they speak what the world inspires, and why the world listens to them.

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Verse ConceptsCowardiceJews, TheKeysSundayPeace, Human Destruction OfSabbath, In NtMiracles Of ChristResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesFear, Of PersecutionThe First Day Of The WeekShutting DoorsEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesFear Of EnemiesPraying Behind Closed DoorsPeace To You

In the evening of that same first day of the week, even with the doors of the room bolted where the disciples had met for fear of the Jews, Jesus went in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"

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Verse ConceptsPilgrimageVisitingFestivals ObservedIdentity In Christjerusalem

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions

"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.

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Verse ConceptsTwo Sons

Then He said: "There was a man who had two sons.

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Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningKnockingFinding ThingsGod Answers PrayerAccess

For everyone who keeps on asking, receives, and everyone who keeps on seeking, finds, and to the one who keeps on knocking, the door will open.

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Verse ConceptsJesus Statements About The SpiritMetaphorsPresent, TheSending Of The Holy SpiritAbsenceAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodThe ComforterThe Holy Spirit As CounsellorAdvantagesLeavingChrist Telling The TruthChrist SendingUseful ThingsTelling The Truth

Yet it is nothing but the truth I now tell you, that it is better for you that I should go away. For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come into close fellowship with you, but if I do go away, I will send Him to be in close fellowship with you.

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Verse ConceptsBeing A Lightdisciples, characteristics ofDecayResponsibility, For God's WorldSaltSanctification, Means And ResultsTastePersonal ContactSending Things AwayTastelessnessRestoring ThingsTastelessSournessMoral Decay

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its strength, what can make it salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden under foot.

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Verse ConceptsLeavingDisciples' Movements

For His disciples had gone into the town to buy some food.

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Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSundayStonesThe First Day Of The WeekThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsJesus TombDarkness Of NightThose Who Rose EarlyPerspective

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

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Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithWagesLittle FoodNo FoodGrace Being SufficientWorth

Philip answered Him, "Forty dollars' worth of bread is not enough to give them all even a scanty meal apiece."

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Verse ConceptsBanquets, Examples OfGuestsHomeHospitality, Examples OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristHospitality Towards ChristWatching To EntrapOn The SabbathReceiving Jesus As A Guest

One Sabbath, when He went to take a meal at the house of a Pharisee who was a member of the council, they continued to watch Him closely.

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Verse ConceptsCustomReadingHabitsLiteracySabbath, In NtSynagogueWorship, Times ForReading The ScripturesOn The SabbathGoing To Churchculture

So He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, and as His habit was on the Sabbath, He went to the synagogue and stood up to read.

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Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofSubmissionJesus Christ, Relation To FatherJesus Christ, Son Of GodChrist's Relationship To GodChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyInteraction Of Father And SonSubject To GodThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

So Jesus answered them: "I most solemnly say to you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, except as He sees the Father doing it, for whatever the Father is in the habit of doing the Son also persists in doing.

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Verse ConceptsWise MenHistoryBethlehemProphecies Concerning ChristOut Of The EastBabies As Prophetic SignsKings of judahNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birthspringtimeepiphany

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea in the days of King Herod, stargazers came from the East to Jerusalem

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Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfAnticipationJesus PrayingPraying For OthersPrayingfreemasonry

"I make this petition, not for them only, but for all who ever come to believe in me through their message,

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Verse ConceptsGiftsIgnorance, Of ChristGifts From God, SpiritualBeverages, FigurativeAnswered PromisesSalvation, As A GiftAsking For HelpMan Providing WaterMetaphorical SpringsLife Through ChristGod Giving His SonWho He Might BeKnowing About God's Kingdomthe Gifts of God

Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."

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Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDuring One Night

That night at once the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea, and on arriving there they went to the Jewish synagogue.

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Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofDemons, Christ's AuthorityThe Present AgeDeath Of God's PeopleEvil Angelsboyfriendsprincipalities

For I have full assurance that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor the present nor the future

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Verse ConceptsBeginningFirst ActionsChrist TeachingBeginning To TeachIdentity In Christ

I wrote my first volume, Theophilus, about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

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Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple court, and said to him, "See! You are now well. Stop sinning or something worse may befall you."

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Verse ConceptsGrace Be To YouPeace To YouPeace And ComfortMercy And Grace

spiritual blessing and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Verse ConceptsCensusActing For OneselfNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

So everyone was going to his own town to register.

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Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of BelieversUseless LabourSufferingexperience

Have you suffered so much for nothing? If it really is for nothing.

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Verse ConceptsAttitudes, to other peopleGuestsHospitality, Examples OfProperty, HousesHospitality Towards ChristWelcoming ChristReceiving Jesus As A Guestvacation

Now as they were journeying on, He came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him to her house.

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Verse ConceptsWhat Christian Should Do AlwaysCommitment, to Jesus Christethics, and graceGrowthFearProgressTremblingObedience To GodGone AwayObeying The GospelSaving OneselfWorks Of FaithIn Men's PresenceFear God!ObedienceAbsenceExerciseWorrying About The FutureHard Work And Perseveranceobeyingreverence

So, my dearly loved friends, as you have always been obedient, so now with reverence and awe keep on working clear down to the finishing point of your salvation not only as though I were with you but much more because I am away;

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Verse ConceptsFootstoolsSitting In FellowshipHolier Than ThougaysRespectTreating OthersBeing GayGoing To ChurchGiving BackBeing Differentdiscriminationpoopmanattentionpeople

and you pay special attention to the man who wears the fine clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place," and say to the poor man, "Stand up, or sit there on the floor at my feet,"

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Verse ConceptsGoalsFellowship, With Godethics, incentives towardsGod, Love OfGod, Unity OfCommunion With GodFruits Of RighteousnessLove For GodObeying JesusGod Living In UsComing To GodFather And Son AlikeGod's Love In ChristRelationship Of Father And SonReceiving Jesus As A GuestObedienceFathers Loveobeying

Jesus answered him, "If anyone really loves me, he will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him, and both of us will come in face-to-face fellowship with him; yes, we will make our special dwelling place with him.

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Verse ConceptsHabitsJohn The BaptistTeachablenessChrist TeachingThe Disciples WordsDisciples Of John The BaptistEnd Of ActionsJesus PrayingPraying For OthersPrayingFinishing Strong

Once He was praying in a certain place, and when He ceased, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

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Verse ConceptsRiddlesProphecies Said By JesusDestruction Of The TempleRebuilding The TempleThe First Templerebuilding

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days."

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Verse ConceptsCrowdsTravelCrowds Around Jesus

Now great crowds were going along with Him, and all at once He turned and said to them:

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Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodLambsLove, Nature OfShepherds, As Church LeaderNames And Titles For The ChristianBreakfastFeeding AnimalsChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Need To Love Christvulnerability

After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than you are to these things?" Peter answered Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs."

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Verse ConceptsSeeking SignsCuriosityJesus Christ, Temptation OfSigns Performed By ChristSeeking A Signefficiency

Then the Jews addressed Him and asked, "What sign can you show us that you have authority to act in this way?"

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Verse ConceptsBeginningHearingTouchWitnesses, To Jesus ChristJesus Christ, Eternity OfHearing ChristFrom The BeginningChrist's Lifea new beginningWitnessingevangelizing

It is what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, what our own hands have touched, about the very message of life --

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Verse ConceptsThreatsThreateningsJudged As Murderersdamascusmotheringbreath

Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

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Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around JesusNot Knowing About ChristHealing Sickness

The man who had been cured did not know who He was, for since there was a crowd at the place, Jesus had slipped away.

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Verse ConceptsdesiresSodomySexual PerversionEvil PassionsGod Handing OverWomen Doing WrongExchanging Good For BadAffectionsexLove And RelationshipsWomen's RolesPassionChange And GrowthSame Sex Marriage

This is why God has given them up to degrading passions. For their females have exchanged their natural function for one that is unnatural,

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Verse ConceptsAgape LoveAbundanceMercyMercy And GraceBeing UniqueAbundant Mercy

may mercy, peace, and love in abundance be given you.

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Verse ConceptsCommunicationLawlessnessPeter, Preacher And TeacherPreaching, Content OfApprovalGod Bearing Witness To ChristSigns Performed By ChristDoing God's WorksSigns And Wonders Of The GospelMiracles

"Fellow Israelites, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you yourselves well know, a man accredited to you by God through mighty deeds and wonders and wonder-works which God performed through Him right here among you,

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Verse ConceptsExamples Of Life In The SpiritSpirit Filled MenGuidance Of The Holy SpiritBeing Filled With The SpiritResisting Temptationghosts

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and for forty days He was led about in the desert under the Spirit's guidance,

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Verse ConceptsJesus Returning To The FatherSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristThe Disciples WordsChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The EndThe Father

So some of His disciples said to one another, "What does He mean by telling us, 'In just a little while you will not see me, and yet in just a little while after you will see me again,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

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Verse ConceptsColors, WhiteGod, Sovereignty OfEarth, Destruction OfSkyTheophanyWhiteHeaven, God's ThroneThe Universe DestroyedFleeing From GodNo RoomAutomobiles

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it, from whose presence earth and sky fled away, no more to be found.

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Verse ConceptsThe Healed WalkingJesus HealingCarrying Other Loads

He answered them, "The man who cured me said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and go to walking.'"

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Verse ConceptsNecessityMan's Needs

And He had to go through Samaria.

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Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksflexibility

Since many writers have undertaken to compose narratives about the facts established among us,

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Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofMissionaries, Call OfCompanionshipMissionary Work, Examples OfSeventyTwo DisciplesPeople Going BeforeSeventiesChrist SendingMissionariesDiscipleshipgroups

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on before Him, two by two, to every town or place which He was going to visit.

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Verse ConceptsMultitudesSermon On The MountCrowds AvoidedSitting To TeachChrist SeeingChrist With His DisciplesWork EthicEthicscrusades

When He saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain. After He had taken His seat, His disciples came up to Him.

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Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfChildren, responsibilities to parentsChildlessnessInfertilityHaving A Babyluck

And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both of them were far advanced in years.

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Verse ConceptsDawnembalmingSundayOintmentSepulchresThe First Day Of The WeekDaybreakJesus TombAt DaybreakEarly Rising

Now on the Sabbath they rested, in accordance with the commandment, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared.

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Verse ConceptsMelchizedekPriesthood, In NtFaithful, Choose To RemainJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The High PriestNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForHolding FastStanding FirmChrist And Heavenempathy

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has gone right up to heaven itself, let us continue to keep a firm hold on our profession of faith in Him.

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Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar; Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram,

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Verse ConceptsRemindersStandingAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Gospel Preached

Now let me remind you, brothers, of the essence of the good news which I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you now are standing,

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Verse ConceptsGospel, Descriptions OfPrisonersChrist Preaching

Now after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God:

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Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningA Good Husband

He said to her, "Go and call your husband and come back here."

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Verse ConceptsPower Through GodJesus Christ, Ascension OfTruly TrulyGreatness Of DisciplesThe FatherWorks Of Faith

I most solemnly say to you, whoever perseveres in believing in me can himself do the things that I am doing; yes, he can do even greater things than I am doing, because I am going to the Father.

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Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toDuties To EnemiesHearing ChristDo Good!Love Your Neighbour!EnemiesForgiving Others Who Hurt You

But I say to you who listen now to me, practice loving your enemies, practice doing good to those who hate you,

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Verse ConceptsdaughtersProphecy, In NtSonsPouringVisionsEnd Of The AgesHope For Old PeopleVisions From GodProphesying In The Churchend times prophecyEnd Of Days

'It will occur in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will have visions. Your old men will have dreams.

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Verse ConceptsGod Sending ProphetsGodly Man

There appeared a man named John, sent from God.

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Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfRighteousness, As FaithImputed RighteousnessWitness To The GospelWithout The LawWritten In The ProphetsGrace Verse LawWitnessing

But now God's way of giving men right standing with Himself has come to light; a way without connection with the law, and yet a way to which the law and the prophets testify.

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Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsGenerosity, HumanAbundant LifeBad LeadershipEquality In PaymentGiving To OthersBeing BlessedGod, The ProviderProfitsStewardshipPressingPeople ShakingPlenty Through GodGood ReboundingRight MeasuresEconomicsGivingTreating OthersGiving Backmeasurement

Practice forgiving others, and you will be forgiven. Practice giving to others, and they will give to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, people will pour into your lap. For the measure you use with others they in turn will use with you."

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Verse ConceptsPrayer MeetingsWhen To Pray

while all the throng of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense burning.

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Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsThe Holy Spirit Described As God's GiftChrist's OrdersThe Father

And once while He was eating with them, He charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised. "You have heard me speak of it," He said,

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Verse ConceptsJudgesArbitrationChrist JudgingDecision Making

But He said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or umpire in your affairs?"

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Verse ConceptsUnidentified AngelsGabriel The AngelSubdivisionsPriests In Actiondivisionactingorder

Once when he was acting as priest before God, when his division was on duty, it fell to his lot,

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Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDoctrine, CommunicatedTeachersTetrarchChristian TeachersAnonymityRulers Of A FourthMissionaries

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who is called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen who was an intimate friend of the governor, and Saul.

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Verse ConceptsBreaking Of BreadCommemorationDoubt, Dealing WithCeremoniesBody Of Christ, SymbolizedLord's SupperSacramentsMemorialEating Christ's BodyRemembering ChristJesus As FoodThanking God For FoodThe Lord's SupperBreadcommunionremembrance

Then He took a loaf, gave thanks, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, and said, "This is my body which is to be given for you. Do this as a memorial to me."

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Verse ConceptsBeing A Man Of GodHuman NatureTemptation, Sources OfGod Is HolyBeing TemptedTemptationResisting TemptationTeststrailsoverworking

No one must say, when he is tempted to do evil, "I have a temptation from God to do evil," for God cannot be tempted to do evil, and He never tempts anyone to do so.

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Verse ConceptsChildren In The FaithChrist Is My LordGrace Be To YouThe FatherMercy And Grace

to my dearly loved child, Timothy: spiritual blessing, mercy, and peace be with you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberStarsSeashoresOnly One PersonSand And Gravel

And so there sprang from one man, and that dead as to any prospects for offspring, a people as numberless as the stars in the sky and as the sands beside the seashore.

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Verse ConceptsShortage Of WineNo FoodFake Friends

When the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They have no wine!"

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Verse ConceptsTalentsRich, TheLikeningEntrustingLikening ThingsPropertyGifts And Talentsmathlent

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

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Aram the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,

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Verse ConceptsListeningPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusPressingHearing God's Wordlakes

Once as the crowd was pressing against Him to hear the message of God, He found Himself standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret.

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Verse ConceptsChristiansBelieversLove, For One AnotherParticipation, In ChristReceptivenessUnity, God's Goal OfUnity, Of God's PeopleUnity Among BelieversCommunismOne ChurchCommunitySharing Material ThingsAgreeing With One AnotherPropertySharingpossessionsgroupsmindsetLove For The Church

Now there was but one heart and soul in the vast number of those who had become believers, and not one of them claimed that anything that he had was his own, but they shared everything that they had as common property.

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Verse ConceptsUrgencyRepentanceRepent Lest You Die

By no means, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.

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Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes Ofgabrieloverwhelmed

When Zechariah saw him, he was agitated, even overwhelmed with fear.

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Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidMessianic AgeQuestionsRestoring NationsQuestioning ChristNowTime Of RestorationSalvation For IsraelRestoration Of All Things

So those who were present began to ask Him, "Lord, is this the time when you are going to set up the kingdom again for Israel?"

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Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGod, Purpose OfLordship, Of Jesus ChristPreaching, Content OfVictory, As An Act Of GodExaltation Of ChristPreeminence Of ChristPreaching ChristChrist Is LordChrist Was Killed

"Therefore, let all the descendants of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

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Verse ConceptsChrist TeachingOn The Sabbath

One Sabbath He was teaching in one of the synagogues,

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Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMonotheismOne GodUnity, God's Goal OfGod Is OneGreat ThingsPay Attention To God!heroes

Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

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Verse ConceptsReceptivenessNot ReceivingMoney Management

Such a man, indeed, a person with two minds,

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Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfIndividualismHumilityModestyAttention SeekersPresumptionPride, Evil OfSelf ConfidenceSelf DisciplineSelf RespectThoughtOverestimationMaintaining FaithDo Not Be ProudThe Grace Given To MenElectSelf WorthSelf EsteemBelieving In YourselfConfidence And Self EsteemSelf ImageefficiencymeasurementGod As The Source Of Faith

Now through the unmerited favor God has shown me I would say to every one of you not to estimate himself above his real value, but to make a sober rating of himself, in accordance with the degree of faith which God has apportioned to him.

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Verse ConceptsProperty

But a man named Ananias, in partnership with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

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Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfWorldlinessHanding Over ChristKingdom Of GodJewsServant Leadership

Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would have been fighting to keep me from being turned over to the Jews. But as a matter of fact, my kingdom does not come from such a source."

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Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomembalmingHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeSabbath, In NtThe First Day Of The WeekSabbath Observed

When the Sabbath had ended, Mary of Magdala, Mary, James's mother, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Him.

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Verse ConceptsBeing A TeacherDoctrine, CommunicatedLove, Abuse OfPreaching, Importance OfTeachersWatchfulness, Of LeadersFew In The KingdomAccountabilityJudgmentsResponsibilityJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionscondemnation

Many of you, my brothers, should avoid becoming teachers, because you know that we teachers are going to be judged with stricter judgment than other people.

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Verse ConceptsLonelinessFive PeopleThey Committed ImmoralityBeing A Woman Of GodMan And WomanA Good Husband

for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true."

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Verse ConceptsAndrew

Another of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

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Verse ConceptsFutilityHeatMoney, Attitudes ToPlantsStrength, HumanThe SunWeather, As God's JudgmentGrass WitheredHot WeatherScorchingNo Beauty

For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, and its flowers wither, and its beauty fades away; so will rich men fade away in their pursuits.

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Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearTwo Disciples

On that very day, strange to say, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

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Verse ConceptsDivinity Of ChristGod With ChristIn The Beginninga new beginning

He is the One who was face to face with God in the beginning.

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Verse ConceptsMinisters, Way They Should TeachAvoiding Deceitmotives

For our appeal did not originate from a delusion or an impure motive; it was not made in fraud;

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Verse ConceptsSocial JusticeCaring For OthersUnion With Christ, Significance OfRelationshipsLove Towards Christ, Shown ByBrotherhoodCaringChrist Telling The TruthChrist's True FamilyOther Unimportant PeopleTreating Others

And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'

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Verse ConceptsThe DeadCarrying Dead Bodies

The younger men, however, got up, wrapped up his body, carried it out, and buried it.

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Verse ConceptsPlaguesWatchfulness, Of LeadersAdding To GodBooks Of ProphecyProphecyPunishmentPunishmentsProphecies concerning

I warn everyone who hears the words of prophecy contained in this book that if anyone adds anything to it, God will add to him the plagues that are described in this book;

495
Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

Then one of the scribes, on hearing them arguing, came up, and since he saw that Jesus had answered them properly, he asked Him, "What sort of command is the first of all commands?"

496
Verse ConceptsGrowthResponseMissionary WorkGrowth In ProclamationBeginning Of SalvationFruitful LabourThe Truth Of The GospelThe Gospel WorldwideThe Grace Of GodUnderstanding God's WordGod's GraceGrowingSpreading The GospelChange And Growth

which reached you, and since it is bearing fruit and growing among you, just as it is all over the world, from the day you first heard of God's favor and in reality came to know it,

501
Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise

"So everyone who listens to my words and practices their teaching, will be like a prudent man who built his house on a rocky foundation.

505
Verse ConceptsdiseasesdisabilitiesChronic AilmentsFrom BirthBlindnessJesus Birth

As He passed along, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

507
Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoExclusionTransient BodyLimitations Of The BodyNo DecayPeople Are Corruptiblecorruption

But this I tell you, brothers: Our physical bodies cannot take part in the kingdom of God; what is decaying will never take part in what is immortal.

510
Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsTraditionsLord's SupperBetrayal, Of ChristHanding Over ChristBreadNever Giving Up

For the account that I passed on to you I myself received from the Lord Himself, that the Lord Jesus on the night He was betrayed took a loaf of bread

511
Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofThe New NatureWellsHoly Spirit, Types OfThe Water Of LifeThe Holy Spirit Described As WaterNeverDrinking WaterMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristGod Giving His SpiritLiving WaterWater, As A Symbol Of LifeWells, Figurative UseEternal lifeEverlastingeternity

but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never, no never, be thirsty again, for the water that I will give him will become a spring of water that keeps on bubbling up within him for eternal life."

515
Verse ConceptsMultitudesGentiles, In NtCrowdsAn Innumerable NumberBranches, Types OfAudiencesLanguagesNationalismRobesStandingWhiteGlorified SaintsMany In The ChurchWhite And Bright ClothesWhite ClothsAll LanguagesThe Gospel To The NationsEvangelism During The TribulationGreat White Throne JudgmentLanguageColorRaceculture

After this I looked, and there was a vast throng that no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

516
Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderShepherds, As OccupationsStealingChrist, Names ForSheepfoldsChrist Telling The TruthTruly Trulythievesjumping

"I most solemnly say to you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over at some other place is a thief and a robber.

523
Verse ConceptsFindingRoadsflexibility

It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, by passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there

524
Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyFalse WorshipRoadsSelf DeceptionStandingWorship, Hindrances ToDisplayingCornersBeing Seen By ManChrist Telling The TruthUsing RoadsNo RewardSeeing PeopleSettling AccountsPrayerHypocritesExamples of secret prayerRewardPraying Behind Closed DoorsPraying For OthersHypocrisyFake FriendsPrayingPerspectivezealotspiety

"Also, whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to attract the attention of people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

525
Verse ConceptsLove Your Neighbour!NeighboursLoving Your Enemies

"You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

532
Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalAbundance, SpiritualChrist Reigning ForeverEntering The KingdomChrist Is LordPeople Of The KingdomKingdom Of GodEverlastingGod's Kingdom Being EternalPetseternityprovidingpeterwillwelcome

for it is in this way that to you will be generously granted a triumphant admittance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

535
Verse ConceptsFutilityemptinessGoldMarketsRiches, Nature OfRiches, Description OfPossessions DecayingTransient WealthUseless EndeavourPeople Are CorruptibleMoney's Deficienciesfearlessliberationredeemed

because you know that you have not been ransomed with things that perish as silver or gold, from the futile way of living taught by your fathers,

538
Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

547
Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceCondemnation Of The WickedEscaping From GodJudgmentsJudgementJudging Others Actionspractice

And you, who pose as a judge of those who practice such sins and yet continue doing the same yourself, do you for once suppose that you are going to escape the judgment of God?

548
Verse ConceptsAsking for forgivenessPeter, The DiscipleForgive OthersSeven TimesWronging Other Peopleforgiving othersSiblingsForgiving Others Who Hurt YouGod's Forgivenessforgivinglimitations

Then Peter came up to Him and asked, "Lord, how many times may my brother wrong me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven?"

549
Verse ConceptsCongregationChristiansTeachersChristian TeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianAntioch in SyriaChurch, Examples OfNew Birth, Evidenced ByOne YearTeaching In The ChurchFirst Among The GentilesCalledThe churchDiscipleshipGoing To ChurchchristianityencouraginggroupschristChristians Are Called Disciples

and after he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. Now for a whole year their meeting with the church lasted, and they taught large numbers of people. It was at Antioch too that the disciples first came to be known as "Christians."

550
Verse ConceptsCustomIncensePriests, Tasks In Nt Times

in accordance with the priests' customs, to go into the sanctuary of the Lord to burn the incense,

551
Verse ConceptsChrist Going DownChrist And HeavenMinistry Of The Son Of ManGoing To Heaven

And yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down out of heaven.

552
Verse ConceptsElection, Characteristics OfGood Or BadBirthChosen Disciples

For even before the twin sons were born, and though they had done nothing either good or bad, that God's purpose in accordance with His choice might continue to stand, conditioned not on men's actions but on God's calling them,

556
Verse ConceptsEntering Life

while in this passage again He says: "They shall not be admitted to my rest."

557
Verse ConceptsExclusivenessAskingJews, TheRacial PrejudiceLonelinessOutsidersSamaritansDisfellowshipDiscourtesyOutcastsMan Providing WaterJews Separate From GentilesNo Dealings

So the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that a Jew like you asks a Samaritan woman like me for a drink?" For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.

558
Verse ConceptsPassover lambBody Of Christ, SymbolizedLord's SupperSacramentsThanksgiving Before MealsBreaking Of BreadAt The Same TimeOther References To The DisciplesThanking God For FoodThe Lord's SupperBreadcommunionJesus Eating

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

559
Verse ConceptsIndividuals going homeTelling Of Jesus

After some days He came back to Capernaum, and it was reported that He was at home,

561
Verse ConceptsJesus As Son Of ManChrist EnquiringWho Is Jesus?Ministry Of The Son Of Man

When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

562
Verse ConceptsCovetousnessInheritanceSiblingsFamily ProblemsResolving Conflict

Just then a man in the crowd said to Him, "Tell my brother to share with me our inheritance."

563
Verse ConceptsAbyssHeaven And AngelsChainsIron ChainsKeysAngelsOthers Going DownBreaking Chains

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

565
Verse ConceptsdiseasesSick Individualsoverworkinglazarus

Now a man was sick; it was Lazarus who lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

569
Verse ConceptsReadingLiteracyMysteryUnderstandingThe Mystery Of ChristProper UnderstandingReading The Biblesecrets

By reading this you will be able to understand my insight into the secret about the Christ --

573
Verse ConceptsJudaismLaw, Purpose OfLegalismStumblingFound GuiltyAll Sins Being EqualBreaking The Ten CommandmentsGuiltBreaking Chains

For whoever obeys the whole law, except to slip in a single instance, is guilty of breaking it all.

574
Verse Conceptsrebirth

Never wonder at my telling you that you must all be born from above.

578
Verse ConceptsCripplesPunishment, By GodSelf DenialGehennaEntering LifeCausing Others To StumbleNot Maintaining LifeFire Of HellCutting Off Hands And FeetTwo Of Body PartsMissing The Markcutting

If your hand makes you do wrong, cut it off. You might better go into life maimed than keep both your hands and go down to the pit, to the fire that is never put out.

579
Verse ConceptsequalityChristiansBelieversDeficient FaithChrist's Own GlorygaysRespectTreating OthersBeing GayRespecting AuthorityChristians Being Called Brothers

My brothers, stop trying to maintain your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious presence of God on earth, along with acts of partiality to certain ones.

580
Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfMortalityMan As GrassEnjoying ShameWealthy PeoplePrideBeing HumbleHumility And PrideMoney Managementhumbletrails

and the rich brother rejoice in his being on a level with the poor, because the rich will fade away like the flower of the grass.

581
Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemAbraham, Family And DescendantsExclusivenessBarnabasHeresiesDenominationsMisteachingNecessity Of CircumcisionSalvation By Other Things

Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the custom that Moses handed down, you cannot be saved."

587
Verse ConceptseagernessBowingKneelingChrist, Names ForParticular JourneysIndividuals RunningSetting OutSeeking LifeGood PeopleActivity BegunDoing God's Works

As He was again starting on a journey, a man ran up to Him, and knelt to Him, and was asking Him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?"

590
Verse ConceptsNot Believing The GospelDoubting GodUnhearingpreachingCall To Action

But how can people call upon One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in One about whom they have not heard? And how can people hear without someone to preach to them?

592
Verse ConceptsSinnersTax CollectorsDrawing Near To ChristHearing Christtaxes

Now all the tax-collectors and notorious sinners were crowding around Him to listen to Him.

595
Verse ConceptsAll Things Being PossiblePrayer, God's Promises ConcerningBelievingAnswered PromisesAsking In Jesus NameHaving FaithEverything Happening For A ReasonPrayingbelief

So then I tell you, whenever you pray and ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you will get it.

596
Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises OfPrayer, And God's WillPeople VisitingGod's Will Be Doneprospering

always entreating God that somehow by His will I may some day at last succeed in getting to see you.

597
Verse ConceptsEggsScorpions

Or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

602
Verse ConceptsLampsTypesVirginProphecies Said By JesusLikeningTen PeopleLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

604
Verse ConceptsRest, EternalWalkingWorthinessWhite And Bright ClothesClothed With RighteousnessWhite ClothsClean ClothesFew PeopleFew In The KingdomWorthy PeopleThe Environment

Yet you have in Sardis a few who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me in white, for they deserve to do so.

605

which He lavished upon us. Through perfect wisdom and spiritual insight

609
Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning PeopleGod's Blessings Are NearKnowing About God's Kingdom

'We are wiping off against you the very dust from your town that has stuck to our feet. But understand this, the kingdom of God is close by.'

610
Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example OfPassing Through

Then He went into Jericho and was passing through it.

614
Verse ConceptsLife, EverlastingLife Is In ChristEternal lifeeternitytestimony

And this testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and this life is given through union with His Son.

618
Verse ConceptsExorcismsServanthood, In Life Of BelieversServants Of The LordShoutingWay, TheChristians, Names OfEvil Spirits DiscernmentPeople Following PeopleThe Gospel Of Salvationevangelizingpsychics

This girl kept following Paul and the rest of us, shrieking, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, and they are proclaiming to you a way of salvation."

622
Verse ConceptsElevenDisciples' Movements

The eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them,

624
Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfAssurance, basis ofHistoryKingdom Of God, Coming OfPersuasionProof, As EvidenceThe Number FortyJesus Christ, ResurrectionInfallible ProofsForty DaysMore Than One MonthThe Witness Of ChristProofsDuring The DayChrist Is RisenPassion

After He had suffered, He had shown Himself alive to them, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them through a period of forty days, and telling them the things about the kingdom of God.

628
Verse ConceptsChurchProgressPredestination, Spiritual EventsChurch, IncreasingHuman FavourAdditionsMany In The ChurchAdding PeopleSymbols of the Holy SpiritBeing SavedFavorHaving A Good DayGoing To Churchgroups

constantly praising God and always having the favor of all the people. And every day the Lord continued to add to them the people who were being saved.

630
Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistChrist's BaptismIn The Jordan

Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

632
Verse ConceptsApollosSchismsLike MenOpportunityactingfollowing

For when one says, "I belong to Paul's party," and another, "I belong to Apollos' party," are you not acting as mere human creatures?

641
Verse ConceptsBeginningNoahThirtySonsChrist, Names ForBeginning To TeachAgemanhoodevangelising

Now Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His work; He was the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

647
Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsDoctrine, CommunicatedBody Of Christ, Physical BodyGospel, Historical Foundation OfHeraldIncarnationDivinity Of ChristMysteryOrthodoxy, In NtUnion With Christ, Nature OfAngels, Ministry To ChristManifesting (making Something Clear)The Mystery Of ChristChrist's NatureGod VindicatesQuestioning GodGodheadepiphanyvindicationpiety

Undoubtedly the mystery of our religion is a great wonder: "He was made visible in human form; He was vindicated by the Spirit; He was seen by angels; He was proclaimed among the heathen; He was trusted in throughout the world; He was taken up to glory."

652
Verse ConceptsExaltation Of ChristTypes Of ChristNamesAll Authority Has Been Given To JesusNever Giving Up

This is why God has highly exalted Him, and given Him the name that is above every other name,

657
Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfClothingJesus Christ, Ascension OfNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhoodAdmirationClinging To PeopleJesus Returning To The FatherRelationship Of Father And SonYou Are Our GodChrist Our BrotherChristians Being Called Brothers

Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

658
Verse ConceptsArrestingGod, Purpose OfLooking HeavenwardChrist SeeingRelationship Of Father And SonTimes Of The ChristThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

When Jesus had said all these things, He lifted His eyes to heaven and said: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that He may glorify you,

659
Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofdesiresHuman NatureSin, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InControlling AngerOrigins Of SinWhy Do Others Do This?struggleWarPassionConflictFamily Conflictrumors

What causes wars and quarrels among you? Is it not your different desires which are ever at war within your bodies? You desire things and cannot have them, and so you commit murder.

661
Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesAnti semitismDesecration

Just at that time some people came up to tell Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices.

663
Verse ConceptsLaw, Ten CommandmentsMurderChrist's Knowledge Of The ScripturesGod Speaking Of OldDo Not Murder

"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

670
Verse ConceptsAbominationsReadingHoliness, As Set Apart For GodUnderstandingAbomination Of DesolationSacrilegeNamed Prophets Of The LordThis GenerationImage Of The BeastOlivet Discourseend times prophecymath

"So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place" -- let the reader take notice --

673
Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFailureComplacencyWicked Described AsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHearing ChristThe Work Of FoolsDoing God's WorksSand And Gravel

And anyone who listens to my words and does not practice their teaching, will be like an imprudent man who built his house on sand.

675
Verse ConceptsAffirmationsGuardiansHeaven And EarthLettersPensReliabilityScripture, Sufficiency OfGod Is UnchangeableUniverseThings Passing AwaySmall ThingsThe Universe DestroyedA Little BitAlphabetScriptures FulfilledThe World Being TemporaryTaking Care Of The Earthfeedbackfulfillment

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

678
Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalBodyLiving For The MaterialNecessity Of Circumcision

So remember that you were once heathen in a physical sense, called the uncircumcised by those who call themselves the circumcised -- though only in a physical sense, by human hands.

680
Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfLoyaltyMinistry, Qualifications ForSlaves Of God

as you learned it from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow-slave. As a faithful minister of Christ for me

681
Verse ConceptsResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesChrist AppearingMaking Christ KnownChrist With His Discipleslakes

After this Jesus again showed Himself to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias, and this is the way He showed Himself.

682
Verse ConceptsdiseasesMoving OnThose Loving GodMoving To A New Placemovement

and in these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people, blind, crippled, paralyzed.

686
Verse ConceptsGospel, Essence OfSolemn ChargesJudgesLast JudgmentThe Judgement InvolvesSecond Coming Of Christ, The PurposeEternal JudgmentChrist AppearingChrist JudgingLife And Deathepiphany

I solemnly charge you, before God and Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom,

693
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristEquality With GodPersecution, Nature OfChrist Would Be KilledRelationship Of Father And SonThe Sabbath And Christrelaxing

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

696
Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfEarsGuidance, Need For God'sManipulationTeachingCultsApostasy, CauseEvil TimesRefusing To HearSound DoctrineDoctrines of the The Gospelphotographydoctrine

For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but to gratify their own evil desires will surround themselves with teachers who teach to gratify their own evil desires, because their ears are itching so to be tickled,

697
Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

And they held that caution fast in their minds, as they continued to discuss among themselves what rising from the dead meant.

702
Verse ConceptsCaesarGovernorsLeaders, PoliticalRankTetrarchRoman EmperorsRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers

In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was governor of Galilee, and his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was governor of Abilene,

703
Verse ConceptsNear The Time Generallymarketing

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching; so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

704
Verse ConceptsChristmasUnidentified AngelsGuardsMonotonyMan Keeping WatchShepherds, As OccupationsThose Who Kept StockShepherdsNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthWeather In The Last Days

Now there were some shepherds in the same neighborhood, living in the open fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.

712
Verse ConceptsThe Source Of FruitKnowing Christ PersonallyUseful PeopleGrowingpetermeasurement

For if you have these qualities and they continue to increase in you, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

718
Verse ConceptsExplanationsCrowdsListeningPeter, The ApostleRevival, PersonalElevenPay Attention To People!uncertainty

Then Peter stood with the Eleven around him, and raising his voice he addressed them, "Men of Judea and all you residents of Jerusalem, let me explain this to you, and give close attention to my words.

721
Verse ConceptsAbility, Of The ChristianApologeticsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsExhortation, Objects OfFalse Doctrines, Christian Attitude Ofencouragement, examples ofelders, in the churchdoctrine, Purpose ofTeachersNurtureOrthodoxy, In NtRebukeTeachingContradictingSound Doctrine

and a man who continues to cling to the trustworthy message as he was taught it, so that he may be competent to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to convict those who oppose him.

725
Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalGreeksNecessity Of CircumcisionNo Compulsion

But they did not even try to compel my companion, Titus, although he was a Greek, to be circumcised --

734
Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoRiches, Believers AttitudesChrist SeeingBlessings Of The PoorChrist Speaking To DisciplesPeople Of The Kingdom

Then He fixed His eyes upon His disciples, and began to speak. "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours!

739
Verse ConceptsAccepting ChristdecisionsLaw, Purpose OfLegalismSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSin, Deliverance From GodUnion With Christ, Nature OfJustification Under The GospelJustification By FaithSalvation Not By WorksBenefits Of Faith In ChristJustified By WorksRighteous By FaithWorks Of The LawFree WillKeeping FaithBeing SavedJustificationBeing PositiveMoralityNot Being AlonelaweffortJustification Is Not By The LawJustification Is Not By Works

because we know that a man does not come into right standing with God by doing what the law commands, but by simple trust in Christ, we too have trusted in Christ Jesus, in order to come into right standing with God by simple trust in Christ and not by doing what the law commands, because by doing what the law commands no man can come into right standing with God.

740
Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseEarsGenerosity, God'sHoly Spirit, Activities OfAbundance, SpiritualInventionsCounselingSecret ThingsDeep ThingsNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsA Place PreparedUnhearingBenefits Of HeavenPreparationHeavenFuture Plansimaginationserenity

But, as the Scripture says, they are: "Things which eye has never seen and ear has never heard, and never have occurred to human hearts, which God prepared for those who love Him."

744
Verse ConceptseagernessDrawing Near To ChristSeeking LifeDoing God's WorksDoing GoodEternal lifeeternityman

And a man came up to Him and asked, "What is there good that I can do to possess eternal life?"

748
Verse ConceptsGrowth Of The ChurchFullness Of The KingdomIsrael HardenedDefeat Of God's People

But if their stumbling has resulted in the enrichment of the world, and their overthrow becomes the enrichment of heathen peoples, how much richer the result will be when the full quota of Jews comes in!

753
Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdemons, Kinds ofMastersMoney, Uses OfPredictionsDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyWhere To PraySorceryThe Futuremagicpsychics

Once as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had the gift of magical fortune-telling, and continued to make great profits for her owners by fortune-telling.

755
Verse ConceptsMetaphysicsMysteryPeople TransformedNot DyingDeath Of The RighteousPeople Who Didn't DieDying

Let me tell you a secret. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

759
Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsPreaching, Importance OfSpiritual UnderstandingWhile Still Speakingghosts

While Peter was still speaking these truths, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.

762

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

765
Verse ConceptsAttending ChurchAmenRulersWitnessing, Importance OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForChrist The BeginningThe Witness Of ChristWriting Letterslukewarm

"To the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks as follows:

770
Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismJohn The BaptistWater For BaptismBaptised By JohnBaptism

But John too was baptizing people at Aenon, near Salim, for there was plenty of water there, and so the people were coming and being baptized.

771
Verse ConceptsInward FireThe Universe DestroyedFire Of Christdivision

"It is fire that I have come to bring upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

777
Verse ConceptsPriests, Types Of In Nt TimesServanthood, And Worship Of GodSubdivisionsNamed Gentile RulersTimes Of People

In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest whose name was Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

779
Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsChristiansTruthNames And Titles For The ChurchChurch, Titles OfMetaphorical PillarsPerforming The TruthThe Church UniversalFamily FirstSupportGoing To ChurchLiving For Godbehaviorvocation

so that, if I am detained, you may know how people ought to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

780
Verse ConceptsChrist's BaptismIn The JordanBaptismTrinity

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.

782
Verse ConceptsHarvestPlansSowing And ReapingFruitful LabourHindering God's Work

Furthermore, I want you to know, brothers, that I have often planned to come to see you (though until now I have been prevented), in order that I may gather some fruit among you too, as I have among the rest of the heathen.

783
Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodProfessingChrist Is LordCalling

"So why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not practice what I tell you?

785
Verse ConceptsRoadsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWater For BaptismChristian BaptismHindrancesBaptism

As they continued down the road, they came to some water, and the official said, "Look! here is some water! What is there to keep me from being baptized?"

789
Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToExile Of Judah To Babylon

Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the Babylonian Exile.

790
Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, incentives towardsHerbs And SpicesJudaismLegalismMercy, HumanMind, Of ChristNeglectPharisees, Beliefs OfNeglecting God's ThingsNeglecting DutiesReligionSin, Nature OfUnforgivenessFormalityFinancial AdviceCumminSins Of OmissionFractions, One TenthTithesThe Need For MercyTithing ProduceHerbsHypocritesHypocrisypharisees

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

799
Verse ConceptsContradictingWho Is John The Baptist?Lightconfessingdenial

He frankly admitted, and did not try at all to deny it; yes, he frankly admitted, "I am not the Christ."

800
Verse ConceptsGod, Love OfIntimacyMoses, Significance OfLove Towards ChristAmazement, Of Jesus ChristInteraction Of Father And SonLove Between Father And SonGod's Things RevealedThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing, and He will show Him greater deeds than these, so that you will keep on wondering.

801
Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristReceptivenessThankfulnessAcceptance, Of Jesus ChristAccess to GodHard WorkAcceptanceThankfulness To Othersconnectedness

So, just as you once accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue living in vital union with Him,

807
Verse ConceptsSix Dayslazarus

Now six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived, whom He had raised from the dead.

811
Verse ConceptsMerchandiseRelationship Of Father And SonBusinessthievessalesmarketing

Then He said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things out of here! Stop using my Father's house as a market place!"

815
Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalDay 8ScholarsLess Than A Year OldTaking The Law To HeartJewszealots

circumcised when I was a week old; a descendant of Israel; a member of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew, a son of Hebrews. Measured by the law, I was a Pharisee;

816
Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

Look at ships, too; though great and driven by violent winds, they are steered with a tiny rudder wherever the pilot pleases.

819
Verse ConceptsAssassinations, AttemptedPower, HumanStrength, SpiritualPower Of The Holy SpiritPower Through The SpiritTelling Of JesusSpreading The Gospelrumors

Then Jesus in the power of the Spirit returned to Galilee, and news of Him spread all over the surrounding country.

820
Verse ConceptsWord Of GodScripture, Inerrancy OfMen As GodsThe Word Of GodThe Bible

If men to whom God's message came are called gods -- and the Scriptures cannot be made null and void --

821
Verse ConceptsBonesDocetismJesus Christ, ResurrectionInfallible ProofsThe Existence Of ChristChrist's Handsghostsscarsmyself

Look at my hands and my feet, for it is I, myself. Feel of me and see for yourselves, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."

822
Verse ConceptsBecoming An AdultRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanProgressCharismatic IssuesMan's Conduct Towards GodSpiritual GrowthBeginning To TeachBelief In GodRepentance And ForgivenessWorks Of The LawDoctrines of the The GospelMoving OnSchoolMaturitymanhooddoctrineGod As The Object Of Faith

So then let us once for all quit the elementary teaching about Christ and continue progressing toward maturity; let us stop relaying a foundation of repentance from works that mean only death, and of faith in God,

828
Verse ConceptsSeaCrossing To The Other SideRelationships And Datinglakes

After this Jesus went to the other side of the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias.

829
Verse ConceptsPassing OverEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesCrossing To The Other SideThe Crosslakes

That same day when it was evening, He said to them, "Let us go over to the other Side."

831
Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeJesus Christ, Relation To FatherAbsenceChrist's Relationship To GodFarewellsForeknowledge Of ChristLove For GodDeparturesLeavingChrist Coming AgainRelationship Of Father And SonThe FatherThe Need To Love ChristPeace To YouRejoicing In God's WorksFathers Love

You have heard me say that I am going away and coming back to you; if you really loved me, you would rejoice over my telling you that I am going to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

838
Verse ConceptsCondemned Heartsevil, origins ofdesiresHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualitySin, Causes OfImpurityGod Handing OverIdolatryThey Committed ImmoralitysexDishonoring God

So God has given them up to sexual impurity, in the evil trend of their heart's desires, so that they degrade their own bodies with one another,

839

For I am happy to have some brothers come and testify to the truth that is in you, since you are living by the truth.

846

Then Nicodemus answered by asking, "How can this be?"

847
Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingJudgement Day

I tell you, on that day the punishment will be lighter for Sodom than for that town.

850
Verse ConceptsMilitaryArmies, RomanVolunteering

Now at Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a colonel in what was known as the Italian regiment,

853
Verse ConceptsConversationWho Is The Doer?

Then they began to discuss among themselves which one it was who was going to do this.

856
Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenBaptised By JohnChrist's BaptismJesus PrayingBaptismTrinity

Now when all the people had been baptized, and when Jesus had been baptized and was still praying, heaven opened

864
Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritChristian BaptismDisciples' MovementsBaptism

After this, Jesus and His disciples went into Judea, and for some time He stayed there with them and kept baptizing people.

866
Verse ConceptsdiligenceDiligence, Examples OfSteadfastness, Examples OfAccomplishingWhole HeartednessNear The Time PersonallyDeath Approaching

Now as the time was coming to a head when He should be taken up to heaven, He firmly set His face to continue His journey to Jerusalem;

867
Verse ConceptsConformityThe Carnal MindWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedNot Imitating EvilUseless PeopleWhat Foreigners Are LikeGentiles

So I mean this and now testify to it in the name of the Lord: You must now stop living as the heathen usually do, in the frivolity of their minds,

871
Verse ConceptsRebukeSensitivityTouchPersonal ContactDrawing Near To ChristLaying On Hands To HealThe Disciples ReactionsChildren And The Kingdom

And people were bringing little children to Him for Him to touch them, but the disciples reproved them for it.

872
Verse ConceptsEight DaysChrist Going With People

Now about eight days after Jesus said this, He took Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

876
Verse ConceptsdoxologyEternal PraiseAmen

to Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

881
Verse ConceptsGoalsWalking In The Spiritdisciples, characteristics ofIntimacyAbiding In ChristSpiritual VitalityUnfruitfulnessAbiding With GodPeople's Inability To Serve GodUs In GodStaying Positiveconnectionfruitfulness

You must remain in union with me and I will remain in union with you. Just as no branch by itself can bear fruit unless it remains united to the vine, so you cannot unless you remain in union with me.

883
Verse ConceptsGrowthRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanSpiritual VitalityPerfectionHuman ImperfectionPursuing GoodPeople Made PerfectTaking PossessionRacestrivingprocess

It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus.

888
Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds AvoidedBoatsPeople Going BeforeCrossing To The Other SideDisciples' Movementslakes

And He at once had the disciples get into the boat and cross to the other side ahead of Him, while He dismissed the crowds.

889
Verse ConceptsManifesting (making Something Clear)Knowing God's CharacterAtheism, Description OfGeneral Revelationconscience

because what can be known of God is clear to their inner moral sense; for in this way God Himself has shown it to them.

890
Verse ConceptsThe Healed WalkingWho Is The Doer?Carrying Other Loads

They asked him, "Who is the man that said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and go to walking'?"

891
Verse ConceptsRich, TheThriftWasteChrist Speaking To DisciplesWealthy PeoplePropertyA Fool And His Money Shall PartMoney Managementpossessionsaccusationsaccounting

Now He was saying to the disciples: "Once there was a rich man who had a household manager, and he was accused to his master of squandering the latter's property.

893
Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtMission, Of Jesus ChristOutsidersUnity, God's Goal OfChurch, Unity OfChrist And His SheepDivisions, Contrary ToNames And Titles For The ChurchOne ChurchPaying Attention To GodBeing DifferentothersGod Calling Jew And Gentile

I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.

897
Verse ConceptsJews, TheJudaismRitual WashingWashingWaterWeights And Measures, LiquidSix ThingsWater ContainersStone ItemsMeans Of PurifyingPurifying OneselfOther Volume Measures

Now in accordance with the custom of purification practiced by the Jews, six stone water jars were standing there, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

903
Verse ConceptsPassing Overlakes

So they landed on the other side of the sea in the region of Gerasa.

905
Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededHope, Nature OfPloughingCultivationPloughmenOther Scriptures FulfilledSharing Material ThingsFor The Sake Of God's People

Is He not really speaking on our behalf? Yes, indeed, this law was written on our behalf, because the plowman ought to plow and the thresher ought to thresh, in the hope of sharing in the crop.

907
Verse ConceptsFulnessConceit, Description OfMysteryFullness Of The KingdomFalse WisdomGod Hardening PeopleSubdivisionsIsrael HardenedGentilesBlindnessIgnorance of GodTrust In RelationshipsPatience In RelationshipsBuilding RelationshipsWaiting Till Marriageignorance

For to keep you from being self-conceited, brothers, I do not want to have a misunderstanding of this uncovered secret, that only temporary insensibility has come upon Israel until the full quota of the heathen peoples comes in,

912
Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristNo SignsWhen?Pharisees Concerned About Christboyfriends

Now, when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with visible display,

915
Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfRememberingUnderstandingBelieving ProphetsChrist Would RiseDiscipleshipJesus Death

So after He had risen from the dead, His disciples recalled that He had said this, and so believed the Scripture and the statement that He had made.

916
Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusPharisees Concerned About Christ

The Pharisees met about Him, and also some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

921
Verse ConceptsFugitivesChristiansdispersion, theJerusalem, Significance OfSamaritansChurch, Description OfChurch, Examples OfThe Church ScatteredAssentingApproval To KillThe Apostles In Action

Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.

928
Verse ConceptsFervourZealMemoriesReminders Of The Gospelremembrance

Yet I think it right, as long as I live in this bodily tent, to arouse you by a reminder,

932
Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship Him."

933
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentKnowing God's TruthThe Truth Of The GospelContinuing In SinSacrificePersistenceconsequencesapostasy

For if we go willfully sinning after we have received full knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice left to be offered for our sins,

935
Verse ConceptsThe Final Days Of Timeeternity, nature ofGod, The EternalYearsOne Day1000 Years And MoreThe Fact Of That DayAges Of TimeDaysIgnorance of GodGod's TimingGods Timing

But you must avoid forgetting this one fact, dearly beloved, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a single day.

940
Verse ConceptsDullnessMisunderstood Truth40 To 50 Yearsconstruction

Then the Jews retorted, "It took forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and you are going to raise it in three days!"

942
Verse ConceptsUntimelinessNot The TimeWhat Have We In Common?Times Of The Christ

Jesus said to her, "Woman, what have you to do with me? My time to act has not yet come."

944
Verse ConceptsBarbariansGenerosity, God'sUnity, God's Goal OfNames And Titles For ChristGod, Impartiality OfAnswered PromisesNo DistinctionsChrist Is LordGod Answers PrayerGentilesJewsBeing Differentdiscrimination

But there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is over them all, because He is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him.

951
Verse ConceptsJoy, Of The ChurchOptimism

This is the very thing I wrote you, that when I did come I might not be made sad by the very people who ought to make me glad, for I had confidence in you all that my gladness would be gladness to you all.

952
Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristMeaningThe Disciples Words

His disciples were asking Him what this story meant.

961
Verse ConceptsLearningResentment, Against PeopleSuffering, Encouragements InContentmentComplaintsShortagesCircumstancesAbasementRespectBeing Content

Not that I refer to any personal want, for I have learned to be contented in whatever circumstances I am.

966
Verse ConceptsCommunicationA Short TimeMeaningBeing Without UnderstandingSaying RepeatedlyShort Time For Action

So they kept saying, "What does He mean by saying, 'a little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."

969

Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,

970
Verse ConceptsTravelChrist EnquiringWho Is Jesus?Christ Speaking To DisciplesDisciples' Movements

Then Jesus and His disciples left Galilee and went to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way there He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

971
Verse ConceptsGood AssoiciatesPartakersHaving No Dealingspartnership

So you must stop having anything to do with them.

975
Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristBeverages, FigurativeJesus As Son Of ManBeing Dead In SinPeople Consuming BloodNot Maintaining LifeChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyJesus As FoodThe Blood Of Jesuscommunionmuscles

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you.

976
Verse ConceptsAudiencesflexibility

So Paul stood up in the center of the auditorium and said: "Men of Athens, at every turn I make I see that you are very religious.

977
Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfValuesChrist, Names ForDrawing Near To ChristChrist The RockChrist's LifePrecious

Keep on coming to Him, as to a living stone, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious in His sight,

978
Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

He told them another story, as follows: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed seed in his field.

979
Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceWivesDivorceadultry

and if any woman divorces her husband to marry another man, she commits adultery."

980
Verse ConceptsFeastingVisitingWorship, Times ForEvery Yearparenthood

His parents were in the habit of going to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.

984

I write you in perfect confidence in your compliance with my wish, because I am sure that you will do even more than I ask.

993
Verse ConceptsThe Water Of LifeBeing UnsatisfiedDrinking Water

Jesus answered her, "Anyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again;

1002
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFruit, Spiritualevil, victory overGrainWheatGain Through LossDeath To SelfParables Of SowingIsolated PersonsThe Source Of FruitThe Effect Of Christ's DeathChrist Telling The TruthTruly Truly

I most solemnly say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains a single grain. But if it does die, it yields a great harvest.

1003

As He was going on to Jerusalem, He chanced to pass through Samaria and Galilee.

1010
Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Causes OfExcusesUncharitablenessLike Bad PeopleFound GuiltyJudgingBeing YourselfJudgementJudging Others Actionscondemnationothers

Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you are, who pose as a judge of others, for when you pass judgment on another, you condemn yourself, for you who pose as a judge are practicing the very same sins yourself.

1012
Verse ConceptsSigns Of The TimesThe Presence Of ChristSigns Performed By ChristNot WritingOther References To The DisciplesMiracles

Now there are many other wonder-works which Jesus performed in the disciples' presence which are not recorded in this book.

1013
Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlottingPersecution Of ChristThe Sabbath And ChristWhy People Did Things

This is why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He persisted in doing such things on the Sabbath.

1018
Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededCollectionsHeavenly RewardsReward, DivineSeedThriftCultivationReapingStingy PeopleReaping What You Sowsoaringsowing

Now this is the way it is: Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly too, but whoever sows bountifully will reap bountifully too.

1025
Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersArts And Crafts, Types ofSonsRejection Of ChristWork, As Ordained By GodProphecies Concerning ChristChrist, Names ForChrist, Humanity OfChrist's Earthly FamilyStumbling Over ChristWho He Might BeHalf brothersSiblingswoodworking

Is He not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not His sisters live here among us?" And so they found a cause for stumbling over him.

1029
Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In NtThe Presence Of Christ

Even while they were talking about these things, He took His stand among them Himself, [and said to them, "Peace to you!"]

1030
Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritThe Act Of OpeningPrayer, As Asking GodAnswered PromisesFinding ThingsGod Answers PrayerGod Giving Freely

So I tell you, keep on asking, and the gift will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and the door will open to you.

1040
Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodFlesh, Description Ofeternal life, nature ofThe EucharistChrist Going DownEating Christ's BodyLife In ChristChrist And HeavenChrist's LifeJesus As FoodLife Is In ChristBreadCompetition

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."

1041
Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesMountains RemovedTwisted WaysStraighteningSmoothnessPutting Things DownSmoothPaths

Every ravine must be filled up, and every mountain and hill leveled down; the crooked places must become straight roads, and the rough roads must be made smooth,

1042
Verse ConceptsBodyGospel, Confirmation OfOrigins Of Spiritual LifeMortalityPaul, Teaching OfSpiritualityWaitingIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritPower Of Holy Spirit, Shown InActive LifestylesProvision For The BodyGod Raising ChristChrist Would RiseOur ResurrectionUniversalismThe power of ChristRosesrevival

If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead has His home within you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give your mortal bodies life through His Spirit that has His home within you.

1043
Verse ConceptsGreat Things

"Teacher, what sort of command is greatest in the law?"

1045
Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentClosing UpDividing Spiritual BlessingsSharing

for he was one of our number, and he received a share in this ministry of ours.

1049
Verse ConceptsBeggarsLargenessBeggingCrowds Around JesusUsing RoadsDisciples' Movements

Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho, with His disciples and a great crowd, Timeus' son, Bartimeus, a blind beggar, was sitting on the roadside.

1050
Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallArrogantly Like GodPowerful Individuals

Everybody, high and low, kept running after him, saying, "He is certainly what is known as the Great Power of God!"

1052
Verse ConceptsChristmasAdventureGospel, Essence OfJesus Christ, LordJesus Christ, SaviorChrist, Names ForTodayNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

for today, in the town of David, a Saviour for you has been born, who is to be your Messiah and Lord.

1053
Verse ConceptsNapkinsHidden ThingsClean FacesLarge DenominationsTalents

But another one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief.

1056
Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristdoctorsHealingCrowds Around JesusWelcomed By GodJesus Healing

But the crowds learned of it, and followed Him; and He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to cure the people who needed to be cured.

1058
Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfProvincesThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchLed By The SpiritMissionaries

Then they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. But because they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia,

1059
Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example Ofevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofHeraldKingdom Of God, Coming OfLast DaysPreaching, Content OfTownTravelMissionary WorkGood TidingsChrist PreachingChrist With People On EarthTwelve Disciplesevangelizing

Soon afterwards He chanced to be making a tour of Galilee from town to town and from village to village preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve went with Him,

1060
Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfKingship, DivineSceptreJesus Christ, Deity OfThrone, Examples OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist Reigning ForeverJesus Christ, Son Of GodRighteousness Of Christ

But regarding the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, will stand forever and ever; a righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

1062
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfLast JudgmentBad ExampleFoolishness Of MenAvoid SorceryChrist Was KilledSignificance Of Christ's Crucifixion

O senseless Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was pictured as the crucified One?

1063
Verse ConceptsDays, Natural UsePharisees, Beliefs OfLegalismSix DaysAngry With ChristDoing One's WorkJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath."

1066
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristForeknowledge Of ChristThe Third Day Of The WeekChrist Would Rise

and said to them, "The Scriptures said that the Christ should suffer as He has suffered, should rise from the dead on the third day,

1067
Verse ConceptsSevenSpiritsNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritProvincesThe Existence Of GodSeven PeopleSeven SpiritsGod In Three PersonsGrace Be To YouThe Fact Of His ComingGoing To Church

John to the seven churches in Asia: spiritual blessing and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits that are before His throne,

1070
Verse ConceptsPreparing For ActionUpper Rooms

Then he will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready; get everything ready for us there."

1071
Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

When they reached the city, they went to the room upstairs where they had been staying; they were: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

1072
Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofeagernessRulersTeachersTeachablenessSeeking LifeGood PeopleDoing God's Works

Then a certain member of the council asked Him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to get possession of eternal life?"

1081
Verse ConceptsCreaturesBlasphemy, Examples OfThe BeastSeaSevenSeven Body PartsTen ThingsSeashoresHorns In AllegoryBlasphemyCrowns On CreaturesSand And GravelThe World Ruler

Then I stood on the sand of the seashore, and I saw a wild beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on his horns, and blasphemous titles on his heads.

1082
Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising

Among them was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods from the town of Thyatira, and she stayed to listen to us. She was already a worshiper of God, and the Lord so moved upon her heart that she accepted the message spoken by Paul.

1087
Verse ConceptsDeath Of God's PeopleNear The Time PersonallyThings RevealedDeath Of The Righteous

because I know that the removal of my bodily tent is to be very soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

1088
Verse ConceptsFaultsLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToSilenceKept Alive By MenIndividuals Being SilentDo Not MurderDoing GoodPeople Actually Doing EvilThe Sabbath And ChristFinding Fault With JesusJesus Healing On Sabbath

Then He asked them, "Is it right to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them evil, to save life or to take it?" But they had nothing to say.

1091
Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

Soon afterwards He chanced to go to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great throng of people were going along with Him.

1092
Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentMutenessSilenceUnder The LawAccountabilityGuilt

Now we know that everything the law says is spoken to those who are under its authority, that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world be held responsible to God.

1099
Verse ConceptsFishingNets TornCatch Of FishFish

They did so and caught so vast a shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

1101
Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About People

But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand at the front." So he got up and stood there.

1103
Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLonelinessPeter, The DiscipleChrist GlorifiedSix DaysChrist Going With People

Six days after this, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with Him, and led them up on a high mountain, alone by themselves. And in their presence His appearance was changed,

1105
Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsdoubt, results ofWatchfulness, Of BelieversTaking HeedResponsible To Warnattention

This is why we must pay much closer attention to the message once heard, to keep from drifting to one side.

1110
Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodFish

Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?

1111
Verse ConceptsChristiansdispersion, theLettersPeter, The ApostlePeter, Preacher And TeacherPilgrimsThe Church ScatteredReckoned As ForeignersAlienspeterimpulsiveness

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreign-born Jews who are scattered over Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

1112

Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

1113
Verse ConceptsForgiveness, DivineAdvantagesFar Be It!The Gospel To Jew And GentileAll Have Sinned

What is our conclusion then? Is it that we Jews are better than they? Not at all! For we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under the sway of sin,

1116
Verse ConceptsLanguagesLiteracyAramaic LanguageReading Other Mattercrucifixion

Many of the Jews read this placard, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

1117
Verse ConceptsStretching OutThose Jesus Healed

Then He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and it was cured so that it became like the other.

1118
Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtHappinessHonouring GodPredestined PeopleThe Call Of GodPredestination, Of PersonsReligious AwakeningsThe Gentiles ConversionThose Who Believed In ChristElect

The heathen kept on listening and rejoicing and giving the glory to God's message, and all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

1119
Verse ConceptsOld Age, DisabilitiesdoubtersAssurance in the life of faithMiracles, Responses ToOld Age, Attainment OfSure Knowledgegabriel

Then Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know that this is so? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years."

1120
Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfFellowship Of Holy SpiritFellowship, With GodFellowship, Among BelieversAttending ChurchCommunion With GodCompanionshipHearing ChristFellowshipThe FatherLove And RelationshipsWitnessingcommunion

I repeat, it is what we have seen and heard that we now announce to you, so that you too may share this fellowship with us, for this fellowship that we have is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ;

1122
Verse ConceptsScripture, Purpose OfThe Gospel PreachedGod's Blessings Are NearOther References To The HeartRighteous By FaithSpeaking With The Mouthpreaching

But what does it say? "God's message is close to you, on your very lips and in your heart"; that is, the message about faith which we preach.

1129
Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementSix DaysChrist Going With PeopleRelationships And Dating

Six days after this, Jesus took Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain, by themselves.

1130
Verse ConceptsInjuryMurderStealingSuffering, Causes OfTravelViolencePeople Stripping PeopleAfflicted To DeathActual Thievesthieves

Jesus answered: "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat him till he was half dead, and then went off and left him.

1131
Verse ConceptsBelieversA Hundred And Somegroupsgoodbyes

At that time Peter got up among the brothers (there were about a hundred and twenty present) and said,

1133
Verse ConceptsArmageddonLast DaysMountainsPrivacySignsCuriosityEnd Of The WorldPeople Sitting DownSigns Of Christ's ReturnWhen?Christ With His Disciplesend times prophecyInformation AgeThe End Of The WorldSigns Of The End TimesThe Second ComingEnd Timesmath

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to Him by themselves, and said, "Tell us when this is to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age."

1136
Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTServants, GoodHuman Authority, Nature OfAuthority Delegated To PeopleMen's OrdersObeying PeopleExamples Of Good Servants

For I, too, am under authority of others, and have soldiers under me, and I order this one to go, and he goes, another to come, and he comes, my slave-boy to do this, and he does it."

1147
Verse ConceptsServants, Bad

This is because he is a hired man and does not care a straw for the sheep.

1148
Verse ConceptsChristmasevangelism, nature ofHeraldPromised JoyGood TidingsRejoicing In God's WordJoyNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthPeace And Comfortgabrielreassurance

But the angel said to them: "Stop being afraid, for now I bring you good tidings of great joy which is to be for all the people;

1150
Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderWatchfulness, Of LeadersApostasy, CauseWolvesFierce MenNot Sparing

Because I know that after I have gone violent wolves will break in among you and will not spare the flock.

1157
Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombChrist, The Seed OfAngel, AnnouncementsChrist, Names ForJesus Birthgabriel

Listen! You will become pregnant and bear a son, and you must name Him Jesus.

1158
Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusThe Future AgeBelieve In Christ!How To Worship GodThe FatherWorshiping God

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

1161
Verse ConceptsSpiritual IgnoranceSpiritualMisunderstandingsSpiritual GiftsGifts And Talentsignoranceenergy

About spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be without information.

1163
Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, SymbolizedLord's SupperSacramentsEating Christ's BodyBreaking Of BreadThanking God For FoodThe Lord's SupperTable Grace

While they were eating, He took a loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and gave it to them, saying, "Take this; it is my body."

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Verse ConceptsChrist's Earthly FamilySeveral DaysDisciples' MovementsHalf brothers

After this Jesus went home to Capernaum, with His mother and brothers and disciples, and stayed there for a few days.

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Verse ConceptsHillsHasty Action

Now in those days Mary got up and hurried off to the hill country, to a town in Judah,

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Verse ConceptsGospel, Historical Foundation OfJesus Christ, Ascension OfExaltation Of ChristRight SidesGoing To Heaven

So the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was caught up into heaven and took His seat at God's right hand.

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So they took him and brought him to the city auditorium and said, "May we know what this new teaching of yours is?

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Verse ConceptsFulnessLossKilled With The SwordForeigners In The Holy PlacesForeigners SubduedAll NationsTrampling PlacesGentiles

They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under the feet of the heathen, until the times of the heathen come to full measure.

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Verse ConceptsFeastingMonthWinterRestoring ThingsArt Of CelebratingDedicationCelebrationcelebrating

At that time came the Feast of Rededication at Jerusalem. It was winter,

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Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldExamples Of Mothers' LoveThe CrossDeath Of A MotherJesus Deathcrucifixion

Near Jesus' cross were standing His mother and her sister Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

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Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWaitingCitiesPolytheismPeople WaitingIdolatryAngry PeopleHinduism

While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred to its depths to see the city completely steeped in idolatry.

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Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfFutureClouds And Jesus ChristGod, Power OfSorrowGod's Glory In Jesus ChristSigns In The SkySigns Of Christ's ReturnMourning Due To CatastropheSigns In The UniverseThe Nations Before GodThis GenerationAccompanying The Second ComingCloud of gloryThe Second Comingcloudsmath

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming power and splendor.

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Verse ConceptsChrist Going Before

After saying these things, He went on ahead of them, on His way to Jerusalem.

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Verse ConceptsShallownessSprouting PlantsSuddenlySproutingThings Going Up

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

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Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesPeople Waiting

The beggar looked at them, supposing that he was going to get something from them.

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