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and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes him who has sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is really great."

Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfReceptivenessAcceptance, Of Jesus ChristInferiorityWelcoming ChristWelcoming BelieversIn The Name Of ChristGreatness Of DisciplesThe One Who Sent Christ

For the Son of Man has not come to destroy men's lives, but to save. And they went to another village.

Verse ConceptsSpirit Of Christmums

"Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you! Nevertheless know this: that the kingdom of God has come near!"

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

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadHadesProphecies Said By JesusPutting Things Down

And He said to him, "What has been written in the law? How do you read?"

Verse ConceptsReading The Scriptures

And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

Verse ConceptsWorks Of The Law

And that one will answer from inside [and] say, 'Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you [anything].'

Verse ConceptsBedroomsKeysBedsShutting DoorsLeave Us AloneNot Able To Get UpUnable To Do Other Things

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

for every one that asketh, receives: he that seeketh, finds: and he that knocks has admittance.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningFinding ThingsGod Answers Prayer

And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself, how shall his kingdom stand?--because you say that I expel demons by the power of Baal-zebul.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsPrejudiceSatan, Kingdom OfCasting Out Demons

but when the stronger than he coming upon him overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil he has taken from him.

Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsRestlessnessDry PlacesComing Out Of PeopleRestCasting Out Demons

And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.

Verse ConceptsPutting In OrderSweepingMoving To A New Placeorder

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersCrowdsWombbreasts

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryCellarsDisclosuresLight Of Lamps

Your eye is the lamp of the body: when your eye is sound, then the whole of your body has light, but if your eye is diseased, then your body is darkened.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesSingleness Of HeartDarkness Of EvilGood EyesDarknessEyesLightBeing Singleluck

So if your whole body has light, without any corner of it in darkness, it will be lit up entirely, as when a lamp lights you with its rays."

Verse ConceptsLight Of God's PeopleLight Of Lamps

Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?

Verse ConceptsThe Inward BeingFoolish Peopleprepping

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfGod Sends ProphetsKilling Will HappenPersecution

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingReckoningFrom The BeginningResponsibility

But nothing has been covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

Verse ConceptsVeilsExposure Of SinAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsDisclosuresphotography

[God even knows] the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs]. [So], do not be afraid, for you are [much] more valuable than many sparrows.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCareGuardiansHairsHeadsValuesBarbersGod's CareNumber Of HairsPrice Of PeopleIntrinsic Importance Of ManWhat Value Is Man?WorthHairValue

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

Verse ConceptsWarnings Against ApostasyRejection Of God, Results OfAngels Interacting With PeopleWitness Before Men

"Man," He replied, "who has constituted me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

Verse ConceptsJudgesArbitrationChrist JudgingDecision Making

For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

Verse ConceptsGod's CareCarePagansSeeking For Concrete ThingsWhat Foreigners Are LikeWorrying

And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.

Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionKnowing God's WillKnowing FactsStrictnessDoing The Right ThingservanthoodNot Serving God

But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsResponsibility, To GodSin, Nature OfStewardshipTrustworthinessWork, Divine And HumanIgnorance Of EvilGod's NeedsFaithful In MuchThose To Whom God GivesAccountabilityResponsibility

I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

Verse ConceptsInward FireThe Universe DestroyedFire Of Christdivision

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsImprisonmentsJudgesOfficersReconciliation, Between BelieversLitigationHanding Over PeopleStress And Hard TimesReconciliationPurgatoryeffortjail

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

Verse ConceptsSettling Accounts

And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesBearing FruitOlive Treescutting

and Jesus having seen her, did call her near, and said to her, 'Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'

Verse ConceptsSicknessrelaxing

when once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock [on] the door, saying, 'Lord, open [the door] for us!' And he will answer [and] say to you, 'I do not know where you are from!'

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeDelay, Examples OfThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersShutting DoorsKnockingNot Knowing PeopleWhere From?Relationships With Boyfriend

Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

Verse ConceptsRoadsThe EucharistThe Presence Of ChristChrist TeachingUsing RoadsEating And Drinking

and thou hast taught in our streets, But He will say, I tell you, I know you not, whence ye are; depart from me all ye workers of iniquity:

Verse ConceptsEvildoersChrist Driving Out PeopleNot Knowing PeopleGod Judges The WickedWhere From?

Behold, your house has been left to you! And I tell you, you will never see me until [the time] will come when you say, 'Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Verse ConceptsThe Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

Verse ConceptsUnkindnessAnimals, Cruelty TowardsCaring For AnimalsChildren BlessedThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest [someone] more distinguished than you has been invited by him,

Verse ConceptsCelebritiesSocial FellowshipSeatsDo Not Be ProudGuest RoomsWaiting Till Marriageimportance

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

Verse ConceptsPresumptionSeatsMoving UpwardsReclining To EatBe Humble!Guest RoomsBeing HumbleMoving OnMoving To A New PlaceWaiting Till Marriageovereating

Salt then is good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Verse ConceptsDecayPersonal ContactTastelessnessTastelessSournessluck

It is usable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

Verse Conceptsdung and manure

And [when she] has found [it], she calls together [her] friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!'

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsGathering FriendsRejoicing In SuccessLosing A FriendLosing Friends

After he has spent all that he had, there was a severe famine through all that country, and he began to be in actual want.

Verse ConceptsNeedPoverty, Causes OfSpiritual DestitutionMoral BankruptcyBeing UnsatisfiedShortagesBecoming PoorA Fool And His Money Shall Part

When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger!

Verse ConceptsSelf KnowledgeRegaining SanitySoliloquyNo FoodDeath Of A Fatherhomecoming

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

Verse ConceptsSpiritually DeadFinding PeopleLost PeopleRejoicing In ReliefMissing SomeoneCelebrationBeing Lost

But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

Verse ConceptsGoatsAction For A Long TimeEating Drinking And RejoicingObeying People

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfBeing Dead In SinSpiritually DeadLost People

if therefore your fidelity has not appear'd in the use of these transitory enjoyments, how can you be trusted with what is more lasting?

Verse ConceptsWealthEntrustingRight Use Of WealthTreasure In HeavenFinancesMoney Management

Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentAdulterersAdultery and Divorcedivorce, amongst believersLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningMonogamyAnnulmentDivorceadultry

But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

Verse ConceptsLimitednessRiches, Ungodly Use OfDeath Of The Saints, Results InPainful MemoriesReversalsGiving Good ThingsBad SituationsGod Has ComfortedOvercoming Adversity

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGehennaProbation PeriodGapsUnable To Do Other ThingsOccupants Of HellPurgatorybridges

"And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding [sheep] who comes in from the field will say to him, 'Come here at once [and] recline at the table'?

Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

Verse ConceptsWidowsSaying RepeatedlyRevengeProtection From Enemiesvindication

It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsProsperityNeedlesSharp ToolsEntering The KingdomDrawbacks To RichesHard To Be SavedOther Openings