and they had no child, inasmuch as Elizabeth was barren, and, both, had become, advanced in their days.

you shall now become dumb and not recover your speech, till the very day when these things shall happen; because you distrusted my words, which in due time shall have their effect.

After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

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

And listen! your relative, Elizabeth, has herself too become pregnant, although she is old, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

All who heard about him took it to heart, saying, “What then will this child become?” For, indeed, the Lord’s hand was with him.

And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled, and the crooked will become straight, and the rough road [will become] smooth,

And all mankind will see the salvation of God [i.e., become available to them]."

and the holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him; and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my son, the Beloved, to-day have I become thy father."

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

to proclaim the year of the Lord's acceptance [i.e., the time when people would become His obedient followers]."

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean." Instantly the leprosy left the man;

Then after these things happened, Jesus went out [i.e., probably walking along a street] and saw a publican [Note: This was a person with a bad reputation for dishonest tax collecting activities] named Matthew [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14] sitting at the toll booth [collecting taxes] and said, "Become my follower."

And no one puts freshly squeezed grape juice into previously used bottles made of animal skins. [If he does], the newly squeezed juice will [crack and] burst the [dried out] animal skins and [all the juice will] spill out, and the animal skin bottles will [also] become useless.

Then, looking round at them all, he said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man did so; and his hand had become sound.

Become ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

The disciple is not more important than his teacher, but when every person becomes complete, [then] he will be like his teacher.

And those people [represented by the seed] that fell among thorns are the ones who have heard [the word], and as they go about their business, they become choked by worry, by money and by worldly pleasures, and produce no mature crop.

For nothing is secret that will not become evident, and nothing hidden that will never be known and come to light.

Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

But Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep, and having become awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

But, they, understood not this saying, and it had become veiled from them, that they might not grasp it, - and they were afraid to question him, concerning this saying.

And [then] He said to another person, "Become my follower." But he replied, "Lord, allow me to go and bury my father first."

Then another person said [to Jesus], "Lord, I will become your follower, but first let me say goodbye to my family." [Note: There was the likelihood that family members might try to dissuade him from his commitment to follow the Lord].

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up [as high] as heaven? [Certainly not], you will be brought down to the unseen place of departed spirits [i.e., you will become obscure or obliterated as a city].

In the self-same hour, exulted he in the Holy Spirit, and said - I openly give praise unto thee, Father! Lord of heaven and earth! in that thou hast hid these things from the wise and discerning, and hast revealed them unto babes, - Yea, O Father! that, so, hath it become, a delight, before thee.

Which therefore, of these three, appears to thee to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the bandits?

But He who well knew their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house against a house falleth: if Satan also be divided against himself,

And, if, even Satan, against himself hath become divided, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye are saying that, in Beelzebul, am I casting out the demons.

Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"

take care therefore, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.

There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.

Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which become not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose.

But if that slave should think to himself, 'My master will not be back soon,' and then becomes physically abusive to his men and women servants, and eats and drinks and gets drunk,

And, answering, he said unto them - Suppose ye, that, these Galilaeans, had become, sinners beyond all the Galilaeans, because, these things, they have suffered?

Or, those eighteen, upon whom fell the tower in Siloam, and slew them, suppose ye that, they, had become, debtors, beyond all the men who were dwelling in Jerusalem?

It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."

then you will see those, who were last, become first: and those who were first, become last.

you will soon find your aboad become desolate. I declare unto you, you shall not see me till the time, when you will say, "blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord."

Moreover he went on to say, unto him also who had invited him, - Whensoever thou mayest be making a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, or thy brothers, or thy kinsfolk, or rich neighbours, - lest once, they also, invite thee in return, and it become a recompense unto thee.

And that bondman, having come, he informed his lord these things. Then the house-ruler having become angry, he said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the thoroughfares and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and maimed and

"Now salt [is] good, but if salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be made salty?

Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

If therefore ye did not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is true?

And if ye did not become faithful in the alien, who will give thine to you?

But it is easier [for] heaven and earth to pass away than [for] one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.

"Every person who divorces his wife and marries another woman becomes sexually unfaithful to her [i.e., because he is still regarded by God as married to his first wife. See Matt. 19:9]. And the person who marries someone who has been divorced by her husband commits sexual sin with her [i.e., because she is still rightfully married to her first husband].

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

When Jesus heard this He said to him, " [There is] one thing you still lack. Sell all your possessions and distribute [the money] to poor people; become my follower, [then] you will have treasure in heaven."

And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

And Jesus said to the disciples, "Truly I tell you, there is no person who has left his house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God [i.e., to become a servant of the Lord],

And Jesus said to him, "This day is health come unto this house, forasmuch as he also is become the child of Abraham.

But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to become king over us.'

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

And he also said to him, And thou become over five cities.

But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me to become king over them and slay them in my presence!'"

But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”

But [when] the tenant farmers saw him, they began to reason with one another, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!'

And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

When you hear of wars and disturbances [civil unrest, revolts, uprisings], do not panic; for these things must take place first, but the end will not come immediately.”

and it shall become to you for a testimony.

Men will become despondent from fear, and from dreading the [terrible] things which will come upon the earth, for the forces of the heavens will be shaken.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

But ye'shall not be'so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

And having become in agony he prayed more intensely, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.

and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do ye seek the living with the dead?

Then Peter rising up, ran off to the sepulchre, and leaning forward saw the linen clothes laid separately, and went away wondering in himself what was become of him.

But having seen startled, and having become frightened, they presumed to see a spirit.