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Now Joseph, her husband [to be], being a man who did what was right, and not wanting to make a public spectacle out of her, decided to break off their engagement privately.

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfAdultery and DivorceLove, In RelationshipsQuietnessActing In SecretNot Put To ShamePeople UnwillingActual DivorcesResolving Conflict

They said, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

Verse ConceptsWritten In The Prophetsmanhood

This is the one who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
Prepare the road for the Lord,
Make His highways straight (level, direct)!’”

Verse ConceptsDesertsJohn The BaptistWildernessMessiahStraight PathsIndividuals ShoutingMaking RoadsIn Order Of RankScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The LordPaths

Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

Verse ConceptsDelusionsPeople Of God, In NtHeredityAbility, God's PowerHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionWorry And StressRaising ChildrenBuilding Relationships

But Jesus replied to him, “Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted [it and baptized] Him.

Verse ConceptsNowGospel, Essence OfA Righteous People

Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
along the sea road, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles!

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordancrusades

And going on [further] from there He noticed two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets; and He called them [to follow Him as His disciples].

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofNetsMendingTwo DisciplesBoatsFishingRepairingChrist Summoning

“Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].

Verse ConceptsInferiorityKingdom Of God, Entry IntoPoverty, SpiritualSpirit, Nature OfSpiritual DestitutionPoor PeopleBlessings Of The PoorPeople Of The KingdomKingdom Of GodThe poorBlessed By ChristgaysHelping The PoorGoing To HeavenBeing GayHelping Those In NeedHelping Others In Need

“Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness [those who actively seek right standing with God], for they will be [completely] satisfied.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HungerAmbition, positive aspects ofAppetite, SpiritualPoverty, SpiritualRighteousness, Of BelieversThirstSpiritual FulnessPlenty Through ChristA Righteous PeopleRighteousnessGod Quenching Our Thirstgayshunger

“Blessed [comforted by inner peace and God’s love] are those who are persecuted for doing that which is morally right, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].

Verse ConceptsBeing AfraidKingdom Of God, Entry IntoReward, DivineRighteousness, Of BelieversBelonging To HeavenFor The Sake Of ThingsPeople Of The KingdomRighteousnessgaysPersecutionBeing Gay

"You people are [like] salt on the earth. But if salt loses its flavoring ability, how will it ever get it back again? From then on it would be good for nothing except to be thrown out onto the roadway and walked on by people. [Note: This was mined salt which, when losing its "saltiness" due to exposure to the sun or rain, was simply disposed of by being dumped onto the roadway where people walked].

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

Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail

"Enter through the narrow gate, because broad [is] the gate and spacious [is] the road that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it,

Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions

So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.

Verse ConceptsDistinguishing

Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

Suddenly so great a storm came on upon the Sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsTirednessSwampedlakes

And [when] he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from among the tombs met him, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by along that road.

Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

and lo! they cried aloud, saying, What have we in common with thee, O Son of God? Hast thou come hither, before the right time, to torment us?

Verse ConceptsExorcismsHell, As An ExperienceMillenniumDemons, Punishment OfTortureUntimelinessNot The TimeWhat Have We In Common?God TroublingDemonsResolving ConflictDemonic Influence

Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call [to repentance] the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to change], but sinners [those who recognize their sin and actively seek forgiveness].”

Verse ConceptsdesiresBurnt offeringGrace, In Human RelationshipsMercy, Response To God'sNominal ReligionSacrifice, In OtGod's Call, EveryoneGod's DesiresRight SacrificesThe Need For MercyThe Fact Of His ComingSacrificesMercySacrificelent

"What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man richly dressed? Why, those who wear rich things are to be found in the courts of kings!

Verse ConceptsPalacesProperty, HousesRich ApparelRoyal HousesFine ClothesSoftnessNature Of KingsWhy Do You Do This?

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsRitualThe Disciples ActionsPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And ChristThe SabbathJesus Healing On Sabbathpharisees

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesShowbreadEntering The Tabernacle

where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. And they questioned Him, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?" Their intention was to bring a charge against Him.

Verse ConceptsFaultsLimbs WitheredQuestioning ChristDiseased HandsJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristFinding Fault With JesusJesus Healing On Sabbath

So, the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled by them, which says, [Isa. 6:9f] 'You will hear all right, but you will not understand [what you hear]. You will see all right but you will not perceive [what you see].

Verse ConceptsReprobatesBeing Without UnderstandingScriptures FulfilledThe Faculty Of SightNamed Prophets Of The Lordfulfillment

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, many prophets and righteous men [who were honorable and in right standing with God] longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

Verse ConceptsMany Seeking SalvationNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNot Knowing About ChristChrist Telling The TruthUnhearingLooking At God's Works

So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentLast DaysPunishment Of the WickedEnd Of The WorldPlucking OutThe End Of The WorldEnd Times

for John had said to him, “It is not lawful (morally right) for you to have her [living with you as your wife].”

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toCourage, Examples OfMarriage ControlledBreaking God's Law

She, being coached by her mother [Herodias], said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfInciting To EvilSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

And He replied, “It is not good (appropriate, fair) to take the children’s bread and throw it to the pet dogs.”

Verse ConceptsFood Is FittingBreadGood ChildrenKidsPetshumor

But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."

Verse ConceptsCompassion, Of Christethics, socialHeart, DivineMercy, Of Jesus ChristPoverty, Attitudes TowardsReceptivenessUnselfishnessJesus Christ, Love OfFaintingChrist SummoningChrist With His DisciplesTired In ActivityFastingDiscipleshipNervousnessFeeding The Poor

And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:

Verse ConceptsRestoring Things

After they had reached Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple-rate came up to Peter, and said: "Does not your Master pay the Temple-rate?"

Verse ConceptsCollectionsMoney, Uses OfTaxDouble MoneyTax To Be Paidtaxesefficiency

Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

Verse ConceptsSympathyImitating Good PeopleThe Need For Mercyforgiving others

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsWhy It Happened

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesDo Not Be StingyMoney Blessingsmagic

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

Verse ConceptsRetirementTwelve DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UseRelationship Of Father And Son

And behold, [there were] two blind men sitting beside the road. [When they] heard that Jesus was passing by, they called out, saying, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlydisabilitiesHighwayPassing ByCrying To JesusIndividuals ShoutingHearing About ChristUsing RoadsTwo Needy Men

saying to them, "Go into the village before you, and right away you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Untie [them] [and] bring [them] to me.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysRopesAnimal OffspringOpposite SidesEntering CitiesFinding ThingsBinding As Animals

Most of the crowd spread their coats on the road [as before a king], while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingCutting Off BranchesCrowds Around JesusFoliageUsing Roads

Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, "From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?" Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

Verse ConceptsVisitingStaying Temporarily

And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said to it, "May there be no more fruit from you {forever}, and the fig tree withered at once.

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGod, Power OfUnfruitfulnessMiracles Of ChristFigsDivine Power Over NatureFoliage

For John came to you [walking] in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even change your mind afterward and believe him [accepting what he proclaimed to you].

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceRepentance, Importance OfUnbelief, As Response To GodWay, TheSkepticismBelieving ProphetsNot Believing PeoplePeople Changing Their MindsRepentancePeople Who Did RightRewards Of Ritual

Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

Verse ConceptsTributesThinking ArightTax To Be Paid

saying, Master, Moses said, "If a man die having no children, his brother in right of affinity shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother."

Verse ConceptsOffspringConceptionLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDyingDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanWifeDeath Of A FatherFamily DeathA Good Husbandspouse

Therefore, observe and practice everything they urge upon you, but do not follow their example [of living] because they say [the right things] but do not do them.

Verse ConceptsInconsistencyHypocrites, Description OfNot Imitating EvilWhat Do They Do?Mere TalkKeeping Man's WordObeying Peoplepracticefollowingpharisees

They love to recline at the head place at dinner tables [Note: This referred to the practice of lying down on their left side on a couch next to the dinner table, and leaning on their left elbow, while eating with their right hand], and to occupy the principal seats in the synagogues.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsMealsLoving Other ThingsSeeking Honourimportance

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

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

Even so, you also appear on the outside to be doing right in front of people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and sin.

Verse ConceptsRighteousness, As FaithAltering The BodyThe Inward BeingBeing Seen By ManAppearancesShowing HypocrisyHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beautypreppingpiety

so that on you will come the guilt of all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah [the priest], the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainBlood, Figurative UseMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingResponsibility For Blood ShedKilling ProphetsKilling Named IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

As Jesus left the Temple, His disciples approached Him as He was walking along the road and pointed out the Temple buildings.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusLeavingThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The TempleThings Manifestattention

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfThe DelugeBeforeEating And DrinkingEntering The ArkMarriage No MoreDaysMarriage KjvFloodsThe Raptureovereatingpoopmarraigematrimonyalcoholism

"Who then is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household slaves to give them their food at the right time?

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordWisdom, Human ImportanceEmployeesEntrustingWho Is The One?People Providing Foodmath

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

Verse ConceptsTalentsFive Things