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But because He knew their thoughts, He said to them, "Any kingdom that is not united is in the process of destruction, and any city or family that is not united cannot last.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartDisharmonyMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About PeoplePeople Destroying Foreign NationsDisunitydivision

Then they began to discuss it among themselves, and said, "It is because we did not take any bread."

Verse ConceptsConversationNo Food

And not one could answer Him a word, and from that day on no one ever dared to ask Him any more questions.

Verse ConceptsResponseNot Asking Others

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted.

Verse ConceptsCrowds SeekingOnly One PersonPeople Releasing Others

But he went out and began to publish it so much and to spread the story so far, that Jesus could not any more go into any town openly, but had to stay out in thinly settled places. But the people kept coming to Him from every quarter.

Verse ConceptsUnwise ZealGod's Deed RevealedTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

and so many people gathered there that there was no longer any room even around the door. He was telling them His message.

Verse ConceptsPopularityWordsPopularity Of ChristChrist TeachingDisadvantages Of CrowdsNo Room

Then He said to them: "If you do not understand this story, how, indeed, can you understand any of my stories?

Verse ConceptsCommunicationDo You Understand?Jesus Using Parables

This man lived among the tombs, and no one could any longer subdue him even with a chain,

Verse ConceptsIron ChainsBreaking Chains

Even while He was saying this, people came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead; why trouble the Teacher any longer?"

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTroubling Individualsharassment

And if any place refuses to welcome you or to listen to you, when you leave there shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

Verse ConceptsGesturesFeetHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleOpportunities, And SalvationWiping DustPeople Abandoning Peoplefatedustwelcome

Now they had forgotten to bring any bread; that is, they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

Verse ConceptsDisorganizationForgetting ThingsNo FoodOne Material ThingMissing The Mark

And without any reserve He was telling them this fact. So Peter took Him aside and began to reprove Him for it.

Verse ConceptsInsightPeter, The DiscipleRebukePlainness

So He said to them, "If any man divorces his wife to marry another woman, he commits adultery against his former wife,

Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceMonogamyDivorceInfidelityadultry

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

Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceWivesDivorceadultry

So Jesus said to him, as He saw that he had answered thoughtfully, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one ventured to ask Him any more questions.

Verse ConceptsNot Asking OthersAnsweringGod's Blessings Are NearLosing CourageQuestioning GodSchoolanswers

So he said to them, "Stop collecting any more than is prescribed for you."

Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfTaxExtortionBeing Contenttaxes

But Jesus reproved him, saying "Be quiet! Get out of him at once!" So the demon threw the man down in the midst of them and came out of him without doing him any harm.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsSilenceJesus Casting Out DemonsThose Jesus HealedDemonic Influence

And turning face to face with the woman He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came to your house; you did not give me any water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair.

Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeetFeet WashingGuestsWaterMealsDiscourtesyMan Providing WaterMoist ThingsPeople Drying Things UpClean FeetCare Of FeetOther References To Hair

But if you go into any town and they do not welcome you, go out into the streets and say,

Verse ConceptsNot Welcoming PeopleUsing Roadswelcome

And suppose he answers from inside, 'Stop bothering me; the door is now locked, and my children are packed about me in bed; I cannot get up and give you any.'

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

I tell you, although he will not get up and give you any because he is your friend, yet because of your persistence he will get up and give you all your needs.

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

But He knew what they were thinking, and so said to them, "Any kingdom that is not united is in the process of destruction, and one house falls after another.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtHow Jesus Knows The HeartWeakness In DivisionChrist Knowing About People

Then He told them this story: "A man had a fig tree planted by his vineyard, and he kept going and looking for figs on it, but did not find any.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

So he said to the vine-dresser, 'Look here! for three years I have been coming to look for figs on this fig tree, and have not found any. Cut it down. Why waste the ground with it?'

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesThree YearsSeeking For Concrete ThingsNo Roomspacecutting

So he called the manager to him and said, 'What is this that I am hearing about you? Balance your accounts and show how you are conducting my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer.'

Verse ConceptsOthers SummoningPropertyaccounting

Any man who divorces his wife to marry another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries the woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

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

For they did not dare to ask Him any more questions.

Verse ConceptsNot Asking OthersLosing Courage

And many people came to Him and kept on saying, "John did not perform any wonder-works, but everything he ever said about this man was true."

Verse ConceptsTruthJohn The BaptistSpeaking TruthNo SignsMiracles

I most solemnly say to you, whoever welcomes any messenger I send welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes Him who has sent me."

Verse ConceptsEquality With GodAcceptance, Of Jesus ChristWelcoming ChristChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyChrist SendingThe One Who Sent Christwelcome

In just a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will be seeing me. Because I am to live on, you too will live on.

Verse ConceptsLife With ChristSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristChrist's Short Lifenatural Life

"I have told you these things in allegories, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will plainly tell you about the Father.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsRiddlesPlainnessJesus Using ParablesThe FatherLanguagespeakingSpeech

"And yet, I know, brothers, that you did not realize what you were doing, any more than your leaders did.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfIgnorance Of EvilKnowing FactsIgnorance of Godignorance

The result will be, that any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentGod Will Kill His People

So, after further threatening them, they turned them loose, because they could not find any way to punish them, on account of the people, because they all continued to praise God for what had taken place,

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleSpecific Praising Of God

Then the military commander went with his attendants and brought them back, but without any violence, for they were afraid of being pelted with stones by the people.

Verse ConceptsPublic OpinionGentle WordsFear Of StoningFearing Other People

for as yet He had not come upon any of them, but they had been baptized merely in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofBaptised In Christ's NameChristian BaptismBaptism

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that if he found any men or women belonging to The Way he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsArrestingequipping, physicalWay, TheTying Updamascus

But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationUnclean SpiritsFar Be It!Forbidden FoodLack Of HolinessDefilementEating Meatporkbugspeter

and he said to him, "You know that it is against the law for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit one, but God has taught me not to call any man vulgar or ceremonially unclean;

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness

so I have come, since I was sent for, without any hesitation."

Verse ConceptsWhy Do Others Do This?People Willing

But I answered, 'Never by any means, sir, for nothing common or not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.'

Verse ConceptsMouthsFar Be It!Forbidden FoodLack Of Holiness

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue worship sent to them and said, "Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you may speak."

Verse ConceptsReadingLiteracySynagogueReading The ScripturesExhort OthersStudying The LawUse Of The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsEncouragementMotivationReading The Bibleencouraginguplifting

So he kept up his discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and the pagans who were worshiping there, and also day by day in the public square with any who chanced to be there.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDevout MenReasonWitnessing, Approaches ToDisputesMarketplacesProselytesDiscussionsmarketing

so that they might search for God, possibly they might grope for Him, and find Him, though He is really not far from any of us.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Is ImmanentGod's OmnipresenceNearness To GodFinding Godseeking

For Paul's plan was to sail past Ephesus, so as not to lose any time in the province of Asia; for he was eager, if possible, to reach Jerusalem by Pentecost.

Verse ConceptseagernessPentecostHasty ActionFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]sailing

I therefore protest to you today that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,

Verse ConceptsResponsibility For Blood ShedPlea Of Innocencetestifying

Paul answered, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You must not speak evil against any ruler of your people.'"

Verse ConceptsApologizingethics, socialCivic DutiesHonouring RulersResistanceSelf DefenceMagistratesIs It Really?Attitudes Towards Kings

But there were some Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you and to present their charges, if they have any, against me.

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

Then Festus said: "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you now see this man about whom the whole Jewish nation made suit to me, both in Jerusalem and here, continuously clamoring that he ought not to live any longer.

Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentIsrael Hardened

The king, indeed, knows about this and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that any of this escaped his notice, for it did not occur in a corner!

Verse ConceptsSecrecyAvoiding SecrecyPeople With General KnowledgeBoldness

After they had gone a long time without any food, then Paul got up among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete, and you would have escaped this disaster and loss.

Verse ConceptsFatigueadvisersFasting, Examples OfPay Attention To People!Natural DisastersAbstinencesailing

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners, to keep any of them from swimming ashore and escaping,

Verse ConceptsSwimmingNo EscapeAttempting To Kill Specific People

After examining me the Romans wanted to set me free, because I was innocent of any crime that deserved the death penalty.

Verse ConceptsPeople Involved In JudgementPeople Releasing Others

But the Jews objected, so I was forced to appeal to the Emperor; yet it was not because I had any charge to make against my own nation.

Verse ConceptsNecessityAccusations, Nt Legal SystemPeople Accusing People

They answered him, "We have not received any letters from Judea about you, and not one of our Jewish brothers has come and reported or stated anything wicked about you.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of People's Situations

Not at all! Since we have ended our relation to sin, how can we live in it any longer?

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBehaviourSelf DenialDead To SinContinuing In SinFar Be It!

For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on any man that I choose to have mercy on, and take pity on any man that I choose to take pity on."

Verse ConceptsCompassionAccepting ChristHeart, DivineGod's MercyGod Will Show MercyGod Works His WillMercypitygraciousness

So He has mercy on any man that He chooses to, and He hardens any man that He chooses to harden.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeopleMind, Of GodGod Will Show MercyGod Works His WillMercyMercy And Grace

For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not have an evil desire," and any other commandment if there is any, are summed up in this command, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself

But the man who has misgivings about eating, if he then eats, has already condemned himself by so doing, because he did not follow his faith, and any action that does not follow one's faith is a sin.

Verse ConceptsConsciences, In Decision MakingFaith, Necessity OfBeing Born In Sindoubt, results ofIndecisionSin, Nature OfSinChristian LibertyConvictionQuestioning GodHaving FaithEating MeatBelieving In Yourselfdiscriminationcondemnationconscience

Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in this world's wisdom, as compared with the rest of you, to become really wise he must become a fool.

Verse ConceptsAcademicsPride, Examples OfThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanFalse WisdomFoolish PeopleDeceiving OneselfBe Wise!FoolsDeceptionwise

As for me, myself, it is of very little concern to me to be examined by you or any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

Verse ConceptsNot JudgingUnimportant ThingsJudgmentsJudgingSelf WorthSelf EsteemBeing YourselfJudgementJudging Others Actionsmyself

not that you are to stop all dealings with sexually immoral people of this world, any more than with its greedy graspers, or its idolaters, for then you would have to get clear out of the world.

Verse ConceptsGreed, Condemnation OfExtortionNature Of IdolatryGreedSexual ImmoralitySexual Puritycheaters

Now what I really meant was for you to stop associating with any so-called brother, if he is sexually immoral, a greedy grasper, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler -- with such a person you must even stop eating.

Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

But the father who stands firm in his purpose, without having any necessity for doing so, and he has made the decision in his own heart to keep her single, will do what is right.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceUnmarriedPositive Thinkingactingsteadfastvirginity

What soldier ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its grapes? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink any of the milk the flock produces?

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGrapesMilkSoldiersVineyardPlanting VineyardsPerspective

But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfWagesPaul's BoastingBoasting

to men who have no written law, like one without any law, though I am not without God's law but specially under Christ's law, to win the men who have no written law.

Verse ConceptsJustification By FaithThe Law Of ChristWithout The LawStaying Strong And Not Giving UpStaying PositivePositive ThinkingNever Giving UpNot Being Alonelawactingfreeorderflexibilitychrist

As a rule eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it for conscience' sake,

Verse ConceptsMarketsNot Asking OthersFood PermittedEating Meatconsciencesales