Now John himself had his clothing made from camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal [this] to you, but my Father [who is] in heaven.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

"Listen to another parable: There was a man--a master of a house--who planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around] it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets!'

so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteous Abel up to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

for this is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

saying, "I have sinned [by] betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What [is that] to us? You see to [it]!"

But the chief priests took the silver coins [and] said, "It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is {blood money}."

(For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood until today.)

So Pilate, [when he] saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water [and] washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to [it]!"

And all the people answered [and] said, "His blood [be] on us and on our children!"

And John was dressed in camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around it], and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many.

"We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."

And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And [when] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well.

But the one who hears [my words] and does not do [them] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river burst against, and immediately it collapsed--and the collapse of that house was great!"

because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us."

Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them!

As a result you are witnesses, and you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them and you build [their tombs]!

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

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation!

And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather in there all my grain and possessions.

Now at the same time some had come to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down [and] calculate the cost [to see] if he has [enough] {to complete it}?

saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

And in the same way the cup after [they] had eaten, saying, "This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you.

And being in anguish, he began praying more fervently and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.]]

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.

Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me and I in him.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately.

And it became known to all who live in Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own language "Akeldama," that is, "Field of Blood.")

And I will cause wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

saying, "{We strictly commanded} you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! And you are intending to bring upon us the blood of this man!"

But Solomon built a house for him.

'Heaven [is] my throne and earth [is] the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what [is the] place of my rest?

But their plot became known to Saul, and they were also watching the gates both day and night so that they could do away with him.

'After these [things] I will return and build up again the tent of David that has fallen, and the [parts] of it that had been torn down I will build up again and will restore it,

but we should write a letter to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.

[that you] abstain from food sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. [If you] keep yourselves from {these things} you will do well. Farewell.

And [when] they resisted and reviled [him], he shook out [his] clothes [and] said to them, "Your blood [be] on your [own] heads! I [am] guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!"

and stayed three months. [Because] a plot was made against him by the Jews [as he] was about to set sail for Syria, he came to a decision to return through Macedonia.

Therefore I testify to you on this very day that I am guiltless of the blood of all [of you],

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own [Son].

"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

And he came to us and took Paul's belt. Tying up his own feet and hands, he said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter [after] deciding they should avoid food sacrificed to idols and blood and [what has been] strangled and sexual immorality."

And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I myself also was standing near and was approving, and was guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.'

And [when it] was made known to me there would be a plot against the man, I sent [him] to you immediately, also ordering [his] accusers to speak against him before you.

Their feet [are] swift to shed blood;

whom God made publicly available as the mercy seat through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previously committed sins,

Therefore, by much more, [because we] have been declared righteous now by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.

And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me."

And so, having as my ambition to proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, in order that I will not build on the foundation belonging to someone else,

If anyone's work that he has built upon [it] remains, he will receive a reward.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?

All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] are profitable. All [things] are permitted, but not all [things] build up.

Likewise also the cup, after they had eaten, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], in remembrance of me."

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.

Now I, Paul, appeal to you myself by the humility and gentleness of Christ, who {when I am present in person} [am] humble among you, but [when I] am absent am bold toward you--

now I ask [when I] am present [that I will] not [need] to be bold with the confidence [with] which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.

to reveal his Son in me in order that I would proclaim the gospel [about] him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not consult with flesh and blood,

For if I build up again these [things] which I destroyed, I show myself [to be] a transgressor.

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,

But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ.

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in [the] Spirit.

because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].

and through him to reconcile all [things] to himself, [by] making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.

Therefore encourage one another and build up {each other}, just as indeed you are doing.

Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these [same things], in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

For every house is built by someone, but the one who built all [things] [is] God.

but only the high priest [enters] into the second [tent] once a year, not without blood, which he offers on behalf of himself and the [sins] of the people committed in ignorance.

and not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered once for all into the [most] holy place, obtaining eternal redemption.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled sanctify [them] for the ritual purity of the flesh,

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve [the] living God?

Therefore not even the first [covenant] was ratified without blood.

For [when] every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, [he] took the blood of calves with water and scarlet wool and hyssop [and] sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,

saying, "This [is] the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you."

And likewise he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the utensils of service with the blood.

Indeed, nearly everything is purified with blood according to the law, and apart from the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

and not in order that he can offer himself many times, as the high priest enters into the sanctuary {year by year} with blood not his own,

For [it is] impossible [for] the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Therefore, brothers, [since we] have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

You have not yet resisted to the point of [shedding your] blood [as you] struggle against sin.

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and {to the sprinkled blood} that speaks better than Abel's [does].

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sins are burned up outside the camp.