my coming will occasion discord between the son and his father, between the daughter and her mother, between the daughter in law and her mother in law:

thereupon his disciples said, if the case between man and wife be such, it is best not to marry.

so that you maybe charg'd with all the innocent blood shed upon earth, from the blood of Abel the just, unto the blood of Zacharias, the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

a husbandman went out to sow his corn: and as he was sowing, some fell upon the beaten road, which was crush'd under foot, or devoured by the birds.

by the beaten road is meant, they who only hear: the word, by the lurking wiles of the devil, being hinder'd from taking root in their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

from the blood of Abel to that of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple: yes, I assure you, this generation shall be responsible for it all.

nay, the very hairs of your head can't fall without being number'd: be not then afraid; there is no comparison between you and sparrows.

but Jesus answer'd him, who made me a judge, or an arbitrator between you?

besides this, there is an unalterable chasm between us and you, so that the passage from one place to the other is impracticable to those who should attempt it.

As Jesus was going to Jerusalem, he happen'd to pass between Samaria and Galilee.

and from that day the enmity that had been between Pilate and Herod ended in friendship.

Now there happen'd to be a dispute about baptism between a Jews, and some of John's disciples:

now the very night preceding the day which Herod design'd for his execution, Peter bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the other guards secured the prison door; when an angel of

making no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by the faith.

and the contention was so sharp between them, that they separated: so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.

For several days we made very little sail, and having scarce got sight of Cnidus, the wind being against us, we bore away between Salmone and Crete:

In reality there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile: they have all the same Lord, who is bountiful to all that call upon him.

what, is there not a man of experience amongst you, capable of being arbitrator between his brethren?

there is the same difference between a married woman and a virgin: the last is religiously concern'd to be holy, both in body and mind: but she that is married is taken up with worldly cares to please her husband.

Are you not become associates with infidels? but what affinity is there between virtue and vice? and what communication has light with darkness?

Brethren, I speak according to the practice of men; contracts between men, when once ratified, cannot be disannulled or altered afterwards by any man.

that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them:

I am doubly press'd between my desire to depart, in order to be with Christ, which is by far the best for ME;

for there is but one God, and but one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,