The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house 'Beelzebul,' how much more will they defame the members of his household!

For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches."

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

and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade."

Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so."

and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

"And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age -- although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

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 it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.

But Jesus looked straight at them and said, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

He must become more important while I become less important."

But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."

When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."

got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"

Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

He answered, "I told you already and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don't want to become his disciples too, do you?"

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and 'Let another take his position of responsibility.'

beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us -- one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us."

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic,

Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."'

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one."

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Just as Isaiah predicted, "If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah."

And David says, "Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel -- and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men.

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me -- so that I would not become arrogant.

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.

For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life."

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception.

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation -- for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out -- he will be blessed in what he does.

If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.