"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised." And they became greatly distressed.

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

He said to them, "How then does David by the Spirit call him 'Lord,' saying,

and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'

And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it.

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again."

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man and said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you."

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?"

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do what I tell you?

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

So he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.'

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again."

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, 'This is the heir; let's kill him so the inheritance will be ours!'

He said to her, "Go call your husband and come back here."

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"

The crowd answered, "You're possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

I know that you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

So from that day they planned together to kill him.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'

and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!"

All who heard him were amazed and were saying, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?"

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."

This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.

Now the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

As he also says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'My people,' and I will call her who was unloved, 'My beloved.'"

For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.

How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

For members of Chloe's household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.

Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use.

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

because you are attaining the goal of your faith -- the salvation of your souls.

Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing -- the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!

I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,

So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.

The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.