And where no one will welcome you, or listen to you, leave that house or town and shake off its very dust from your feet.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came up and to test him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

"Why do you put me to such a test, you hypocrites? Show me the poll-tax coin!" And they brought him a denarius.

and one of them, an expert in the Law, to test him, asked,

If any place refuses to receive you or to listen to you, when you leave it shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly??23 all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man."

Some Pharisees came up, and in order to test him asked him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife.

Should we pay it, or refuse to pay it?" But he saw through their pretense, and said to them, "Why do you put me to such a test? Bring me a denarius to look at."

And where they will not welcome you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."

'The very dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off in protest. But understand this: the Kingdom of God is at hand!'

Then an expert in the Law got up to test him and said, "Master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

Others to test him asked him for a sign from heaven.

Now he said this to test him, for he knew what he meant to do.

Peter said to her, "How could you two agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? There at the door are the footsteps of the men who buried your husband, and they will carry you out also."

They shook off the dust from their feet in protest, and went to Iconium.

Then why do you now try to test God, by putting on the necks of these disciples a yoke that neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

As they were shouting and throwing their clothes about and flinging dust into the air,

They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.

the quality of everyone's work will appear, for the Day will show it. For the Day will break in fire, and the fire will test the quality of everyone's work.

If what a man has built on the foundation stands the test, he will have his pay.

The first man is of the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.

For that is why I wrote you??o find out how you would stand the test, and see if you would obey me absolutely.

I do not mean this as a command. I only want to test the genuineness of your love by the devotion of others.

The way you stand the test of this service must do honor to God, through your fidelity to what you profess as to the good news of Christ, and through the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others;

It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!

But I pray to God that you may not do wrong??ot to prove me equal to the test, but that you should do right even if I fail to stand it.

Every man ought to test his own work, and then whatever satisfaction he has will be with reference to himself, and not in comparison with someone else.

but test them all, retaining what is good

Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,

He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips.

For "Let him who would enjoy life And see happy days, Keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from uttering deceit.

Dear friends, do not be surprised that a test of fire is being applied to you, as though a strange thing were happening to you,

suffering wrong as the reward for their wrongdoing. They find pleasure in the indulgence of the moment; they are a stain and a disgrace, and they revel in their deceit while they join in your religious meals.

speaking of it as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which ignorant, unsteadfast people twist to their own ruin, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

Dear friends, do not believe every inspired utterance, but test the utterances to see whether they come from God, for many false prophets have come out into the world.

Because you have kept in mind the message of what I endured, I also will keep you safe in the time of testing that is going to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

They threw dust on their heads and wept and mourned, crying out, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, where all who had ships on the sea grew rich through her extravagance! For in a single hour she has been destroyed!'