Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.”

He took the seven loaves and the fish, and He gave thanks, broke them, and kept on giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

“I have kept all these,” the young man told Him. “What do I still lack?”

Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed kept shouting:

Hosanna to the Son of David!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!

And the crowds kept saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee!”

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

Then he said, “Why? What has He done wrong?”

But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him!” all the more.

Then they spit on Him, took the reed, and kept hitting Him on the head.

In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with Him kept taunting Him.

And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, broke the loaves, and kept on giving them to His disciples to set before the people. So they served the loaves to the crowd.

They kept this word to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:

Hosanna!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!

But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with You, I will never deny You!” And they all said the same thing.

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

They kept hitting Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying Him homage.

When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained speechless.

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.

Amazement came over them all, and they kept saying to one another, “What is this message? For He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was found. They kept silent, and in those days told no one what they had seen.

Can any of you add a cubit to his height by worrying?

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with Him, since he’s also a Galilean.”

After blindfolding Him, they kept asking, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where He started even to here.”

So he kept asking Him questions, but Jesus did not answer him.

but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out.

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

In the meantime the disciples kept urging Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

Some said, “He’s the one.” “No,” others were saying, “but he looks like him.”

He kept saying, “I’m the one!”

But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.

they took palm branches and went out to meet Him. They kept shouting: “Hosanna! He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One—the King of Israel!”

Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

If you keep My commands you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love.

Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours.

I have revealed Your name
to the men You gave Me from the world.
They were Yours, You gave them to Me,
and they have kept Your word.

So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe!”

However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”

But Saul grew more capable and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this One is the Messiah.

So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.

“You’re crazy!” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true. Then they said, “It’s his angel!”

Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.

And there they kept evangelizing.

and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on speaking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers get here too.” And he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

However, Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to go there shortly.

But when Paul appealed to be held for trial by the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

Now to Him who has power to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;

But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James:

To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.

and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.

I know your works. Because you have limited strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name, look, I have placed before you an open door that no one is able to close.

Because you have kept My command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is going to come over the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed from the human race as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out: “Who is like the great city?”

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning:

Woe, woe, the great city,
where all those who have ships on the sea
became rich from her wealth,
for in a single hour she was destroyed.