But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress, and whoever marries her when so divorced, commits adultery.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your father.

Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in the ground, which a man finds but buries again, and then in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that land.

So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground,

My cup you indeed shall drink," he answered, "but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

"But he who had received the one talent went off, and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.

And like the sowing upon 'stony ground' are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd.

So they brought the boy to him, and when he saw Jesus, the spirit at once convulsed him, and he fell to the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.

but a seat upon my right hand or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been reserved."

So he went a little farther, and throwing himself upon the ground, he prayed repeatedly that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

Then he spoke to them in a parable. "The ground of a certain rich man bore heavy crops.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

"The time will come for you when your enemies will throw ramparts around you, and encompass you, and shut you in on every side, and raze you to the ground,

(And being in agony he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as if it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.)

They were terrified, and bowed down their faces to the ground, but the men said to them. "Why are you seeking him who lives among the dead?

so he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

"Make the men sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so the men sat down, in numbers about five thousand. "of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me;

But Jesus stooped down, and began to write on the ground with his finger. When they continued to question him, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent man among you be the first to throw the stone at her."

Then he stooped down again, and again began to write on the ground.

When he had thus spoken he spat on the ground, and made clay with the spittle, and smeared the clay on the man's eyes.

In solemn truth I tell you that except a kernel of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains a single kernel; but if it die it bears a great crop.

When Jesus said "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground;

Stooping down he glanced in and saw the linen wrapping lying on the ground; but he did not go in.

"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out.

"And his name, on the ground of faith in his name, has made strong this man, whom you now see and know; yes, the faith that is through him has made this man sound and strong again, in the presence of you all.

"And now Lord, listen to their threats, and grant to thy slaves to proclaim thy message with all boldness,

"whilst thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal; grant too, that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant, Jesus."

"But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground; yet he promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity??e at that time being childless.

"And the Lord said: "Take off your sandals, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

He fell to the ground, and heard a voice which said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

And Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he continued to perceive nothing; so they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

"I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, "'Saul! Saul! why are you persecuting me?'

"We all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew. "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.'

But when sin had gained a vantage-ground, by means of the commandment, it stirred up within me all manner of lust; for where there is no law, sin is dead.

For sin, when it had gained a vantage-ground through the commandment, beguiled me, and through it slew me.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be in full sympathy with one another, in accordance with the example of Jesus Christ;

Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel.

I am doing and will continue to do this in order to cut away the ground from under those who wish some cause for slander; and that the ground of their boasting may appear as does mine.

I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,

I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself;

praying him to grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in your inmost being;

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.

Therefore take up the panoply of God, so that when the evil day comes you may be able to withstand them, and having overthrown them all, to stand your ground.

The Lord grant him to find mercy form the Lord in that Day! And you know better than I how many services he rendered in Ephesus.

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, persecuted, tormented??38 of whom the world was not worthy??andering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.

To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, as I myself have overcome and have taken my seat with my Father on his throne.