No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you son of David.

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are you come out as against a thief with swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and you laid no hold on me.

And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you be the Christ, the Son of God.

And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshiped him.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him.

And he said unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.

And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, bronze vessels, and of tables.

For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such things you do.

But they held their peace: for on the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, You son of David, have mercy on me.

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

And they who went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, You son of David, have mercy on me.

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who should pretend themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and struck him.

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming in from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

But their eyes were held that they should not know him.

Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles outside a little while;

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet held at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go show these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not your peace:

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

But now we are delivered from the law, being dead to that in which we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Who are you that judge another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yea, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand.

If anything be revealed to another that sits by, let the first hold his peace.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in honor:

And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together.

Test all things; hold fast that which is good.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

That by two immutable things, in that it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

I know your works and where you dwell, even where Satan's throne is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

But that which you have already hold fast till I come.

Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you will not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,