No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.

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

Be hold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul delights. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall declare law to the Gentiles.

For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

And Jesus immediately stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and said to him: you of little faith, why did you doubt?

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hold of him, and took him by the throat, saying: Pay me what you owe.

Be hold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

And when they sought to lay hold of him, they feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.

And the rest laid hold of his servants, and abused them, and killed them.

Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation, that they might entrap him in his words.

He that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying: The one that I shall kiss is he; hold him fast.

Jesus said to him: Friend, for what purpose have you come? Then they came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast.

When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

And as they were going to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying: Hail! And they came and laid hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

And when they came together with the elders, they held a consultation, and gave much money to the soldiers,

And the Pharisees immediately went out with the Herodians, and held a consultation against him, that they might destroy him.

(for the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not, unless they wash their hands carefully, because they hold the tradition of the elders:

and when they come from the market, they do not eat, unless they immerse themselves. And there are many other things, which they have received to hold, as the immersion of cups and pitchers and brazen vessels and beds:)

For, neglecting the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the immersion of pitchers and cups; and many other things like these you do.

And there followed him a certain young man, who had a linen garment around his naked body. And the young men laid hold of him;

And forthwith in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, having held a consultation, and having bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: Child, why have you acted thus toward us? Be hold, your father and I have sought for you in sorrow.

trying to entrap him, and seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

And he said to them: Go and toll that fox, Be hold, I cast out demons, and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I finish the work.

And they watched him, and sent spies, who feigned them selves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

And they were not able to take hold of his words before the people. And they were astonished at his answer, and were silent.

And as they led him away, they laid hold of Simon, a certain Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might carry it after Jesus.

And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said: Be hold the Lamb of God.

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and said of him: Be hold, an Israelite in truth, in whom there is no guile.

Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorn branches, and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them: Be hold the man!

whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in subjection by it.

And he arose and went. And be hold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

Concerning him I have nothing certain to write to my Lord. For this reason, I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after the examination has been held, I may have something to write.

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

Stand firm, therefore, in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and be not held fast again in the yoke of bondage.

Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:

Prove 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 by our letter.

And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house hold, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold on eternal life, to which you have been called, and for which you confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

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

Hold fast the form of sound words which you have heard from me, in faithfulness and in love which is in Christ Jesus.

For, verily, he does not take hold of angels, but he takes hold of the posterity of Abraham.

but Christ, as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold the confidence and the joy of our hope firm to the end.

For we are partakers of the Christ, if we hold our begun confidence firm to the end;

Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us;

which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that held the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

let us hold fast the unwavering confession of our hope, for he is faithful who has promised;

My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons.

and I am he that lives; and I was dead, and be hold, I am alive from age to age: and I have the keys of hades and of death.

I know your works, and where you dwell, even where the throne of Satan is: and yet you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

Yet I have a few things against you, that you have there those who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to practice lewdness.

So, also, you have those who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitanes.

but what you have, hold fast till I come.

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

And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her children, that keep the commandments of God, and that hold the testimony of Jesus.

And he laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,