and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And again I say to you, It is of easier labor for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God.

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

It is easier labor for a camel to come through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God.

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

And there was also many a leper in Israel in the time of the Prophet Elisha, and yet not one of them was cleansed, but Naaman the Syrian was."

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

'Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on the way labor to be released from him, lest he take you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison;

"Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

but ye yourselves know that these hands have by labour furnished necessaries for my own wants, and for those who were with me.

For we know that the whole creation has been moaning together as in the pains of childbirth until now.

And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.

if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one teaches, in teaching,

Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Even to this present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain abode, And labour, working with our own hands:

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not you become christians by my labour?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to stop doing manual labor [in order to support our ministry]?

Do ye not know that they who labour at sacred things eat of the offerings offered in the temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?

Labour for love, and covet spiritual gifts: and most chiefly for to prophesy.

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that is towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me;

but whether I or they labour'd most, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

But, if Timothy should come, see that, without fear, he be with you, for, in the work of the Lord, doth he labour, even as, I:

that you also be subject to such people, and to all those who work together and labor.

They have refreshed my spirit as well as yours. So fully acknowledge such men and deeply appreciate them.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

in stripes, in prisonment, in strife, in labour, in watching, in fasting,

We do not exceed our due limits, and take credit for other men's labours; but we entertain the hope that, as your faith grows, we shall gain promotion among you--still keeping within our own sphere--promotion to a larger field of labour,

I have been often on my travels, I have been in danger from rivers and robbers, in danger from Jews and Gentiles, through dangers of town and of desert, through dangers on the sea, through dangers among false brothers ??27 through labour and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, starving many a time, cold and ill-clad, and all the rest of it.

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—

For it is written:

Rejoice, childless woman,
who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Some truly of hired labor announce Christ, not purely, thinking to bring pressure upon my bonds:

agreeably to that expectation and persuasion I have, that I shall not labour in vain; but as I always have, so I shall still glorify Christ in my body, whether it be by life or by death: for if I live, I live to Christ;

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain: and if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor:

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

Nothing by hired labor, or vainglory; but in lowliness the leaders hold each other above themselves.

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.

holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

Ye know the proof of him, how that as a son with the father, so with me bestowed he his labour upon the gospel.

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

Yea, and I beseech thee faithful yokefellow, help the women which laboured with me in the gospel, and with Clement also, and with others, my labour fellows, whose names are in the book of life.

Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men;

For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

So, when we could not stand it any longer [Note: Paul's concern for the spiritual well-being of the Thessalonian Christians became unbearable], we [i.e., I, See verse 5] thought it best to be left behind, alone, at Athens [Note: Paul was willing to labor alone at Athens, so he could send his fellow-workers to minister to others. See Acts 17],

and sent Timothy our brother and minister of God, and our labour fellow in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you over your faith,

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

While they are saying, “Peace and safety [all is well and secure!]” then [in a moment unforeseen] destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains on a woman with child, and they will absolutely not escape [for there will be no way to escape the judgment of the Lord].

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

we command these persons, and exhort them by the Lord Jesus Christ, to stay at home, and earn their bread by labour.

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

Our people must learn to do good deeds to meet necessary demands [whatever the occasion may require], so that they will not be unproductive.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

For reckon over him having endured such contradiction of the sinful against himself, lest being harassed, ye labor in your souls.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye look for these things, labour to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.

Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not the labor which you performed, but receive a full reward.

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, to exhort you, that ye should continually labour in the faith, which was once given unto the saints.

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.

And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from painful labor,

because in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!" And every shipmaster and {every seafarer} and sailors and all those who labor on the sea stood {far off}