but while he was revolving this in his mind, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, the off-spring of David, don't make any difficulty of taking Mary for thy wife: for her pregnancy is from the holy Spirit.

and he sent them to Bethlehem, go, said he, make an exact enquiry about the young child, and when ye have found him, let me know it, that I too may come and pay my adorations to him.

for it is of John the prophet Esaias spoke, when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths clear."

and he said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men:

neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

therefore, when you give alms, do not make a proclamation of it as the hypocrites do, in their publick assemblies by sound of trumpet, that they may have the applause of men. for I assure you, they have their reward.

therefore make no such sollicitous enquiries, as what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or how shall we be clothed?

and then will I make this declaration to them: I never knew you: depart from me ye that have practised iniquity.

and there came a leper who threw himself at his feet, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

and wherever ye go, make this proclamation: the kingdom of heaven is nigh.

the son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all that make others offend, and those who do iniquity;

and meeting with one of great value, presently sells all that he has to make the purchase.

for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his angels; and then shall be make retribution to every man according to his works.

then Peter address'd himself to Jesus, Lord, said he, it is good for us to stay here: if you please, let us make three tabernacles here; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias.

and the people reprimanded them, to make them hold their tongue: but they bawl'd out the more, have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

and said to him, do you hear what they say? yes, said Jesus; have ye never read, "out of the mouth of babes and sucklings I will make a consort of praise?"

wherefore I declare to you, the gospel dispensation shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that shall make a proper use thereof.

" the Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?"

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who ransack sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gain'd, ye make him deserve Gehenna much more than your selves.

ye blind fools, which is most sacred, the treasure of the temple, or the temple that makes the treasure sacred?

ye blind fools, which is most sacred, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

I tell you, he shall make him steward of all his estate.

for he that makes use of what he has, shall have more; but if he makes no improvement thereof, it shall be taken from him.

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, and said, where would you have us make the preparations for the paschal-supper?

to whom Pilate replied, you have a guard, go then, and make it as secure as you can.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

(for they were fishers) and Jesus said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

but he strictly charged them, not to make him known.

for he that makes use of what he has shall have more, but he that does not, shall be stript of what he has.

You are in the right, said he, to abolish the laws of God, to make way for such traditions.

then Peter thus address'd himself to Jesus, master, it is proper for us to be here: let us make therefore three tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias.

if even thy hand should make thee transgress, saw it off, and cast it away, it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to have both hands and go into Gehenna, the unextinguishable fire:

and if thy foot make thee transgress, saw it off, it is better for you to enter into life, tho' lame, than to have both feet, and be thrown into Gehenna, the unextinguishable fire:

and if your eye make you transgress, pull it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God, with but one eye, than to have two, and be thrown into the Gehenna of fire: where the worm does not die,

for David himself, who was inspired by the holy spirit, has this expression, "the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand till I make thy enemies thy foot-stool."

and he will shew you a large upper room ready furnished: there make preparation for us.

Pilate spake to him again, and said, will you make no defence for your self? don't you hear what they urge against you?

At that time, Cesar Augustus published an edict, to make a register of the Roman empire.

as it is written in the book of the prophecies of Esaias, "the voice of one crying in the desart, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths clear.

and blessed is he, who does not make me the occasion of his fall.

and he said to them make no provision for your journey: take neither staff, nor sack, nor bread, nor money; and but one coat for each.

for they were about five thousand. but Jesus said to his disciples, make them sit down by fifties in a company.

who discours'd about the exit, he was to make at Jerusalem;

he is frequently seized by a spirit, which makes him immediately roar, then throws him into convulsions with foaming, and never leaves him, but with difficulty and bruises.

do you stupidly imagine that he, who made the outward man, did not make the inward too?

such is he, who heaps up his treasure here, and makes no provision for another world.

happy those servants, whom the master at his arrival shall find thus watching: I assure you, he shall gird himself, and make them sit at table, and will come to serve them.

Then he said to the Pharisee, that had invited him, when you give a dinner, or a supper, don't call your friends, or your brethren, or kinsmen, or wealthy neighbours; lest they invite you again, and make you a requital.

but when you make a feast call the poor, and maimed, the lame and blind:

and he was reduced to want, which forc'd him to make his application to one of the inhabitants there, who sent him to his farm to look after his swine.

how many years have I serv'd you, without having ever disobey'd your orders? and yet you never bestow'd a kid upon me, to make merry with my friends:

as soon as Jesus came at the place, he look'd up, and seeing him, Zaccheus, said he, make haste down; for I intend to dine at your house to-day.

but he being hated by the citizens, after he was gone, they sent a deputation to court, to make this protest, "we will not have him for our king."

I tell you, said he, that to every one who improves, more shall be given: and he that makes no improvement, shall be stript of what he has.

till I make thine enemies thy footstool."

for I will make you speak with such strength of argument, as all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict or withstand.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, go, and make provision for our eating the paschal-lamb.

then he open'd their minds to make them understand the scriptures, and said to them,

away with these things; make not my father's house a market-house.

but Jesus said, make the men sit down. and as there was much grass in the place, they sat down to the number of about five thousand.

but Jesus perceiving they designed to come and take him by force to make him a king, retired again upon a mountain all alone.

but said they, what miracle then will you let us see to make us believe you? what strange work will you perform?

and the truth shall make you free.

if the son therefore shall make you free, you will be free indeed.

they still urg'd the same question, what did he do to thee? how did he make you see?

the man replied, that's very strange that he should make me see, and you should not know who sent him.

Jesus answered him, he that loves me, will observe my precepts: and my father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

but the advocate, the holy spirit, whom the father will send for my sake, he will explain every thing to you, and make you remember, all that I have told you.

every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he takes away: as for the branch that bears fruit, he prunes it clean, to make it more fruitful.

now that I am coming to thee, while I am here, I make these requests for them, that their joy in me may be compleat.

thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy by thy presence."

until I make thy foes thy footstool."

saying, did not we strictly command you, not to teach in this name? and yet you have spread your doctrine through Jerusalem, and you endeavour to make us responsible for this man's blood.

for he supposed his brethren would have perceiv'd by this, that God design'd to make him the instrument of their deliverance; but they did not perceive it.

"make us gods, said they to Aaron, to be our guides: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him."

our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, ordering Moses to make it according to the model that he had seen.

and is impower'd by the chief priests, to imprison all that make profession of thy name.

for I will make him see how much he must suffer for my name.

Peter said to him, Eneas, Jesus, who is the Messiah, gives thee health: rise, and make your bed your self: upon which he immediately rose.

and the spirit bid me make no difficulty of going with them. these six brethren accompany'd me, and we went together to the man's house.

if therefore God has bestow'd the same favour upon them, as on us, after we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I make any opposition to the divine will?

but Paul and Barnabas told them boldly, you indeed were the first, to whom the word of God was to be preach'd: but since you reject it, and judge your own selves unworthy of eternal life, be assur'd, we shall make the same offer to the Gentiles:

after this, Paul had a design to pass thro' Macedonia and Achaia in his way to Jerusalem: purposing when he had been there to make a visit to Rome.

at last Alexander was disengag'd from the croud, and accus'd by the Jews. then he waved his hand, desiring to make his defence before them all.

then I saw JESUS, who said to me, "make haste, and go out of Jerusalem immediately: for they will not receive the attestations you would give of me." Lord,

The night following, the Lord appear'd to him, and said, Paul, take courage; for the same remonstrances that you have made concerning me at Jerusalem, you must likewise make at Rome.

if you will move it then to the tribune in the name of the Sanhedrim, to send him here to-morrow, under colour of examining his affair with more solemnity, we shall take care to dispatch him, and make a short end of his journey."

Some days after, king Agrippa and Bernice came to Cesarea to make Festus a visit.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, you are at liberty to make your defence. upon which Paul disengaging his hand from his cloak, thus made his plea.

but the crew under pretext of dropping their anchors to moor, had hoisted out the boat; designing to make off:

for God is my witness, to whom I am entirely devoted, in preaching the gospel of his son, that I constantly make mention of you, in my prayers, requesting,

Circumcision indeed is an advantage, if you keep the law: but if you violate the law, your being a Jew makes you no better than a heathen.

do we then make the law useless by our doctrine of faith? by no means; on the contrary, it is we that observe the law.

(I allude to civil affairs, because of your unacquaintedness with spiritual matters:) as then you made your natural faculties subservient to impurity, and all manner of vice; make them now subservient to virtue and holiness.

who shall condemn them? shall Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, and makes intercession for us?

for before they were born, and had done neither good or evil, that the distinction which God had purposed to make might appear to be, not in consideration of their actions, but of his own free call,

is not the potter the master of his own clay, of the same mass to make one vessel for use and ornament, and another for a meaner purpose?

if the divine Being has patiently bore with those objects of his displeasure, that had been working out their own destruction, why may he not reveal himself to make them feel his vindictive power,

so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.

for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs.