For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

"When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

So Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can."

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said.

But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

People were completely astounded and said, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters -- one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

A member of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment."

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

So Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he was saying.

He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him,

But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

You fools! Didn't the one who made the outside make the inside as well?

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'?

saying, "If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment."

Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there."

John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

I know that you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them."

You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.'

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'

The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?'

saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt -- we do not know what has happened to him!'

Our ancestors had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the design he had seen.

Did my hand not make all these things?'

Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!" And immediately he got up.

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,' says the Lord, who makes these things

Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.

"Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you."

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o'clock tonight,

When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, "Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.

I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.

"Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed -- the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory --

just as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger."

let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually."

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

Who are you to pass judgment on another's servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

each builder's work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!

Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?

For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,

But as you excel in everything -- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you -- make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.