for this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

"He said, "No! If you pull out the weeds, you might pull out the wheat with them.

But you say, "Whoever tells his father or his mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me has been given to God,"

Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Then he came back to the disciples and told them, "You might as well keep on sleeping and resting. Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

But all of this has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.

so that "they may see clearly but not perceive, and they may hear clearly but not understand, otherwise they might turn around and be forgiven.'"

But you say, "If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God)

Going on a little farther, he fell to the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

He displayed his mighty power with his arm. He scattered people who were proud in mind and heart.

He has raised up a mighty Savior for us from the family of his servant David,

Indeed, a sword will pierce your own soul, too, so that the inner thoughts of many people might be revealed."

So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"

Later, an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

They watched him closely in an effort to trap him in something he might say.

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

Then he opened their minds so that they might understand the Scriptures.

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe because of him.

I didn't recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel."

They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that God's work might be revealed in him.

so that what the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said: "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the Lord's power been revealed?"

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."

He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.

But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.'

For you have given him authority over all humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

While I was with them, I protected them by the authority that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

because these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "None of his bones will be broken."

Suddenly, a sound like the roar of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

As a result, people kept carrying their sick into the streets and placing them on stretchers and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he went by.

He asked him for letters to take with him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.

Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.

so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death, so also grace might rule by bringing justification that results in eternal life through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.

We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.

Now, did something good bring me death? Of course not! But in order that sin might be recognized as being sin, it used something good to cause my death, so that through the rule, sin might become more exposed as being sinful than ever before.

so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to human nature but according to the Spirit.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that the Son might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Yet before their children had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's plan of election might continue to operate

For the Scripture says about Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, to demonstrate my power through you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

For this reason the Messiah died and returned to life, so that he might become the Lord of both the dead and the living.

For everything that was written long ago was written to instruct us, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.

so that with one mind and one voice you might glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

Wife, you might be able to save your husband. Husband, you might be able to save your wife.

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved.

so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.

Because I was confident, I planned to come to you first so you might receive a double blessing.

This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

So, even though I wrote to you, it wasn't because of the man who did the wrong or because of the man who was hurt. Instead, I wrote to you so that your devotion to us might be made perfectly clear to you before God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. Although he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with another human being at any time,

However, false brothers were secretly brought in. They slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in the Messiah Jesus so that they might enslave us.

But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.

yet we know that a person is not justified by doing what the Law requires, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. We, too, have believed in the Messiah Jesus so that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by doing what the Law requires, for no human being will be justified by doing what the Law requires.

For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.

This happened in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the gentiles through the Messiah Jesus, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

But the Scripture has captured everything by means of sin's net, so that what was promised by the faithfulness of the Messiah might be granted to those who believe.

And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.

so that we who had already fixed our hope on the Messiah might live for his praise and glory.

and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength,

so that in the coming ages he might display the limitless riches of his grace that comes to us through his kindness in the Messiah Jesus.

To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the gentiles the immeasurable wealth of the Messiah

He did this so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm

The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.

so that he might make it holy by cleansing it, washing it with water and the word,

and might present the church to himself in all its glory, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, but holy and without fault.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, relying on his mighty strength.

so that you might live in a manner worthy of the Lord and be fully pleasing to him as you bear fruit while doing all kinds of good things and growing in the full knowledge of God.

You are being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, so that you might patiently endure everything with joy

and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.

even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.

However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the Day of the Lord might surprise you like a thief.

and to give us who are afflicted relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

With this in mind, we always pray for you, asking that our God might make you worthy of his calling and that through his power he might help you accomplish every good desire and faithful action.

I am the worst of them. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life.

for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity.

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

so that they might escape from the Devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.

However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age

Yet I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be something

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

Therefore, since the children have flesh and blood, he himself also shared the same things, so that by his death he might destroy the one who has the power of death (that is, the Devil)

and might free those who were slaves all their lives because they were terrified by death.

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,

Women received their dead raised back to life. Other people were brutally tortured, but refused to be ransomed, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.

Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

"He himself bore our sins" in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed."

Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you might not sin. Yet if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father Jesus, the Messiah, one who is righteous.

This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.

Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where a place had been prepared for her by God so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.