For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.'

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

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.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,