Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

And I tell you, that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

"Hear another parable: there was a landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

and said, "This fellow said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"

But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are the money of blood."

Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. See to it yourselves."

And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your pallet and walk'?

"I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home."

And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out in the sight of them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

All by itself the earth produces grainfirst the blade, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

Then they began to plead with Jesus to depart from their region.

And there was a woman who had endured a flow of blood for twelve years,

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country.

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another not made with hands.'"

And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

And they rose up and cast him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down the cliff.

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."

for he loves our nation, and has built us our synagogue."

And a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years and could not be healed by anyone,

came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood stopped.

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

So you witness that you approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'

Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

Likewise he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"

So he came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, said, 'Why did the gentiles rage, and the peoples plot futile things?

saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man's blood upon us."

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and was built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

but that we should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.

that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication. If you keep yourselves free from these, you will do well. Farewell."

But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote to them our decision that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication."

When the blood of Stephen your witness was shed, I also was standing by and approving, and keeping the garments of those who were killing him.'

There were more than forty who formed this plot.

And when I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you."

But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the owner of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

"Their feet are swift to shed blood;

whom God put forward as an atoning sacrifice by his blood, to be received through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over sins committed beforehand;

Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

But Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

And so I have made it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on another man's foundation,

If any man's work which he has built on it survives, he will receive a reward.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?

"All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.

In the same way he took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

Now I tell you this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

I, Paul, myself urge you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away!

I beg you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.

and through him, to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.