Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, will be compared to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

And suddenly a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the tares appeared also.

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.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this Rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went on a journey.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in 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 killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

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

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

saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."

Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to it."

All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children."

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

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

For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

Now a woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,

And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went on a journey.

He said to them, "This is my blood of the New 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 made without hands.'"

29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha. You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

But he who hears, and does not do, is like a man who built a house on the earth 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 he built our synagogue for us."

A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

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

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

So you are witnesses and consent to the works 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 will be required of this generation.

He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

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

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

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

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

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

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

Jesus therefore said to them, "Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

He who 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 lives in me, and I in him.

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

It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called 'Hakel-Dema,' that is, 'The field of blood.'

I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

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

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

saying, "Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

But Solomon built him a house.

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

but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.

that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell."

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

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men,

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with his own blood.

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

Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality."

When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'

When I was told that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you."

"Their feet are swift to shed blood.

whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because in God's forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him.

Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me. I was revealed to those who did not ask for me."

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

yes, making it my aim to proclaim the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.

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

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

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

In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the New Covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy, and he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the church may be built up.

For you truly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.

What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.

Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

to reveal his Son to me, that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

in whom we have our 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 away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

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

Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word without fear.

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

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.