"Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock;

"And every one who hears these words of Mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who, indeed, built his house upon the sand:

And, behold, a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, having come up behind Him, touched the border of His garment;

And, when the blade sprang up, and produced fruit, then appeared the tares also.

And she, urged on by her mother, says, "Give me here upon a plate the head of John the Immerser."

and his head was brought upon a plate, and given to the damsel; and she brought it to her mother.

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah; because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.

And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

"Hear another parable. There was a man?? householder??ho planted a vineyard, and placed a fence around it, and dug a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say,

'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

that upon you may come all the righteous blood poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel, the righteous, unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

for this is My blood of the covenant, which is shed in behalf of many for remission of sins.

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

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

And the high priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to cast them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."

Wherefore, that field was called "A field of blood" until this day.

And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but rather a tumult was being made, taking water, washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this Man. Ye shall see to it."

And all the people, answering, said, "His blood be upon us, and upon our children."

The earth of itself bears fruit; first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

And a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years,

And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was cured of the plague.

And He began to speak to them in parables, "A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

And He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out in behalf of many.

"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

and, rising up, they cast Him forth out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, to throw Him down headlong;

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

But he who heard and did not, is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and straightway it collapsed; and the ruin of that house was great."

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

And a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who could not be cured,

coming up behind, touched the border of His garment, and immediately her flow of blood stopped.

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

Consequently, ye are witnesses, and consent to the works of your fathers; because they, indeed, killed them, and ye build their tombs.

that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the founding of the world, may be required of this generation??51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah who perished between the altar and the house??ea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.'

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

And there were some present, at that very season, who reported to Him concerning the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.

For who of you, wishing to build a tower, does not, first, sitting down, calculate the expense, whether he has enough for its completion?

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

And the cup, in like manner, after supper, saying "this cup is the new covenant in My blood, which, in your behalf, is being poured out.

And, being in an agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became, as it were, large drops of blood falling down upon the ground!

The Jews, therefore, said, "In forty-six years this temple was built, and wilt Thou raise it up in three days?"

Jesus, therefore, said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in yourselves.

He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day;

for My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, abides in Me, and I in him.

but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and straightway there came out blood and water.

and it became known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem; so that place was called, in their own language, Akeldama, that is, 'Field of blood.'

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

saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in This Name; and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! and intend to bring upon us the blood of This Man!"

But Solomon built a house for Him.

'Heaven is My throne; and the earth is the footstool of My feet: what manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest?

but their plot became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates also, both day and night, that they might kill him;

The assembly, therefore, throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, was having peace, being built up; and, walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, was being multiplied.

'After these things I will return; and I will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; and the ruins thereof will I build again; and I will set it up;

but that we write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from anything strangled, and from blood;

that ye abstain from idol-sacrifices, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well."

But, when they resisted, and blasphemed, he, shaking out his garments, said to them, "Your blood be upon your own head! I am pure! Henceforth I will go to the gentiles."

and, having spent three months there, a plot being laid for him by the Jews, as he was about to sail into Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

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

Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

"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 the sanctified.

But concerning the gentiles who have believed, we sent to them, having given judgment, that they should keep themselves from idol-sacrifices, and from blood, and from anything strangled, and from fornication."

and, when the blood of Stephen, Thy witness, was poured forth, I myself also was standing by, and approving, and guarding the garments of those who slew him.

And, a plot that was about to be against the man having been discovered to me, I immediately sent him to you, charging the accusers to speak against him before you."

But the centurion believed the pilot and the owner of the ship, more than the things spoken by Paul.

their feet are swift to shed blood;

Whom God set forth as a propitiation, through faith in His blood, for the manifestation of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the formerly-committed sins in the forbearance of God:

Much more, therefore, being now justified by His blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

But Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who sought Me not; I became manifest to those who sought not after Me."

and, making it my aim so to proclaim the Gospel??ot where Christ was already named??hat I might not build upon another's foundation;

If any one's work which he built thereon shall remain, he shall receive a reward.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a partaking 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 like manner also the cup, after supper, saying "This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me:"

Therefore, whosoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body, and blood of the Lord.

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

Now I, Paul, myself entreat you, through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in your presence, indeed, am lowly among you; but, being absent, am bold toward you;

but I pray that, when present, I may not show courage with the confidence with which I purpose to be bold against some who reckon us as walking according to the flesh.

For we are not bold to judge ourselves among, or to compare ourselves with, some of those who commend themselves; but they measuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

I speak by way of dishonor, as though we were weak; but in whatever anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I also am bold.

to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim the good news of Him among the gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood,

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, ye who were once afar off were made nigh in the blood of Christ.

having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the chief corner-stone;

in Whom ye also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

because to us the struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Stand, therefore, having girded your loins about with truth, and having put on the breast-plate of righteousness,

and that the greater part of the brethren, having become confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, whether the things on the earth, or the things in the heavens.

having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding with thanksgiving.

but, having suffered before, and having been shamefully treated, as ye know, in Philippi, we grew bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God in much conflict.

But let us, being of the day, be sober, having put on a breast-plate of faith and love; and, as a helmet, a hope of salvation;

Wherefore, exhort one another, and build up one another, as also ye do.

Since, therefore, the children have partaken of blood and flesh, He Himself also in like manner took part of the same; that, through death, He might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil;

For This One has been accounted worthy of more glory than Moses, by as much as He Who built the house hath more honor than the house;

for every house is built by some one, but He Who built all things is God.

but into the second, the high priest alone, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the ignorances of the people;

nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, entered, once for all, into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption.

For, if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctifies to the purification of the flesh;

how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?