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and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found him bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitAdoration, Of ChristFinding PeopleTelling Of MovementsWorshipping Christ

And when they were gone back, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and continue there till I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Verse ConceptsFutureFugitivesAngel of the LordCommunicationSafetySpeech, DivineSuffering, Of Jesus ChristViolenceHeaven And AngelsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureProvincesStaying PutAttempts To Kill ChristGod AppearingTaking ChristImmigrantsreuniting

And having risen, be took to himself the young child and his mother by night, and turned back in Egypt:

Verse ConceptsDuring One NightTaking Christ

"Get up, take the young child and His mother, and go [back] to the country of Israel, for those who had tried to take the young child's life are [now] dead."

Verse ConceptsAttempts To Kill ChristDeath Of Office HoldersTaking ChristDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Mother

So he got up, took the young child and His mother and went [back] to the country of Israel.

Verse ConceptsTaking Christ

But when he heard that Archelaus was then the king of Judea, in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back. Then, being warned by God in a [supernatural] dream, he went on up to the region called Galilee,

Verse ConceptsTetrarchWarning IndividualsNamed Gentile RulersKings Of All Israel Or Judah

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Verse ConceptsNeedHumility, Examples OfBaptised Into ChristChrist's BaptismMan's NeedsBaptism

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee.

Verse ConceptsMonotonyPrisonersTelling Of Happeningsjail

"You people are [like] salt on the earth. But if salt loses its flavoring ability, how will it ever get it back again? From then on it would be good for nothing except to be thrown out onto the roadway and walked on by people. [Note: This was mined salt which, when losing its "saltiness" due to exposure to the sun or rain, was simply disposed of by being dumped onto the roadway where people walked].

Verse ConceptsBeing A Lightdisciples, characteristics ofDecayResponsibility, For God's WorldSaltSanctification, Means And ResultsTastePersonal ContactSending Things AwayTastelessnessRestoring ThingsTastelessSournessMoral Decay

nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedDisclosuresWeights And Measures, DryCandles

Truly I say to you, you will never come out of there until you have paid back the last penny!

Verse ConceptsGoing OutsideEvil And FreedomSettling Accounts

"Again, you have heard what was said to people in time's past [Lev. 19:12], 'You must not go back on your oaths, but [rather] fulfill the oaths you take to the Lord.'

Verse ConceptsMaking VowsFalse WaysGod Speaking Of Oldgrandmas

And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

Verse ConceptsCloaksDressPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAdding EvilRobbing People

And, when ye may be praying, ye shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love, in the synagogues, and at the corners of the broad ways, to take their stand and pray, that they may shine before men; Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyFalse WorshipRoadsSelf DeceptionStandingWorship, Hindrances ToDisplayingCornersBeing Seen By ManChrist Telling The TruthUsing RoadsNo RewardSeeing PeopleSettling AccountsPrayerHypocritesExamples of secret prayerRewardPraying Behind Closed DoorsPraying For OthersHypocrisyFake FriendsPrayingPerspectivezealotspiety

And, when ye may he fasting, become not ye, as the hypocrites, of sullen countenance, - for they darken their looks, that they may appear, unto men, to be fasting: Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.

Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAtonementFacesFasting, Of HypocritesNeglecting DutiesDisplayingBeing Seen By ManClean FacesPeople UnwashedWhen?How To FastNo RewardSettling AccountsAppearances ofHypocritesFastingHypocrisyFasting And PrayerSmilingmakeup

That thou mightest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father which in secret; and thy Father which in secret, will give back to thee openly.

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBeing Seen By ManGod Seeing The RighteousHow To FastSeeing PeopleRewardFastingFasting And Prayer

Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.

Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitThornsFigsThistlesDistinguishingpersonality

When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,

Verse ConceptsRankArmies, Roman

Then Jesus entered a boat and crossed [back] over [Lake Galilee] and came to His own city [i.e., Capernaum].

Verse ConceptsSeafaringBoatsCrossing To The Other Side

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority and the power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your stretcher and go home.”

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManPower Of Christ, ShownJesus As Son Of ManChrist's Authority Over SinBedsGet Up!Forgiveness

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

He said, "Stand back, for the young lady is not [permanently] dead, but [rather] is sleeping." And the people laughed at Him scornfully.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfLaughterSleep, And DeathChrist Driving Out PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMocking ChristDeath Of A ChildFun

Beg ye, therefore, of the Lord of the harvest, - That he would thrust forth labourers, into his harvest.

Verse ConceptsReapersGod Sending ProphetsWorkers

Take not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses: take no bag for your journey,

Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats

and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

Verse ConceptsReversion Of ThingsWorthy PeopleNo PeacePeace To YouRestSelf WorthChristmas TreeGiving Backwelcome

[how] blind people are receiving back their sight, and crippled people are walking [again], and people with infectious skin diseases are being healed, and deaf-mutes are hearing [and speaking (?) again], and people are being raised [from the dead], and poor people are having the good news preached to them.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessBlindness, HealingsdiseasesHearingKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLamenessNewsPoverty, Remedies ForWalkingDisabled PersonsNatural DeafnessThe Healed WalkingThe Deaf HearingHealing LepersThose Helping The PoorBlindness

While these men were going back, Jesus began to say to the crowds with reference to John:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsReedsFicklenessThings ShakingLooking And SeeingTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

Verse ConceptsPlucking OutReapingThe Disciples ActionsOn The SabbathDiscipleship

And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

Verse ConceptsPitsAnimals FallingOne Material ThingThe Sabbath And ChristHoles In The GroundJesus Healing On Sabbathhelping

Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofSevenEvil GenerationsSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringMore ThanWorseBackslidersDemonsCasting Out Demonshomecoming

And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsBoatsPopularitySittingPopularity Of ChristBeachesSitting To Teachgathering

and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him."

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionWho He Might BeWhy It Happenedanniversary

And his head was brought back on a platter and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

Verse ConceptsSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

and they continued to beg Him to let them touch just the tassel on His coat, and all who barely touched it were completely cured.

Verse ConceptsCloaksTasselsOuter GarmentsFringe Of ClothesTouching For HealingJesus Healing

They replied, "Some say you are John the Immerser; some [the prophet] Elijah; and others [the prophet] Jeremiah, or one of the [other] prophets [come back to life]."

Verse ConceptsUnnamed Prophets Of The LordWho He Might Beothers

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLossRestitutionDonationsFinding ThingsSaving OneselfLosing One's Life

And while they turned back in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is going to be delivered into the hands of men,

Verse ConceptsSonsHanding Over ChristGathering FriendsDanger From Men

however, lest we should give offence, go you to the sea, throw in a book, and take the first fish that strikes: then open its jaws, and you will find a piece of money: that take, and give it to them for me and thee.

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeethics, socialCivic DutiesLoyaltyMiracles Of ChristCitizens, Christian DutiesCoinsDivine Power Over NatureCitizenshipDo Not HinderFishtaxes

Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineDebtorsOther WivesSettling AccountsUnable To Do Other ThingsDebt

Then the slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to do obeisance to him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!'

Verse ConceptsKneelingPatience, In Christian LivingBe Patient!Settling Accounts

But that slave went out [and] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke [him], saying, 'Pay back everything that you owe!'

Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership

“At this, his fellow slave fell down and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’

Verse ConceptsPitilessnessBe Patient!Settling AccountsBeing Patientpatient

He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedSettling AccountsDebtjail

And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

Verse ConceptsTortureJudicial PunishmentSettling AccountsDebtAnger And Forgiveness

They say to Him, Then why did Moses command to give a book of divorcement, and to send her away?

Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTCertificate of divorceBills Of DivorceDivorce PermittedWhy Do Others Do This?

And it being evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen, and give back to them the wages, beginning from the last even to the first.

Verse ConceptsBeginningMastersOverseersMetaphorical VineyardsBeginning And EndIn TurnLast OnesOthers Summoning

And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

Verse ConceptsFloggingThe Third Day Of The WeekHanding Over ChristBeating JesusSuffering From ForeignersChrist Would RiseChrist's Crucifixion ForetoldMocking Christ

They answered, "Lord, we want to have our sight back."

Verse ConceptsReceiving Sight

They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.

Verse ConceptsAnimal OffspringRiding DonkeysAutomobiles

And turning his back upon them, he went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

Verse ConceptsVisitingStaying Temporarily

But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical Body

They say to him, 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceNames And Titles For The ChurchGod KillingGod Will Kill His PeopleLeasingGod Killing IndividualsEviction

On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadJewish SectsComing To ChristQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?Life After Death

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

Verse ConceptsReadingReading The ScripturesThe Resurrection

They do what they do to attract people's attention. They wear on their coats Scripture texts in big letters, and they wear large tassels,

Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

But if that slave, with evil intent, should think to himself, 'My master will not be back very soon,'

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordSoliloquyNot Serving God

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know

Verse ConceptsIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnLack Of ExpectationThe Time UnknownThe Second Coming

and I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you [can] have your own talent [back].'

Verse ConceptsTalentsPossessingHidden Things

Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeChrist Would Risereuniting

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Verse ConceptsEvil Eyes

So he left them and went back for the third time, praying in the same words as before.

Verse ConceptsCommunicating Three TimesSaying RepeatedlyJesus Praying

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.

Verse ConceptsFatigueHourHanding Over ChristChrist With His DisciplesNear The Time PersonallyTimes Of The ChristTo Be Given Into One's Hands