for wherever [you store] your valuables, that is where your heart [i.e., your real concern] will be also.

Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?

So he said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him,

and did eat the shew-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor those that were with him; but for the priests only? or have ye not read in the law,

Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and are guiltless?

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.

And he answered [and] said, "Have you not read that the one who created [them] from the beginning made them male and female

And they said to him, "Do you hear what these [children] are saying?" So Jesus said to them, "Yes, have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing babies you have prepared for yourself praise'?"

Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, "From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?" Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said,

The man who had received the six hundred pounds came up, too, and said 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man; you reap where you have not sown, and gather up where you have not winnowed;

But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].

They put above His head the charge against Him, which read: "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

They were amazed at His teaching for He taught them as one who had [real] authority, and not as the experts in the law of Moses.

And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.

And he was in the rear of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awoke him, and said unto him, Teacher, care you not that we perish?

But shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the bush} how God spoke to him, saying, 'I [am] the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?

And the notice of the charge against Him read, "The king of the Jews."

And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.

Then he began to tell them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read."

All were astonished and awe-struck; and they asked one another, "What sort of language is this? For with authority and real power He gives orders to the foul spirits and they come out."

And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

the ground over-run with thorns denotes such as have embraced the doctrine, but are so immerst in the business, enjoyments, and pleasures of life, as not to improve it to any real advantage.

And he said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read [it]?"

Which one of these three do you think proved himself a real neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

For wherever you store your valuables, that is where your heart [i.e., your real concern] will be also.

Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time?

but he said to them, you pretend to piety before men, which, however they may admire, is an abomination to God, who knows your real temper.

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this home, for he too is a real descendant of Abraham.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'

The master answered 'Out of your own mouth I judge you, you worthless servant. You knew that I am a stern man, that I take what I have not planted, and reap what I have not sown?

The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world.

Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rear it up again."

to this said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart,

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

Jesus answered her, "If you [only] knew the [real] gift of God, and who it is that said to you, '[Please], give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

But a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the real worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality, for the Father is looking for just such worshipers.

For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

I sent you to reap where you bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and you are entred into their labours.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of heaven,

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

This astonished the Jews. "How is it that this man can read?" they said, "when he has never gone to school?"

placed after 5:47] The Jews were amazed, saying, "How can this uneducated fellow manage to read?"

So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

So, they said to Him, "Who are you?" Jesus answered, "Why am I even speaking to you at all? [Note: The Greek words of this difficult passage are not real clear]

You are practicing what your real father does." They said to Him, "We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, even God."

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

"Were I to glorify myself," answered Jesus, "I should have no real glory. There is One who glorifies me--namely my Father, who you say is your God.

(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)

and I am glad for your sake that I was not there so that you may come to have real faith in me. But let us go to him."

Then Mary, taking a pound of expensive perfume, real nard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair, till the house was filled with the scent of the perfume.

Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

Whoever continues to hold and keep my commands is the one who really loves me, and whoever really loves me will be loved by my Father; yes, I will love him myself and will make myself real to him."

Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to Him, "Why is it, Lord, that you are going to make yourself real to us and not to the world?"

"I am the real vine, and my Father is the cultivator.

By your continuously bearing abundant fruit and in this way proving yourselves to be real disciples of mine, my Father is glorified.

are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser;

And, this, is the age-abiding life, That they get to know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ.

"I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was nigh to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman.

and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified and praised God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance that leads to eternal life [that is, real life after earthly death].”

So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what took place through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

And after the law and the prophets were read, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them saying, "Ye men and brethren, if ye have any sermon to exhort the people, say on."

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

fulfilled the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath; and having found no cause of death, asked Pilate that he should be executed;

For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”

When they read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us by continuing to say, "If you have made up your mind that I am a real believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she continued to insist that we do so.

And now you have seen and heard, not only here in Ephesus, but throughout almost all of [the province of] Asia, that this Paul has been convincing people, [even] to the point of turning many away [from idol worship]. [He is] saying that hand-made gods [like we make] are not real [gods at all].

And not only is there a [real] danger that our trade will be discredited but also that the temple of our great goddess Artemis will be considered worthless and that even she [herself] will be dethroned from her magnificent place of being adored by all [in the province of] Asia and the world."

For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”

for the whole mass of the people pressed on in the rear, shouting, "Away with him!"

The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

And, when he had read it, and asked out of what province he was, and learned that he was from Cilicia,

For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

"I am standing before Caesar's tribunal," replied Paul, "where alone I ought to be tried. The Jews have no real ground of complaint against me, as in fact you yourself are beginning to see more clearly.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

For merely hearing the law read does not make men upright with God, but men who practice the law will be recognized as upright.

and can understand his will, and from hearing the Law read can tell what is right,

a schoolmaster for the dull and ignorant, a teacher of the young, because in the Law you possess an outline of real knowledge and an outline of the truth:

For the real Jew is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, and real circumcision is not outward physical circumcision.

The real Jew is the man who is a Jew on the inside, and real circumcision is heart-circumcision, a spiritual, not a literal, affair. This man's praise originates, not with men, but with God.

For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become conscious of sin [and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin].

For if by one man's offense death reigned through that one, to a much greater degree will those who continue to receive the overflow of His unmerited favor and His gift of right standing with Himself, reign in real life through One, Jesus Christ.

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

but now being set free from sin, and actually in the service of God, the present advantage you reap is holiness, and the future everlasting life.

But a hope that is seen is not real hope, for who hopes for what he actually sees? But if we hope for something we do not see, we keep on patiently waiting for it.