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Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

by this time the vessel was half sea over, violently toss'd with the waves, for the wind was contrary.

Verse ConceptsWindFar From HereThe Sea Stirred Uplakes

But, so that we do not become a hindrance to these [tax collectors], go to the lake and cast in your hook [and line]. Then take the first fish [you catch], open its mouth and you will find a coin [i.e., worth twice the amount of an individual's Temple tax assessment]. Take it and give it [to the tax collectors] for you and me."

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

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of hell as yourselves.

Verse ConceptsLegalismHypocrites, Description OfProfessingAge DiscriminationNot Helping WidowsToo Many WordsHypocritesHypocrisy

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you travel around the sea and the dry [land] to make one convert, and when he becomes [one], you make him twice as much a son of hell [as] you [are]!

Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy

A poor widow came and threw in two small copper coins [Note: These two coins each amounted to about ten minutes' worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about one dollar in 1994]. The total she gave was equivalent to a larger coin [i.e., worth twice as much].

Verse ConceptsCoinageGenerous Giving ExamplesCoinsWidowsActual WidowsMoney For The TempleGiving Money To The ChurchThe poorWorthValue

Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.

Verse ConceptsClothingChanceCrucifixion, Of ChristTortureGamblingChrist Was KilledDividing Plunder

to perform his customary duties as a priest before God, he drew the responsibility [that day] of entering the Temple of the Lord to burn the incense offering. [Note: This was done on a golden Altar in the Temple by a priest twice a day].

Verse ConceptsCustomIncensePriests, Tasks In Nt Times

And he said to them, What are these words that ye toss back to each other, while walking and are looking sad.

Verse ConceptsHealthSadnessUnhappinessWalkingMotionlessnessComing To RestConversationWhat Is The Matter?Other Sad People

So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” They did this to fulfill the Scripture that says: They divided My clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for My clothing. And this is what the soldiers did.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfGamblingChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyOuter GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesScriptures Fulfilled

In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing;

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingTrusting God's PlanDisappointmentAnxiety And StressGod's Plan For Us

for also in Thessalonica once and even twice ye sent to me for my need.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, Human

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRootsAgape LovePlucking OutThe Second DeathLove Exists Between PeopleLove Feast

And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonArmies, GodCavalryA Million And MoreRiding Horses200 Millionarmy

Give back to her as she has given; repay her in accordance with her doings, twice as much; in the bowl that she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathRevenge, Examples OfMixed WineDouble PenaltyLet Evil ReboundGiving Back