And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.

For you will be judged by the standard you judge by, and men will pay you back with the same measure you have used with them.

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

Another figure which he used with them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and buried in a bushel of flour until it had all risen."

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God,"

When his disciples saw it, they said indignantly, "What was the use of wasting it like that?

He told his disciples to have a boat always ready for his use, to prevent his being crushed by the crowd.

When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.

"How can we find any comparison," he said, "for the reign of God, or what figure can we use to describe it?

But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God,

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."

So when evening came, he and his disciples used to go out of the city.

But there were some who said indignantly to themselves, "What was the use of wasting the perfume like that?

Now at festival time he used to set free for them one prisoner, whom they petitioned for.

who used to accompany him and wait on him when he was in Galilee??esides many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him.

And they were all amazed. Then his voice and the use of his tongue were immediately restored, and he blessed God aloud.

His parents used to go to Jerusalem every year at the Passover Festival.

He used this figure also in speaking to them: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and sews it on an old one, or if he does, he will both tear the new one and the piece from the new one will not match the old one.

Give, and they will give to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will pour into your lap. For the measure you use with others they in turn will use with you."

And he used a figure saying, "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into a hole?

The seventy-two came back delighted, and said, "Master, when we use your name the very demons submit to us!"

He used this figure: "A man had a fig tree growing in his garden, and he went to look for fruit on it, and could not find any.

So in speaking to them he used this figure:

"There was once a rich man, who used to dress in purple and fine linen, and to live in luxury every day.

To some who were confident of their own uprightness, and thought nothing of others, he used this illustration:

Those who were about him saw what was coming and said, "Master, shall we use our swords?"

In these there used to lie a great number of people who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.

This was why the Jews used to persecute Jesus, because he did things like this on the Sabbath.

The Spirit is what gives life; flesh is of no use at all. The things that I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

Then his neighbors and people who had formerly seen him begging, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

This was the figure Jesus used in speaking to them, but they did not understand what he meant by it.

He went across the Jordan again to the place where John used to baptize at first, and there he stayed.

But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

I tell you, when you were young, you used to put on your own girdle and go where you pleased, but when you grow old, you will stretch our your hands and someone else will put a girdle on you and take you where you have no wish to go"

when a man who had been lame from his birth was carried by. He used to be placed every day at what was known as the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, to beg from the people on their way into the Temple,

and recognized him as the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were perfectly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.

So they instigated people to say, "We have heard him use abusive language about Moses and about God."

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

In the streets of Lystra a man used to sit who had not the use of his feet. He had been lame from his birth, and had never been able to walk.

For all Athenians and all visitors there from abroad used to spend all their time telling or listening to something new.

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, skilful in the use of the Scriptures.

that people took to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons he had used, and they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

Some Jews who went from place to place casting out demons tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in the cases of people who had evil spirits in them, saying, "I command you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

And I said, 'Lord, they know that I used to go through one synagogue after another, and to imprison and flog those who believed in you,

At the same time he hoped to get money from Paul, and for that reason he used to send for him very often and talk with him.

After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and as they were afraid of being cast on the Syrtis banks, they lowered the sail, and let the ship drift.

What advantage is there then in being a Jew, and what is the use of circumcision?

Their throats are like open graves, They use their tongues to deceive; The venom of asps is behind their lips,

I use these familiar human terms because of the limitations of your nature. For just as you before gave up the parts of your bodies in slavery to vice and greater and greater license, you must now give them up in slavery to uprightness, which leads to consecration.

Has not the potter with his clay the right to make from the same lump one thing for exalted uses and another for menial ones?

And whether one uses gold or silver or costly stone in building on the foundation, or wood or hay or straw,

Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

and drank the same supernatural drink??for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which attended them, and the rock was really Christ??5 still most of them disappointed God, for they were struck down in the desert.

not like Moses, who used to wear a veil over his face, to keep the Israelites from gazing at the fading of the splendor from it.

I am not trying to recommend myself to you again. I am giving you cause to be proud of me, to use in answering men who pride themselves on external advantages and not on sincerity of heart.

for the weapons I use are not earthly ones, but divinely strong for destroying fortresses.

That is why I write this while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority the Lord has given me, for it was to build you up, not to pull you down.

You have heard of my former conduct when I was attached to the Jewish religion??ow furiously I used to persecute the church of God and ravage it,

For until some people came from James, he used to eat with the heathen, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof, for fear of the party of circumcision.

I wish I could be with you now, and use a different tone with you, for I do not know which way to turn about you.

Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people

"You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"??22 referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations.

Use wisdom in dealing with outsiders, making the most of your opportunities.

We never used flattery, as you know, or found pretexts for making money, as God is our witness.

You know how, like a father with his children, we used to urge, encourage, and implore you

the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God??5 do you not remember that when I was with you, I used to tell you this?

They would like to be teachers of law although they do not understand the words they use or the matters they insist upon.

I agree that the Law is excellent??rovided it is legitimately used,

though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief,

for then it is consecrated by prayer and the Scripture used in it.

Yet God's solid foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who uses the name of the Lord must give up evil."

In any large house there are not only gold and silver dishes but also wooden and earthen ones, some for great occasions and some for ordinary use.

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be put to great uses, consecrated and used by the master of the house himself, and ready for any good use.

Ground that drinks in frequent showers and produces vegetation that is of use to those for whom it is cultivated receives God's blessing.

With these arrangements for worship, the priests used constantly to go into the outer part of the tent, in the performance of their rites,

So even the old agreement could not be ratified without the use of blood.

The tent too and all the appliances used in the priestly service he sprinkled with blood in the same way.

Like obedient children, do not adapt yourselves to the cravings you used to follow when you were ignorant,

Whatever the endowment God has given you, use it in service to one another, like good dispensers of God's varied mercy.

They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error;

But these people deride anything they do not understand, and the things they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, they use for their own destruction.

And another angel came out of the temple and cried in a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, "Use your sickle and reap. The time has come to reap, for the earth's harvest is ripe."

And another angel came forth from the altar, who presided over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, for the grapes on it are ripe."