Then it says, 'I will go back to my house which I left,' and it finds it unoccupied, swept, and ready for use.

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Everything I have that might be used for helping you, is devoted to God,"

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

At that time Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? Day after day I used to sit teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me.

Now John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he used to live on dried locusts and wild honey.

but you say if a man tells his father or mother, 'Everything I have that may be of use to you is Corban,' that is, consecrated to God,

Jesus said, "Do not try to stop him, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty deed, and then be able soon to abuse me.

So when evening came, He and His disciples used to go out of the city.

Day after day I used to be with you teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me. But this is so to fulfill the Scriptures."

who used to accompany Him when He was in Galilee, besides several other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.

Then the use of his voice and tongue was at once restored,: and he began to speak, and continued to praise God.

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Burst into joy on that day and leap for ecstasy, for your reward will be rich in heaven; for this is the way your forefathers used to treat the prophets.

A curse on you when everyone speaks well of you, for this is the way their forefathers used to treat the false prophets.

Practice forgiving others, and you will be forgiven. Practice giving to others, and they will give to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, people will pour into your lap. For the measure you use with others they in turn will use with you."

Then John answered, "Master, we saw a man driving out demons by the use of your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not belong to our followers."

And it goes and finds it unoccupied, swept, and ready for use.

So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in dazzling luxury every day.

and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores.

So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.

Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?"

But all His acquaintances, and the women who used to follow Him from Galilee in a group, were standing at a distance looking on.

and in these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people, blind, crippled, paralyzed.

Now his neighbors and those who saw that he was formerly blind, kept saying, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

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

So that disciple whom Jesus used to love tenderly said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he belted on his fisherman's coat, for he had taken it off, and plunged into the sea.

I most solemnly say to you, when you were young, you used to put on your own belt and go where you pleased, but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will put a belt on you and you will go where you do not please to go."

when a man crippled from his birth was being carried by, who used to be laid every day at what was called The Beautiful Gate of the temple, to beg from people on their way into the temple.

and recognized him as the very man who used to sit at The Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg, they were completely astounded and bewildered at what occurred to him.

Many signs and wonders were continuously performed by the apostles among the people. And by common consent they all used to meet in Solomon's portico.

"No one can refuse the use of water, can he, for these to be baptized, since they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did ourselves?"

Now in the streets of Lystra a man used to sit who had no strength in his feet, who had been crippled from his birth, and had never walked.

(Now all the Athenians and foreign visitors in Athens used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to the latest new thing out.)

Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria, a learned man, and skillful in the use of the Scriptures.

as an instrument that the people carried off to the sick, towels or aprons used by him, and at their touch they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

But some wandering Jews who claimed to be driving out the evil spirits tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus on those who had evil spirits in them, saying, "I command you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

So I said, 'Lord, they know for themselves that from one synagogue to another I used to imprison and flog those who believed in you,

I had them punished and tried to force them to use abusive language; in my extreme fury against them I continued to pursue them even into distant towns.

After hoisting it on board, they used ropes to brace the ship, and since they were afraid of being stranded on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the sail and let her drift.

And these are just the characters some of you used to be. But now you have washed yourselves clean, you have been consecrated, you are now in right standing with God, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God.

If others share this right with you, have we not a stronger claim? Yet, we have never used this right; no, we keep on bearing everything, to keep from hindering the progress of the good news of Christ.

But I myself have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this just to make it so in my case, for I had rather die than do that. No one shall rob me of this ground of boasting.

Then what is the pay that I am getting? To be able to preach the good news without expense to anybody, and so never to make full use of my rights in preaching the good news.

not as Moses did, who used to wear a veil over his face, to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was passing away.

for the weapons used in my warfare are not mere human ones, but through my God are mighty for demolishing fortresses.

Brothers, I am going to use a human illustration: Even a human contract, once it has been ratified, no one can annul or change.

The man who used to steal must now stop stealing; rather, he must keep on working and toiling with his own hands at some honest vocation, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

You too used to practice these sins, when you used to live that sort of life.

for you know how, as a father deals with his children, we used to encourage you, cheer you on, and charge each of you

Do you not remember that while I was with you I used to tell you this?

They want to be teachers of the law, although they do not understand the words they use or the things about which they make such confident assertions.

Indeed, I know that the law is an excellent thing, if a man makes a lawful use of it;

though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult Him. But mercy was shown me by Him, because I did it in ignorance and unbelief,

In any great house there are not only gold and silver articles but also wooden utensils, some for honorable uses and some for lowly uses.

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be an instrument for honorable uses, consecrated, useful for the Master, and ready for any good service.

For everyone who uses milk alone is inexperienced in the message of right-doing; he is only an infant.

But solid food belongs to full-grown men who on account of constant use have their faculties trained to distinguish good and evil.

So not even the first covenant was ratified without the use of blood.

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we used to treat them with respect; how much more cheerfully should we submit to the Father of our spirits, and live!

As obedient children, stop molding your character by the evil desires you used to cherish when you did not know any better,

For this is the way the pious women of olden times, who set their hope on God, used to adorn themselves.