Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before. That is the way it will be with this present wicked age."

Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

and he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks and he broke them in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

And they all ate and satisfied their hunger. And the pieces that they left that were picked up filled seven baskets.

Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets full you gathered up?

Then Peter came to him and said, "Master, how many times am I to forgive my brother when he wrongs me? Seven times over?"

Jesus said to him, "Not seven times over, I tell you, but seventy-seven times over!

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first of them married and died, and as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

so did the second, and the third, and the rest of the seven.

"How many loaves have you?" he asked. "Seven," they said.

Then he ordered the people to take their places on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke them in pieces and gave them to his disciples to pass, and they passed them to the people.

And they ate and satisfied their hunger. And the pieces that they left, that were picked up, filled seven baskets.

"When I broke the seven loaves in pieces for the four thousand, how many baskets of pieces did you pick up?" They said to him, "Seven."

There were once seven brothers. And the eldest married a wife and died, leaving no child.

And none of the seven left any child. Finally, the woman died too.

At the resurrection, which one's wife will she be? For all seven of them married her."

Now after he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven evil spirits.

There was also a prophetess there named Hannah, the daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher. She was very old, for after her girlhood she had been married for seven years,

and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and sickness??ary, who was called Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had been driven,

Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before."

And if he wrongs you seven times a day, and seven times turns to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

Now there were seven brothers. And the eldest married a wife and died childless.

and the third, and all the seven married her and died without leaving any child.

Now at the resurrection, which one's wife will the woman be? For all seven of them married her."

That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,

he destroyed seven nations in Canaan, and settled them upon their land for about four hundred and fifty years.

A Jewish high priest named Sceva had seven sons who were doing this.

The next day we left there and went on to Caesarea, where we went to the house of Philip the missionary, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

The seven days were almost over when the Jews from Asia caught sight of him in the Temple, and stirred up all the crowd and seized him,

But what is God's reply? "I have left myself seven thousand men who have never knelt to Baal!"

Faith made the walls of Jericho fall, after they had marched around them each day for seven days.

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood upon the godless world;

John to the seven churches in Asia, blessing and peace to you from him who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

say, "Write what you see in a roll and send it to the seven churches??o Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

I turned to see whose voice it was that was speaking to me, and when I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,

In his right hand he held seven stars; from his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword, and his face shone like the sun at noonday.

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the guardian angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: " 'He who holds the seven stars in his right hand and goes about among the seven gold lampstands speaks thus:

"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: " 'He who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars speaks thus: I know what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but you are dead.

Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven blazing lamps were burning; they are the seven spirits of God.

Then I saw lying in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a roll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.

Then I saw standing in the center of the throne and of the four animals and of the elders a Lamb which seemed to have been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the seven spirits of God, which are sent on errands to all parts of the earth.

In my vision, when the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals, I heard the first of the four animals say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"

Then I saw the seven angels who stood before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

Then the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

and he uttered a great shout like the roar of a lion; and when he shouted, the seven thunders raised their voices.

When the seven thunders had spoken I was going to write it down, but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down!"

At that moment there was a great earthquake, and one tenth of the city was destroyed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were filled with awe, and acknowledged the glory of the God of heaven.

Another portent appeared in the sky??here was a great fire-red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven diadems on his heads.

Then I stood on the sand of the seashore, and I saw an animal come up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, and with ten diadems on its horns, and blasphemous titles on its heads.

Then I saw another great, marvelous portent in heaven. There were seven angels with seven plagues which are to be the last, for they complete the expression of God's wrath.

and the seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the temple. They were clothed in clean, glistening linen and had gold belts around their breasts.

Then one of the four animals gave the seven angels seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever,

and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory and power of God, and no one could go into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were over.

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels, "Go and empty the seven bowls of God's wrath upon the earth!"

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the doom of the great idolatress who is seated on many waters,

So he carried me away in a trance to a desert, and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet animal all covered with blasphemous titles; it had seven heads and ten horns.

but the angel said to me, "Why are you amazed? I will explain to you what the woman and the animal with seven heads and ten horns that carries her symbolize.

Here is a problem for a profound mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated.

They are also seven kings; five have fallen, one is reigning, the other has not yet come, and when he does his stay must be brief.

So must it be with the animal that was, and is no more. It is also an eighth king, although it is one of the seven, and it is to go to destruction.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."