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During the passage He fell asleep, and there came down a squall of wind on the Lake, so that the boat began to fill and they were in deadly peril.

Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsSwamped

"Return home," He said, "and tell there all that God has done for you." So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of Godevangelists, identity ofTestify On God's BehalfFervourZealousness, Examples OfChrist's WorkTelling Of JesusFamily And FriendsGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

"Some one has touched me," Jesus replied, "for I feel that power has gone out from me."

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfPower, God's SavingTouching For Healingenergy

Then the woman, perceiving that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and throwing herself down at His feet she stated before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured.

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingTouching For HealingBowing Before MessiahHow Healing CamePeople Made KnownTelling What People DidWhy People Did Things

Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from it start afresh.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfMotionlessnessStaying PutEntering Houses

Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on; and he was bewildered because of its being said by some that John had come back to life,

Verse ConceptsTetrarchHearing About ChristPuzzlementRulers Of A Fourth

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.

Verse ConceptsJesus The Prophet

Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, "Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district."

Verse ConceptsChrist Driving Out PeopleSeeking FoodTwelve DisciplesStaying TemporarilyTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

"John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life."

Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels.

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeAngels as agents of judgmentRejection Of God, Results OfBeing AshamedGod's Glory In Jesus ChristReceiving God's WordChrist And ShamingInteraction Of Father And SonMaranatha

I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God."

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfProphecies Said By JesusTasteNot DyingDeath AvertedLooking At God's Works

It was about eight days after this that Jesus, taking with Him Peter, John, and James, went up the mountain to pray.

Verse ConceptsEight DaysChrist Going With People

And when they were preparing to depart from Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleBoothsThree Other ThingsBeware Of Your SpeechGood ActivityIgnorant Of Facts

After this voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They kept it to themselves, and said not a word to any one at that time about what they had seen.

Verse ConceptsSilenceIsolated PersonsChrist Concealing Things

And all were awe-struck at the mighty power of God. And while every one was expressing wonder at all that He was doing, He said to his disciples,

Verse ConceptsAmazingGod, Majesty OfAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesGreatness Of DisciplesChrist Speaking To DisciplesPassiongreatness

But they did not understand His meaning: it was veiled from them that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Verse ConceptsDullnessNot Asking OthersFear Of ChristNot Understanding SayingsGod's Things Concealed

And Jesus, knowing the reasoning that was in their hearts, took a young child and made him stand by His side

Verse ConceptsThoughtChrist Knowing About PeopleDealing With Young PeopleSide Of People

Remember that I am sending you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.

Verse ConceptsLambsWolvesChrist Sending

"'The very dust of your town that hangs about us we wipe off as a protest. Only be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is close at hand.'

Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning PeopleGod's Blessings Are NearKnowing About God's Kingdom

"I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingJudgement Day

For I tell you that many Prophets and kings have desired to see the things you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things you hear, and have not heard them."

Verse ConceptsNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNature Of KingsUnhearing

"A right answer," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."

Verse ConceptsWorks Of The Law

Now a priest happened to be going down that way, and on seeing him passed by on the other side.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByHeartlessnessluckpriestsstories

Martha meanwhile was busy and distracted in waiting at table, and she came and said, "Master, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do all the waiting? Tell her to assist me."

Verse ConceptsBusynessCriticism, against believersImpatienceDiscourtesyActing AloneServing ChristComplaintsServingSiblingsWorryingServing GodDoing The Right ThingServing The Churchluckdistractionscookinghelping

"I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself, how shall his kingdom stand?--because you say that I expel demons by the power of Baal-zebul.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsPrejudiceSatan, Kingdom OfCasting Out Demons

And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsPeople Casting Out DemonsCasting Out Demons

but as soon as another stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away that complete armour of his in which he trusted, and distributes the plunder he has collected.

Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more malignant than itself, and they enter and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first.

Verse ConceptsBeing Firstevil, origins ofEvil SpiritsDeteriorationSatanic InvasionSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringThose DemonisedWorseCasting Out Demons

As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersCrowdsWombbreasts

Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, "The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.

Verse ConceptsSeeking SignsUnbelief, As Response To GodJesus Christ, Temptation OfCrowds SeekingCrowds Around JesusSeeking For Abstract ThingsNo SignsBeginning To Teach

"When any one lights a lamp, he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryCellarsDisclosuresLight Of Lamps

Now the Pharisee saw to his surprise that He did not wash His hands before breakfasting.

Verse ConceptsJudaismMarvellingCharacteristics Of PhariseesAblutionsurprisesJesus Eating

It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinProphets Killed

so that the blood of all the Prophets, that is being shed from the creation of the world onwards, may be required from the present generation.

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingReckoningFrom The BeginningResponsibility

Yes, I tell you that, from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the House, it shall all be required from the present generation.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainMartyrdom Of The SaintsNamed Prophets Of The LordMartyrdom

Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsAn Innumerable Numberevil, warnings againstPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristPopularityPretenceWarningPopularity Of ChristDealing With Many PeopleTrampling PeopleLeavenedBeginning To TeachDisadvantages Of CrowdsCharacteristics Of PhariseesChrist Speaking To DisciplesShowing HypocrisyHypocrisy

There is nothing that is covered up which will not be uncovered, nor hidden which will not become known.

Verse ConceptsVeilsExposure Of SinAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsDisclosuresphotography

Observe the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these.

Verse ConceptsNaturePlantsSolomon, Character OfSpinning And WeavingFine ClothesPlants Growing UpNot ToilingGrowingRosesBeauty And Self Worth

But if God so clothes the vegetation in the fields, that blooms to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more certainly will He clothe you, you men of feeble faith!

Verse ConceptsTransient WorldGod Clothing PeopleFurnacesNot Believing In Jesustomorrow

For though the nations of the world pursue these things, as for you, your Father knows that you need them.

Verse ConceptsGod's CareCarePagansSeeking For Concrete ThingsWhat Foreigners Are LikeWorrying

Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them.

Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck

And whether it be in the second watch or in the third that He comes and finds them so, blessed are they.

Verse ConceptsNight

Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Verse ConceptsWhen?The Lord As A Thiefthieves

Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing.

Verse ConceptsWorks Of Faith

I tell you truly that He will put him in authority over all His possessions.

Verse ConceptsEntrustingChrist Telling The Truthpossessions

But if that servant should say in his heart, 'My Master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat the menservants and the maids, and to eat and drink, drinking even to excess;

Verse ConceptsGluttonydrinking, abstention fromSoliloquyEating And Drinkingdrunkards

that servant's Master will come on a day when he is not expecting Him and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and make him share the lot of the unfaithful.

Verse ConceptsUnbelieversUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfPeople Cut In PiecesNot Believing The GospelLack Of ExpectationThe Time Unknown

And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.

Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionKnowing God's WillKnowing FactsStrictnessDoing The Right ThingservanthoodNot Serving God

"I came to throw fire upon the earth, and what is my desire? Oh that it were even now kindled!

Verse ConceptsInward FireThe Universe DestroyedFire Of Christdivision

Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.

Verse ConceptsPublic OpinionSchismsDivisions Of OpinionThinking ArightNo PeaceFamily UnityFamily Conflictdivision

For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsImprisonmentsJudgesOfficersReconciliation, Between BelieversLitigationHanding Over PeopleStress And Hard TimesReconciliationPurgatoryeffortjail

Just at that time people came to tell Him about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesAnti semitismDesecration

"Do you suppose," He asked in reply, "that those Galilaeans were worse sinners than the mass of the Galilaeans, because this happened to them?

Verse ConceptsThinking Aright

If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesBearing FruitOlive Treescutting

Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."

Verse ConceptsDays, Natural UsePharisees, Beliefs OfLegalismSix DaysAngry With ChristDoing One's WorkJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

"But He will reply, "'I tell you that you are no friends of mine. Begone from me, all of you, wrongdoers that you are.'

Verse ConceptsEvildoersChrist Driving Out PeopleNot Knowing PeopleGod Judges The WickedWhere From?

And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last."

Verse ConceptsFirst OnesLast Onesimportance

Just at that time there came some Pharisees who warned Him, saying, "Leave this place and continue your journey; Herod means to kill you."

Verse ConceptsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristAmbivalenceChrist Would Be KilledPharisees Concerned About Christpharisees

"Go," He replied, "and take this message to that fox: "'See, to-day and to-morrow I am driving out demons and effecting cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'

Verse ConceptsGoalsFigures Of Speechdriving outFoxesDemons, Exorcism OfLeaders, PoliticalThe Third Day Of The WeekJesus Casting Out DemonsTodayJesus HealingCasting Out Demonstomorrow

"Yet I must continue my journey to-day and to-morrow and the day following; for it is not conceivable that a Prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledTodayhumortomorrow

See, your house is left to you. But I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Verse ConceptsThe Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfTablesGuest Roomsmarketing

On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.

Verse ConceptsPresumptionSeatsMoving UpwardsReclining To EatBe Humble!Guest RoomsBeing HumbleMoving OnMoving To A New PlaceWaiting Till Marriageovereating

"'Go out,' replied the master, 'to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

Verse ConceptsFullness Of The KingdomUsing RoadsOutward CompulsionAmbassadors For ChristHighways

For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my dinner.'"

Verse ConceptsGuestsTasteReprobates

The younger of them said to his father, "'Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he divided his wealth between them.

Verse ConceptsPropertyDadsdivision

At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.

Verse ConceptsNeedPoverty, Causes OfSpiritual DestitutionMoral BankruptcyBeing UnsatisfiedShortagesBecoming PoorA Fool And His Money Shall Part

So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;

Verse ConceptsSwineFeeding AnimalsPigs

but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'

Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfProstitutionWantonnessFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle

"'You my dear son,' said the father, 'are always with me, and all that is mine is also yours.

Verse ConceptsSonsLiving TogetherSharing Material Things

He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.

Verse ConceptsRich, TheThriftWasteChrist Speaking To DisciplesWealthy PeoplePropertyA Fool And His Money Shall PartMoney Managementpossessionsaccusationsaccounting

I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'

Verse ConceptsWelcoming Other PeopleDeposingLosing A FriendLosing FriendsMoney Managementwelcome

If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?

Verse ConceptsWealthEntrustingRight Use Of WealthTreasure In HeavenFinancesMoney Management

And if you have not been faithful in dealing with that which is not your own, who will give you that which is your own?

Verse ConceptsFraudPossessingServants, BadFaithfulnessPropertyTreating OthersTrusting OthersMoney Managementpossessions

The Law and the Prophets continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofJohn The BaptistKingdom Of God, Coming OfKingship, DivineLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToPursuing ViolenceChrist PreachingThe Law ProclaimedWritten In The Prophetsthe Law of mosespreachingprophets

"'Remember, my child,' said Abraham, 'that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.

Verse ConceptsLimitednessRiches, Ungodly Use OfDeath Of The Saints, Results InPainful MemoriesReversalsGiving Good ThingsBad SituationsGod Has ComfortedOvercoming Adversity

And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGehennaProbation PeriodGapsUnable To Do Other ThingsOccupants Of HellPurgatorybridges