'These last,' they said, 'have only worked a single hour, and yet you have ranked them equal to us who have borne the brunt of the day's work and the heat!'

Tell me what you think. A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day';

For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark;

It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch.

One day he was teaching, and near him sat Pharisees and doctors of the Law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judaea as well as from Jerusalem. Now the power of the Lord was present for the work of healing.

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

they were eating, drinking, marrying and being married, till the day Noah entered the ark ??then came the deluge and destroyed them all.

Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

The reply of Jesus was, "As my Father has continued working to this hour, so I work too."

Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."

Jesus replied to them, "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom God has sent."

"Well then," they said, "what is the Sign you perform, that we may see it and believe you? What work have you to show?

Jesus replied, "Neither for his own sin nor for his parents' ??it was to let the work of God be illustrated in him.

While daylight lasts, we must be busy with the work of God: night comes, when no one can do any work.

I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do;

So the disciple who was Jesus' favourite said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Hearing it was the Lord, Simon Peter threw on his blouse (he was stripped for work) and jumped into the water,

As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

thence they sailed for Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

I showed you how this was the way to work hard and succour the needy, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'To give is happier than to get.'"

You must not break down God's work for the mere sake of food! Everything may be clean, but it is wrong for a man to prove a stumbling-block by what he eats;

Now in Christ Jesus I can be proud of my work for God.

But now, as I have no further scope for work in these parts, and as for a number of years I have had a longing to visit you

Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who work hard in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis; she has worked very hard in the Lord.

Still, though planter and waterer are on the same level, each will get his own wage for the special work that he has done.

We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.

but in every case the nature of his work will come out; the Day will show what it is, for the Day breaks in fire, and the fire will test the work of each, no matter what that work may be.

if a man's work is burnt up, he will be a loser ??and though he will be saved himself, he will be snatched from the very flames.

we work hard for our living; when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we put up with it;

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the work I have accomplished in the Lord?

What! are we the only ones, myself and Barnabas, who are denied the right of abstaining from work for our living?

But by God's grace I am what I am. The grace he showed me did not go for nothing; no, I have done far more work than all of them ??though it was not I but God's grace at my side.

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

When Timotheus arrives, see that you make him feel quite at home with you; he carries on the work of the Lord as I do.

Well, I want you to put yourselves under people like that, under everyone who sets his hand to the work.

Titus is my colleague, he shares my work for you, and these brothers of mine are apostles of the church, a credit to Christ.

I do not boast beyond my limits in a sphere where other men have done the work; my hope rather is that the growth of your faith will allow me to enlarge the range of my appointed sphere

and preach the gospel in the lands that lie beyond you, instead of boasting within another's province over work that is already done.

No, I intend to go on as I am doing, in order to checkmate those who would fain make out that in the apostolate of which they boast they work on the same terms as I do.

(Fail or succeed, I cannot work against the truth but for it!)

let everyone bring his own work to the test ??then he will have something to boast about on his own account, and not in comparison with his fellows.

Let the thief steal no more; rather let him work and put his hands to an honest task, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

of this I am confident, that he who has begun the good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.

But then, if it is to be life here below, that means fruitful work for me. So ??well, I cannot tell which to choose;

Therefore, my beloved, as you have been obedient always and not simply when I was present, so, now that I am absent, work all the more strenuously at your salvation with reverence and trembling,

Servants, obey your masters here below at every point; do not work simply when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, but serve them with a single heart out of reverence for your Lord and Master.

Whatever be your task, work at it heartily, as servants of the Lord and not of men;

and so does Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only comrades in the work of God's realm, belonging to the circumcised, who have been any comfort to me.

For the appeal we make does not spring from any delusion or from impure motives ??it does not work by cunning;

also, endeavour to live quietly, attend to your own business, and ??as we charged you ??work with your hands,

hold them in special esteem and affection, for the sake of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

For the secret force of lawlessness is at work already; only, it cannot be revealed till he who at present restrains it is removed.

We used to charge you even when we were with you, 'If a man will not work, he shall not eat.'

Now in the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such persons to keep quiet, to do their work and earn their own living.

Watch yourself and watch your teaching; stick to your work; if you do that, you will save your hearers as well as yourself.

The farmer who has done the work must have the first share of the fruit.

If one will only keep clear of the latter, he will be put to noble use, he will be consecrated and useful to the Owner of the House, he will be set apart for good work of all kinds.

to make the man of God proficient and equip him for good work of every kind.

Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for good work of any kind.

Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,

thou hast loved justice and hated lawlessness, therefore God, thy God, has consecrated thee with the oil of rejoicing beyond thy comrades' ??10 and, 'Thou didst found the earth at the beginning, O Lord, and the heavens are the work at thy hands;

(for once a man enters his rest, he rests from work just as God did).

containing the golden altar of incense, and also the ark of the covenant covered all over with gold, which held the golden pot of manna, the rod of Aaron that once blossomed, and the tablets of the covenant;

It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.

Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief ??which would be a loss to yourselves.

who had disobeyed at the time when God's patience held out during the construction of the ark in the days of Noah ??the ark by which only a few souls, eight in all, were brought safely through the water.)

for he who greets him shares in his wicked work.

I know your doings, your hard work and your patient endurance; I know that you cannot bear wicked men, and that you have tested those who style themselves apostles (no apostles they!) and detected them to be liars;

Then the temple of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his temple; there were flashes of lightning, loud blasts, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a hailstorm.