In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.

As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

You serpents! you brood of vipers! how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?

but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down."

But while he was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.

So he told his disciples to have a small boat ready; it was to prevent him being crushed by the crowd,

but the worries of the world and the delight of being rich and all the other passions come in to choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage on the Bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down."

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, Philip his brother tetrarch of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysias tetrarch of Abilene,

Just as he was near the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out; he was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town were with her.

During the voyage he fell asleep. But when a gale of wind came down on the lake and they were being swamped and in peril,

And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom;

On being asked by the Pharisees when the Reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The Reign of God is not coming as you hope to catch sight of it;

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

"As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

through him all existence came into being, no existence came into being apart from him.

On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name,

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it ??50 you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated;

I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled.

When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world:

Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;

Jesus replied, "My realm does not belong to this world; if my realm did belong to this world, my men would have fought to prevent me being handed over to the Jews. No, my realm lies elsewhere."

For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

if we are being cross-examined to-day upon a benefit rendered to a cripple, upon how this man got better,

(the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed, being more than forty years old).

On being released they went to their friends and related what the high priests and elders had said;

During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

But he did not give him any inheritance in it, not even a foot of the land. All be did was to promise that he would give it as a possession to him and to his offspring after him (he at the time being childless).

He saw one of them being badly treated, so he defended him, struck down the Egyptian, and thus avenged the man who had been wronged.

As they travelled on, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water! What is to prevent me being baptized?"

Indeed there is a danger of our being charged with riot over to-day's meeting; there is not a single reason we can give for this disorderly gathering."

Just as he was being taken into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, "May I say a word to you?" "You know Greek!" said the commander.

and that I stood and approved when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, taking charge of the clothes of his murderers!'

This man had been seized by the Jews and was on the point of being murdered by them, when I came on them with the troops and rescued him, as I had ascertained that he was a Roman citizen.

"I consider myself fortunate, king Agrippa, in being able to defend myself to-day before you against all that the Jews charge me with;

once it was hoisted aboard, they used ropes to undergird the ship, and in fear of being stranded on the Syrtis they lowered the sail and lay to.

As we were being terribly battered by the storm, they had to jettison the cargo next day,

for many days neither sun nor stars could be seen, the storm raged heavily, and at last we had to give up all hope of being saved.

Then, afraid of being stranded on the rocks, they let go four anchors from the stern and longed for daylight.

For whatever is to be known of God is plain to them; God himself has made it plain ??20 for ever since the world was created, his invisible nature, his everlasting power and divine being, have been quite perceptible in what he has made. So they have no excuse.

Well now, are we Jews in a better position? Not at all. I have already charged all, Jews as well as Greeks, with being under sin ??10 as it is written, None is righteous, no, not one;

(as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations). Such a faith implies the presence of the God in whom he believed, a God who makes the dead live and calls into being what does not exist.

That being so, it is not I who do the deed but sin that dwells within me.

the hope being that creation as well as man would one day be freed from its thraldom to decay and gain the glorious freedom of the children of God.

(Because, as it is written, For thy sake we are being killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.)

they are not all children of Abraham because they are descended from Abraham. No, it is through Isaac that your offspring shall be reckoned ??8 meaning that instead of God's children being the children born to him by natural descent, it is the children of the Promise who are reckoned as his true offspring.

in the hope of being able to make my fellow-Jews jealous and of managing thus to save some of them.

Granted. They were broken off ??for their lack of faith. And you owe your position to your faith. You should feel awed instead of being uplifted.

To prevent you from being self-conceited, brothers, I would like you to understand this secret: it is only a partial insensibility that has come over Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in.

Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

Keep in harmony with one another; instead of being ambitious, associate with humble folk; never be self-conceited.

Magistrates are no terror to an honest man, though they are to a bad man. If you want to avoid being alarmed at the government-authorities, lead an honest life and you will be commended for it;

If your brother is being injured because you eat a certain food, then you are no longer living by the rule of love. Do not let that food of yours ruin the man for whom Christ died.

by the force of miracles and marvels, by the power of the Spirit of God. Thus from Jerusalem right round to Illyricum, I have been able to complete the preaching of the gospel of Christ ??20 my ambition always being to preach it only in places where there had been no mention of Christ's name, that I might not build on foundations laid by others,

This is the God to whom you owe your being in Christ Jesus, whom God has made our 'Wisdom,' that is, our righteousness and consecration and redemption;

What human being can understand the thoughts of a man, except the man's own inner spirit? So too no one understands the thoughts of God, except the Spirit of God.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated in the person of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated in the person of the Christian brother she has married; otherwise, of course, your children would be unholy instead of being consecrated to God.

But the man of firm purpose who has made up his mind, who, instead of being forced against his will, has determined to himself to keep his maid a spiritual bride ??that man will be doing the right thing.

Inanimate instruments, such as the flute or the harp, may give a sound, but if no intervals occur in their music, how can one make out the air that is being played either on flute or on harp?

Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';

I live for God as the fragrance of Christ breathed alike on those who are being saved and on those who are perishing,

Such being my hope then, I am quite frank and open ??13 not like Moses, who used to hang a veil over his face to keep the children of Israel from gazing at the last rays of a fading glory.

But we all mirror the glory of the Lord with face unveiled, and so we are being transformed into the same likeness as himself, passing from one glory to another ??for this comes of the Lord the Spirit.

persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed ??10 wherever I go, I am being killed in the body as Jesus was, so that the life of Jesus may come out in my body:

every day of my life I am being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may come out within my mortal flesh.

In fact, if I did pain you by that letter, I do not regret it. I did regret it when I discovered that my letter had pained you even for the time being,

I aim at being above reproach not only from God but also from men.

So let them have proof of how you can love, and of my reasons for being proud of you; it will be a proof read by the churches.

even when I ran short, during my stay with you, I was no encumbrance to anybody, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my wants. Thus I kept myself, as I intend to keep myself, from being a burden to you in any way.

My wealth of visions might have puffed me up, so I was given a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to rack me and keep me from being puffed up;

and when he chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might preach him to the Gentiles, instead of consulting with any human being,

I am 'still preaching circumcision myself,' am I? Then, brothers, why am I still being persecuted? And so the stumbling-block of the cross has lost its force, forsooth!

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

to make us redound to the praise of his glory by being the first to put our hope in Christ.

and my imprisonment has given the majority of the brotherhood greater confidence in the Lord to venture on speaking the word of God without being afraid.

What does it matter? Anyhow, for ulterior ends or honestly, Christ is being proclaimed, and I rejoice over that; yes and I will rejoice over it.

The outcome of all this, I know, will be my release, as you continue to pray for me, and as I am provided with the Spirit of Jesus Christ ??20 my eager desire and hope being that I may never feel ashamed but that now as ever I may do honour to Christ in my own person by fearless courage. Whether that means life or death, no matter!

I say this to prevent you from being deluded by plausible arguments from anybody;

"Hands off this!" "Taste not that!" "Touch not this!" ??22 referring to things that perish by being used? These rules are determined by human precepts and tenets;

to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

As regards the course and periods of time, brothers, you have no need of being written to.

men who will pay the penalty of being destroyed eternally from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Well, you can recall now what it is that restrains him from being revealed before his appointed time.

So lay down the following rules, to prevent any reproach being incurred.

[Give up being a total abstainer; take a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent attacks of illness.]

men who are above reproach, only once married, with children who believe and who are not liable to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.

Well then, as the promise of entrance into his Rest is still left to us, let us be afraid of anyone being judged to have missed it.

and by being thus perfected he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

being designated by God high priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

whereas, if it produces thorns and thistles, it is reprobate and on the verge of being cursed ??its fate is to be burned.

so that instead of being slack you may imitate those who inherit the promises by their stedfast faith.

For the Law appoints human beings in their weakness to the priesthood; but the word of the Oath appoints a Son who is made perfect for ever.

so Christ, after being once sacrificed to bear the sins of many, will appear again, not to deal with sin but for the saving of those who look out for him.

partly by being held up yourselves to obloquy and anguish, partly by making common cause with those who fared in this way;

It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.

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.