But her husband, Joseph, because he was an upright man and did not want to disgrace her, decided to break the engagement by secretly divorcing her.

From that time Jesus continued to preach and say, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near."

"Stop storing up your riches on earth where moths and rust make away with them, and where thieves break in and steal them.

But keep on storing up your riches in heaven where moths and rust do not make away with them and where thieves do not break in and steal them.

And as you go continue to preach, 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'

When Jesus had closed this charge to His disciples, He left there to teach and preach in their towns.

Or, did you never read in the law that the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and yet are not guilty?

A broken reed He will not break off; a flickering wick He will not put out, until He brings His judgment to victory.

After ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them; then He broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to the disciples, and they gave them to the people.

"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our forefathers? For they do not practice washing their hands when they take their meals."

But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you?

and He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks; then He broke them in pieces, and kept giving the pieces to the disciples, and they to the crowds.

So everything they tell you, do and practice, but stop doing what they do, for they preach but do not practice.

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

But they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for a riot may break out among the people."

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

As soon as day broke, all the high priests and elders held a consultation against Jesus, to put Him to death.

So Pilate, since he saw that he was making no headway with them, but that a riot was about to break out instead, took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

So off they hurried from the tomb, frightened and yet in ecstasy, and ran to break the news to His disciples.

And He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the neighboring towns, to preach in them, too, for that is why I came out here."

No one puts new wine into old wine-bottles, or, if he does, the wine will break the bottles, and the wine is lost, and the bottles too. New wine is to be put up in new bottles."

And He appointed the Twelve, to whom He gave the title, apostles, to be with Him, to send them forth to preach,

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed the loaves and broke them in pieces and gave the pieces to the disciples to pass on to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

So He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then 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.

Do you not remember how many basketfuls of pieces you picked up when I broke the five loaves in pieces for the five thousand?" They said to Him, "Twelve."

"And how many hamper-basketfuls of pieces when I broke the seven loaves in pieces for the four thousand?" They said to Him, "Seven."

While He was in Bethany, He was a guest in the home of Simon the leper, and as He was sitting at table, a woman came in with an alabaster bottle of pure nard perfume, very costly; she broke the bottle and poured the perfume on His head.

While they were eating, He took a loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and gave it to them, saying, "Take this; it is my body."

Then He said to them, "You must go all over the world and preach the good news to all the creation.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for He has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to captives and recovery of sight to the blind; to send the downtrodden away in liberty and

As day broke He left the house and went to a lonely spot, and the crowds continued to look for Him; they overtook Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

But He said to them, "To other towns also I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God, for that is what I was sent to do."

So He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

They did so and caught so vast a shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

and then He sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to cure the sick.

Then He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and He broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass on to the people.

Then He took a loaf, gave thanks, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, and said, "This is my body which is to be given for you. Do this as a memorial to me."

And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

Then they themselves began to tell what had occurred on the road, and how He was recognized by them when He broke the loaf in pieces.

So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with Him.

But when they came to Jesus, as they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs,

(This man bought a piece of land with the money which he took for his treachery, and he fell there face downward and his body broke in two, and all his intestines poured out.

So they obeyed, and about the break of day they went into the temple square and began to teach. The high priest and his party arrived and called a meeting of the council and the whole senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have the men brought in.

Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.

So Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Christ to the Samaritans.

and at once he began to preach in their synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.

When they reached Salamis, they began to preach God's message in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their assistant.

Then Paul and his party set sail from Paphos and crossed over to Perga in Pamphylia. Here John quit them and returned to Jerusalem,

but they went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they went to the synagogue and took seats.

and after telling their message in Perga, they went on to Attalia,

When day broke, the chiefs of the police court sent policemen with the message to let the men go.

Every sabbath it was Paul's habit to preach in the synagogue and to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

On the first day of the week when we had met to break bread, Paul addressed them, since he was leaving the next day, and prolonged his speech till midnight.

So he went back upstairs, and broke the bread and ate with them, and after talking with them extendedly, even till daylight, he left them.

Because I know that after I have gone violent wolves will break in among you and will not spare the flock.

but I began to preach first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem, and all over Judea, and then to the heathen, to repent and turn to God, and to live lives consistent with such repentance.

Until day was about to break Paul kept begging them all to take something to eat. He said, "For fourteen days today you have been constantly waiting and going without food, not even taking a bite.

After saying this he took some bread and thanked God for it before them all; then he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.

When day broke, they could not recognize the land, but they spied a bay that had a beach, and determined, if possible, to run the ship ashore.

But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves.

yes, he continued to preach to them the kingdom of God, and to teach them about the Lord Jesus Christ, and that with perfect, unfettered freedom of speech.

Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to preach God's good news,

So, as far as I can, I am eager to preach the good news to you at Rome, too.

on the day when God through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the good news I preach, will judge the secrets people have kept.

you who teach others, do you not teach yourself too? You who preach that men should not steal, do you steal yourself?

Now circumcision benefits you only if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision is no better than uncircumcision.

And shall not the heathen man who is physically uncircumcised, and yet observes the law, condemn you who have the letter of the law and are physically circumcised, and yet break the law?

But what does it say? "God's message is close to you, on your very lips and in your heart"; that is, the message about faith which we preach.

But how can people call upon One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in One about whom they have not heard? And how can people hear without someone to preach to them?

And how can men preach unless they are sent to do so? As the Scripture says, "How beautiful are the feet of men who bring the glad news of His good things!"

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news -- but not by means of wisdom and rhetoric, so that the cross of Christ may not be emptied of its power.

Just so the Lord has issued orders that those who preach the good news shall get their living out of it.

For if I do preach the good news, I have no ground for boasting of it, for I cannot help doing it. Yes, indeed, I am accursed if I do not preach the good news.

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.

Is not the consecrated cup which we consecrate a sign of our sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the loaf which we break a sign of our sharing in the body of Christ?

and gave thanks for it and broke it and said, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."

But whether it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

Now if we preach that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you are saying that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

and if Christ was not raised, the message which we preach has nothing in it; there is nothing in our faith either,

When I went to Troas to preach the good news of Christ, although I had an opportunity in the service of the Lord,

If the meaning of the good news I preach is covered up at all, it is so only in the case of those who are on the way to destruction.

so that I can preach the good news in the regions beyond you, without boasting in another man's sphere of work already done by him.

But even if I or an angel from heaven preach a good news that is contrary to the one which I have already preached to you, a curse upon him!

chose to unveil His Son in me, so that I might preach the good news about Him among the heathen, at once, before I conferred with any human creatures,

For the Scripture says: "Rejoice, you childless woman, who never bore a child; break forth into shouting, you who feel no birth pangs; for the desolate woman has many children, even more than the married one."

yes, on me, the very least of all His people, this unmerited favor was bestowed -- that I might preach as good news to the heathen the boundless riches of Christ,

Continue to remember Jesus Christ as risen from the dead, and descended from David, in accordance with the good news that I preach,

preach the message, stay at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people with perfect patience as a teacher.

but at the proper time made known as His message through the message that I preach with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Saviour;

And why should I continue to mention more? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

And I saw a mighty angel announcing in a loud voice, "Who deserves to open the book and break its seals?"

But one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping! See! The Lion who sprang from the tribe of Judah, who belongs to the line of David, has conquered, so that He can open the book and break its seven seals."

Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the book and break its seals, because you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,

And when the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals, I looked and heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"

When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"

When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature, say, "Come!" I looked, and a black horse appeared, and its rider was carrying a pair of scales in his hands,

When He broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"

When He broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for being faithful to God's message and for the testimony they bore to it.

When He broke the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun turned black as sackcloth, and the full moon became like blood,

When He broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.