but let your communication be, yes, yes; no, no: for whatever goes beyond this, is evil.

Whilst he thus entertain'd them, the ruler of the synagogue came and made his address to him, saying, my daughter is upon the point of death: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

up the wheat with them. let both grow together till the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will thus direct the reapers, first of all gather the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: then lodge the wheat in my barn.

for Herod having secur'd John, bound him, and put him in prison to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

and I will give you the keys of the gospel-kingdom: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.

then said the king to the servants, bind him hand and foot, take him away, and turn him out in the dark: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, if any man swear by the temple he is under no obligation: but if he swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.

again, if any one swear by the altar he is under no engagement but if he swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound thereby.

and when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor of Judea.

for having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had wrench'd his chains, and broke his fetters, so that no body could tame him.

but the people saw them embark, and many perceiving where they were bound, they ran thither a foot from all parts: and arrived at the place, before the passengers were come.

Jesus departed from thence, and went towards the confines of Judea, thro' the country beyond Jordan: where the people resorting to him again, he renewed his instructions to them as usual.

Early in the morning the chief priests, the rulers, and Scribes, even the whole council, after having deliberated together, caus'd Jesus to be bound, then led him away and deliver'd him to Pilate.

for he had commanded the impure spirit to quit the man, he had so long possessed: who, tho' bound in chains, and fastned with fetters, broke thro' all restraints, and was hurry'd by the demon into the desarts.

and must not this daughter of Abraham, whom satan has held bound these eighteen years, be disengag'd from this bond, on a sabbath-day?

the first came and said, Lord, your one pound has gained ten more.

then the second came, and said, Lord, your pound has produc'd five more.

then he said to his attendants, take the one pound from him, and give it him, that gain'd ten.

who thereupon went to John, and said, master, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore testimony, he himself does now baptize likewise, and the people flock to him.

who having heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went there to desire him to come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

then they readily received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they were bound.

Thereupon they again endeavour'd to seize him: but he escaped out of their hands, and retir'd beyond Jordan,

and he that was dead came forth, his body wrapt in a winding sheet: and his face bound about with a napkin. loose him, said Jesus, and let him go.

but Mary taking a pound of the oil of spikenard which was very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair: so that the house was filled with the odour of the perfume.

Then the soldiers, the captain, and the officers of the Jews seized on Jesus, and having bound him,

now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Nicodemus, who formerly went to Jesus by night, came likewise and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

on the contrary, ye carried the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: wherefore I will transport you beyond Babylon."

went to the high priest, and demanded letters for the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any of this sect, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

now the very night preceding the day which Herod design'd for his execution, Peter bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the other guards secured the prison door; when an angel of

put on your girdle, continu'd the angel, and bind on your sandals: which he did. throw your cloak over you, said the angel, and follow me.

upon which Paul and Barnabas having warmly contested the point with them, it was resolved, that Paul and Barnabas and some others should go to Jerusalem to consult the apostles upon this question.

upon this Paul was bent upon going. to the populace,

where finding a vessel bound to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and put off.

when taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "thus saith the holy spirit, so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles."

immediately those who were going to put him to the question, withdrew: the commander himself being under some apprehension for having order'd him to be bound.

went to the chief priests and senators, and said, "we have bound our selves by oath not to eat till we have slain Paul.

but don't believe them: for above forty of them lie in ambush, having bound themselves by oath not to eat or drink till they have kill'd him: they are already prepar'd, and only wait your answer.

The Jews having seiz'd this man, were just upon the point to dispatch him, when I march'd with a body to his rescue;

there the centurion met with a ship of Alexandria, bound for Italy, and put us on board.

a gentle breeze at south, secure of gaining their point, they weigh'd anchor, and coasted close under Crete:

now a married woman is bound by the law to her living husband: but if her husband dieth, she is released from the marriage-contract.

they have thought fit, I say, and they owed them as much. for if the Gentiles have participated of their spirituals, they are bound on their side to minister to them in their temporals.

if any man thinks it would be a reflexion upon his manhood to be a stale batchelor, and so ought to marry; let him follow his bent, he is at liberty, let such marry.

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives: but if her husbnd be dead, she is at liberty to be married, if she pleases; provided it be to a christian.

you are contesting about the superiority of your gifts: but I point out to you a more excellent way.

and if they desire to have information about any point, let them consult their husbands at home: for it does not become women to ask questions in the church.

(I bear them witness) yea, and beyond their power:

for what a man gives with a ready mind, according to his abilities, is well received; but not when he goes beyond his circumstances.

for I do not stretch beyond my limits to take you in; since in preaching the gospel of Christ, we are advanced even to you.

so that I may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not assume the credit of things ready prepared to my hand, in another man's province.

but this I do, and shall do, to make them drop their hire, who are so bent upon hire: and then indeed they will be as they pretend to be, like me.

so am I: are they ministers of Christ? is it my vanity? I am more so: in toilsome labours I surpass them, in stripes I am exceedingly beyond them, in prisons I have been oftner, and frequently in the very jaws of death.

there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

so that thou art no longer a bond servant, but a son: and if a son, then an heir of God thro' Christ.

for it is there written, Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.

he, who was of the bond-woman, was born according to the ordinary course of nature; but he, who was of the free-woman, was born by virtue of the promise.

but what saith the scripture? "cast out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the bond-woman shall not share the inheritance with the son of the free-woman."

so then, my brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free-woman, by virtue of that freedom which Christ has procur'd for us.

to all this add love, which is the band of perfect union:

and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus:

and beyond the veil, was the second part of the tabernacle which is called the holy of holys;

My beloved, as I was strongly bent upon writing to you of our common salvation, I thought it necessary to write to you at present, and exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith, which was once delivered to the saints.

the rich men, the chief captains, and the mighty men, every bond-man, and every free-man, bid themselves in the caverns, and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains, and to the rocks,

saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates."

the fruits, the object of your delight, are departed from thee, all your delicacy and magnificence are lost, beyond the possibility of a recovery! the merchants

and he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years,