And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments."

But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

Therefore keep watch, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, my time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'"

Then he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, "O my Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink it, your will be done."

And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."

And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!

For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

They said to him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;

Then he took the cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me; yet not what I will, but what you will."

Now when it was day, he departed and went into a deserted place. And the people sought him and came to him, and tried to keep him from leaving them;

But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."

Then he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves;

Likewise he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done."

But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I would be a liar like you; but I do know him and keep his word.

Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.

So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name the name you gave me that they may be one, even as we are one.

I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one.

Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?"

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?

So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will fail;

you who received the law as delivered by angels, and yet did not keep it."

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up, and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the Law of Moses."

that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication. If you keep yourselves free from these, you will do well. Farewell."

Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen exactly as I have been told.

The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself for what he approves.

But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has control over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

In the same way he took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

But if a revelation is made to another who is sitting, the first one must keep silent.

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as even the law says.

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of the radiance that was fading away.

And to keep me from being too elated because of the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated.

It was for freedom that Christ has set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

For those who are circumcised do not even keep the Law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.

Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and petition. And with this in view, keep alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

I charge you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, doing nothing out of favoritism.

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I would have been glad to keep him with me, so that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you."

Religion that is pure and undefiled in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

For, "He who would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

and keep a clear conscience, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

Now by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

He who says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

Now those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

And the angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, he has kept in eternal chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

keep yourselves in the love of God; wait anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with great joy,

Blessed is he who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.

Remember therefore what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.

Because you have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments to clothe you, and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

Then the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

he also will drink of the wine of God's wrath, which is poured in full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix a double portion for her.

But he said to me, "Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."