But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for this is the fitting way for both of us to do our full duty to God." Then he yielded to Him.

"Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not swear falsely, but you must perform your oaths as a religious duty.'

But as your first duty keep on looking for His standard of doing right, and for His will, and then all these things will be yours besides.

A curse on you, you blind leaders who say, 'Whoever swears by the sanctuary is not duty-bound, but whoever swears by the gold of the sanctuary is duty-bound.'

You say, 'Whoever swears by the altar is not duty-bound, but whoever swears by the offering on the altar is duty-bound!'

Once when he was acting as priest before God, when his division was on duty, it fell to his lot,

reported, "We found the prison safely locked and the keepers on duty at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one on the inside."

What is your duty, then? They will certainly hear that you have come.

Paul fixed his eyes upon the council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty to God up to this very day."

I myself, indeed, once thought it my duty to take extreme measures in hostility to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

To Greeks and to all the other nations, to cultured and to uncultured people alike, I owe a duty.

It is the duty of us who are strong to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

It is now the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I will never ask you for financial support, for it is not your money but you yourselves that I want; for children are not by duty bound to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.

You married women must continue to live in subordination to your husbands, for this is your Christian duty.

So, although through union with Christ I have full freedom to order you to do your duty,

Then I saw, midway between the throne and the four living creatures, standing among the elders, a Lamb that looked as though He had been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes; the latter are the seven spirits of God which are sent on duty to every portion of the earth.