He said to them, "Is there a man of you with one sheep, who will not catch hold of it and lift it out of a pit on the sabbath, if it falls in?

He was anxious to kill him but he was afraid of the people, for they held John to be a prophet.

And if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the crowds, as the crowds held him to be a prophet.

That same day some Sadducees came up to him, men who hold there is no resurrection. They put this question to him:

"You know the passover is to be held two days after this; and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."

and took counsel together to get hold of Jesus by craft and have him put to death.

And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him;

And when his family heard this, they set out to get hold of him, for what they said was, "He is out of his mind."

Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee.

You drop what God commands and hold to human tradition.

he is exempt, so you hold, from doing anything for his father or mother.

No, let us say, From men" ??but they were afraid of the multitude, for the people all held John had been really a prophet.

Then they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the multitude. They knew he had meant the parable for them. So they left him and went away.

Sadducees, men who hold there is no resurrection, also came up and put a question to him.

The passover and the festival of unleavened bread fell two days later; so the high priests and scribes were trying how to get hold of him by craft and have him put to death.

Immediately morning came, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin, and after binding Jesus they led him off and handed him over to Pilate.

Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.

As for the seed in the good soil, that means those who hear and hold fast the word in a good and sound heart and so bear fruit stedfastly.

(For he had charged the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many a time when it had seized hold of him, he had been fastened secure in fetters and chains, but he would snap his bonds and be driven by the daemon into the desert.)

and a spirit gets hold of him till he suddenly shrieks; it convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off tearing him to pieces.

Jesus knew the dispute that occupied their minds, so he took hold of a little child and set it by his side;

They held their peace. Then Jesus took hold of the man and cured him and sent him off.

Hold out stedfast and you win your souls.

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

but you do not understand him. I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him and I hold to his word.

I will no longer talk much with you, for the Prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me;

Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

I have made thy Name known to the men whom thou hast given to me from the world (thine they were, and thou gavest them to me), and they have held to thy word.

A jug full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on a spear and held it to his lips.

Now there is much else that Jesus did ??so much, that if it were written down in detail. I do not suppose the world itself could hold the written records.

but God raised him by checking the pangs of death. Death could not hold him.

Next morning a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their rulers, elders and scribes,

Ordering them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin, they proceeded to hold a consultation.

Barnabas, however, got hold of him and brought him to the apostles. To them he related how he had seen the Lord upon the road, how He had spoken to him, and how he had spoken freely in the name of Jesus at Damascus.

he also held conversations and debates with the Hellenists. But when the brothers learned that the Hellenists were attempting to make away with him,

When he came and saw the grace of God he rejoiced, and encouraged them all to hold by the Lord with heartfelt purpose

After the synagogue broke up, a number of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed them; Paul and Barnabas talked to them and encouraged them to hold by the grace of God.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

Paul held they should not take a man with them who had deserted them in Pamphylia, instead of accompanying them on active service.

But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum.

But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,

Then all [the Greeks] caught hold of Sosthenes the president of the synagogue and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice.

If Demetrius and his fellow tradesmen have a grievance against anybody, let both parties state their charges; assizes are held and there are always the proconsuls.

He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him.

We hold a man is justified by faith apart from deeds of the Law altogether.

for we know that Christ never dies after his resurrection from the dead ??death has no more hold over him;

Sin must have no hold over you, for you live under grace, not under law.

Surely you know, my brothers ??for I am speaking to men who know what law means ??that the law has hold over a person only during his lifetime!

but now we are done with the Law, we have died to what once held us, so that we can serve in a new way, not under the written code as of old but in the Spirit.

Present suffering, I hold, is a mere nothing compared to the glory that we are to have revealed.

He also says of Israel, All the day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.

let mourners live as if they were not mourning, let the joyful live as if they had no joy, let buyers live as if they had no hold on their goods,

But this makes it impossible for you to eat the 'Lord's' supper when you hold your gatherings.

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;

I hold I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles'!

But we refused to yield for a single instant to their claims; we were determined that the truth of the gospel should hold good for you.

Before certain emissaries of James arrived, he ate along with the Gentile Christians; but when they arrived, he began to draw back and hold aloof, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

Whereas a curse rests on all who rely upon obedience to the Law; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not hold by all that is written in the book of the law, to perform it.

the Law thus held us as wards in discipline, till such time as Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.

we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,

So take God's armour, that you may be able to make a stand upon the evil day and hold your ground by overcoming all the foe.

Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,

hold fast the word of life, so that I can be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because I have not run or worked for nothing.

Beware of anyone getting hold of you by means of a theosophy which is specious make-believe, on the lines of human tradition, corresponding to the Elemental spirits of the world and not to Christ.

hold them in special esteem and affection, for the sake of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Well then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the rules which you have learned from us orally or by letter.

and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil men ??for the faith is not held by all.

keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. Certain individuals have scouted the good conscience and thus come to grief over their faith ??20 including Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have made over to Satan. That will teach them to stop their blasphemous ongoings!

Some of them worm their way into families and get hold of the women-folk who feel crushed by the burden of their sins ??wayward creatures of impulse,

but hold you to what you have been taught, hold to your convictions, remember who your teachers were,

serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago ??3 he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: ??4 to Titus my lawful son in a faith we hold in common; grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

he must hold by the sure truths of doctrine so as to be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and refute objections raised by any.]

For if the divine word spoken by angels held good, if transgression and disobedience met with due punishment in every case,

As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession;

who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away ??6 it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy.

on the day I took them by the hand to lead out of Egypt's land; for they would not hold to my covenant, so I let them alone, saith the Lord.

containing the golden altar of incense, and also the ark of the covenant covered all over with gold, which held the golden pot of manna, the rod of Aaron that once blossomed, and the tablets of the covenant;

since they relate merely to food and drink and a variety of ablutions ??outward regulations for the body, that only hold till the period of the New Order.

let us hold the hope we avow without wavering (for we can rely on him who gave us the Promise);

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

Let marriage be held in honour by all, and keep the marriage-bed unstained. God will punish the vicious and adulterous.

Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving ??the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone,

who had disobeyed at the time when God's patience held out during the construction of the ark in the days of Noah ??the ark by which only a few souls, eight in all, were brought safely through the water.)

in his right hand he held seven stars, a sharp sword with a double edge issued from his mouth, and his face shone like the sun in full strength.

But for the rest of you at Thyatira, for all who do not hold these tenets, for those who have not (in their phrase) 'fathomed the deep mysteries of Satan' ??for you this is my word: I impose no fresh burden on you;

only hold to what you have, till such time as I come.

Now remember what you received and heard, hold to it and repent. If you will not wake up, I shall come like a thief; you will not know at what hour I come upon you.

I am coming very soon: hold to what you have, in case your crown is taken from you.

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living Creature calling, "Come." So I looked and there was a black horse; its rider held a pair of scales in his hand,

So, enraged at the woman, the dragon went off to wage war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep God's commandments and hold the testimony of Jesus.

Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).