"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing-floor, and store his grain in the barn, but the chaff he will burn with inextinguishable fire."

At that time Jesus began to proclaim-- "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

Be ready to make friends with your opponent, even when you meet him on your way to the court; for fear that he should hand you over to the judge, and the judge to his officer, and you should be thrown into prison.

And, if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it go down to the Pit.

But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean." Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;

On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to wait upon him.

While Jesus was saying this, a President of a Synagogue came up and bowed to the ground before him. "My daughter," he said, "Has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life."

But, when the people had been sent out, Jesus went in, and took the little girl's hand, and she rose.

And on your way proclaim that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

And there he saw a man with a withered hand. Some people asked Jesus whether it was allowable to work a cure on the Sabbath- -so that they might have a charge to bring against him.

Then he said to the man. "Stretch out your hand." The man stretched it out; and it had become as sound as the other.

Instantly Jesus stretched out his hand, and caught hold of him. "O man of little faith!" he said, "Why did you falter?"

If your hand or your foot is a snare to you, cut it off, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed or lame, than to have both hands, or both feet, and be thrown into the aeonian fire.

Then the king said to the attendants 'Tie him hand and foot, and 'put him out into the darkness' outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet"'?

Of two women grinding with the hand-mill one will be taken and one left.

Placing the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.

Then he came to the disciples, and said: "Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Hark! my time is close at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Up, and let us be going. Look! my betrayer is close at hand."

Suddenly one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and striking the High Priest's servant, cut off his ear.

"It is true," Jesus answered; "Moreover I tell you all that hereafter you shall 'see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.'"

And having twisted some thorns into a crown, put it on his head, and a rod in his right hand, and then, going down on their knees before him, they mocked him. "Long life to you, King of the Jews!" they said.

"The time has come, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the Good News."

Jesus went up to her and, grasping her hand, raised her up; the fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean."

On another occasion Jesus went in to a Synagogue, where they was a man whose hand was withered.

"Stand out in the middle," Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;

As they remained silent, Jesus looked round at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.

Taking her hand, Jesus said to her: "Taleitha, koum!"--which means 'little girl, I am speaking to you--Rise!'

In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things."

Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.

Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man's eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him: "Do you see anything?"

But Jesus took his hand, and lifted him; and he stood up.

If your hand proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed, than to have both your hands and go into the Pit, into the inextinguishable fire.

David said himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit-- 'The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet.'"

Whenever they betray you and hand you over for trial, do not be anxious beforehand as to what you shall say, but say whatever is given you at the moment; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Up, and let us be going. Look! my betrayer is close at hand."

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'."

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

He has stretched out his hand to his servant Israel, Ever mindful of his mercy

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, that he may clear his threshing-floor, and store the grain in his barn, but the chaff he will burn with inextinguishable fire."

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean." Instantly the leprosy left the man;

On another Sabbath Jesus went into the Synagogue and taught; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

Jesus, however, knew what was in the their minds, and said to the man whose hand was withered: "Stand up and come out into the middle." The man stood up;

Then, looking round at them all, he said to the man: "Stretch out your hand." The man did so; and his hand had become sound.

There is no such thing as a good tree bearing worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless tree bearing good fruit.

But, taking her by the hand, Jesus said in a loud voice: "Child, rise!"

But Jesus answered: "No one who looks back, after putting his hand to the plough, is fitted for the Kingdom of God."

Cure the sick there, and tell people 'The Kingdom of God is close at hand.

'We wipe off the very dust of your town which has clung to Our feet; still, be assured that the Kingdom of God is close at Hand.'

But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God must already be upon you.

When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; for fear that he should drag you before the judge, when the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.

And God--will not he see that his own People, who cry to him night and day, have justice done them--though he holds his hand?

For David, in the Book of Psalms, says himself--'The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand,

And Jesus said: "See that you are not led astray; for many will take my name, and come saying 'I am He,' and 'The time is close at hand.' Do not follow them.

As soon, however, as you see Jerusalem surrounded by armed camps, then you may know that the hour of her desecration is at hand.

And, when these things begin to occur, look upwards and lift your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand."

Yet see! the hand of the man that is betraying me is beside me upon the table!

But from this hour 'the Son of Man will be seated on the right hand of God Almighty.'"

The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding- sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. "Set him free," said Jesus, "and let him go."

Next to Jesus, in the place on his right hand, was one of his disciples, whom he loved.

When Jesus said this, one of the police-officers, who was standing near, gave him a blow with his hand. "Do you answer the High Priest like that?" he exclaimed.

And so, because of its being the Preparation Day, and as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

So the rest of the disciples said to him: "We have seen the Master!" "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands," he exclaimed, "and put my finger into the marks, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

Then he said to Thomas: "Place your finger here, and look at my hands; and place your hand here, and put it into my side; and do not refuse to believe, but believe."

Indeed it was to him that David was referring when he said-- 'I have had the Lord ever before my eyes, For he stands at my right hand, that I should not be disquieted.

And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear.

It was not David who went up into Heaven; for he himself says- -'The Lord said to my master: "Sit on my right hand,

Grasping the lame man by the right hand, Peter lifted him up. Instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong,

While thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and causest signs and wonders to take place through the Name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

But of the rest no one ventured to join them. On the other hand, the people were full of their praise,

It is this Jesus whom God has exalted to his right hand, to be a Guide and a Savior, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

Was it not my hand that made all these things?'

He, filled as he was with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes intently on the heavens, and saw the Glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

"Look," he exclaimed, "I see Heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"

When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus;

Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the Apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the Name of Jesus.

Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ's People, presented her to them alive.

Peter signed to them with his hand to be silent, and then told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison, adding: "Tell James and the Brethren all this." Then he left the house, and went away to another place.

The hand of the Lord is upon you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went feeling about for some one to guide him.

So Paul rose and, motioning with his hand, spoke as follows: "Men of Israel and all here who reverence God, hear what I have to say.

So Paul took his stand in the middle of the Court, and said- -"Men of Athens, on every hand I see signs of your being very devout.

But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defense to the people.

The Commanding Officer gave his permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, made signs with his hand to the people, and, when comparative silence had been obtained, he spoke to them in Hebrew, as follows:

In consequence of that dazzling light I could not see, but my companions held me by the hand, till I reached Damascus.

The Commanding Officer took the lad by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.

Turning to Paul, Agrippa said: "You are at liberty to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

Paul had gathered a quantity of dry sticks and laid them on the fire, when a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened on his hand.

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another: "Evidently this man is a murderer, for though he has been saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."

Who is there to condemn them? He who died for us is Christ Jesus!-or, rather, it was he who was raised from the dead, and who is now at God's right hand and is even pleading on our behalf!

Yet there is a philosophy that we teach to those whose faith is matured, but it is not the philosophy of to-day, nor that of the leaders of to-day-men whose downfall is at hand.

On the other hand, a father, who has definitely made up his mind, and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has come to the decision, in his own mind, to keep his unmarried daughter at home will be doing right.

On the other hand, if a man loves God, he is known by God.

If the foot says 'Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

The eye cannot say to the hand 'I do not need you,' nor, again, the head to the feet 'I do not need you.'

By the Message of Truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

Let every one give as he has determined before hand, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves 'a cheerful giver.'