Now the manner of Christ's birth was this: his mother Mary being promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she became pregnant by the holy Spirit.

Blessed shall you be when men shall revile and persecute you, and falsely charge you with all manner of evil for your attachment to me.

After this manner do you therefore pray: "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come.

wherefore I declare to you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but blaspheming the holy Spirit

and when he was come into his native country, he taught them in their synagogue, in such a manner that they cry'd out with astonishment, how came this man by all this wisdom, and extraordinary power?

but I tell you, that Elias is already come, tho' they knew him not, but treated him in an arbitrary manner; with such usage as the son of man shall likewise suffer at their hands.

in like manner your heavenly father would not that any person of such humility should be lost.

in the same manner will my heavenly father likewise treat you, if ye do not sincerely forgive every one the trespasses of his brother.

in like manner, when ye shall see all these things happen, know that he is come to your very doors.

the chief priests, with the scribes and senators, derided him in like manner.

and they were astonished at his manner of preaching: for he spoke with an air of authority, and not as the Scribes.

in like manner, they who receive seed on stony-ground, are such as upon hearing the word, do immediately receive it with joy.

and this he said in such an undisguised manner, that Peter took him aside, and pretended to reprimand him.

So that Jesus called them to him, and said, you know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and their great ones treat them in an imperious manner;

Then Jesus address'd himself to them in this parabolical manner. a certain person planted a vineyard, made a fence about it, clear'd the way for a wine-press, built a tower, and committed it to the care of vine-dressers, while he was travelling abroad.

in like manner the chief priests and the Scribes in derision said to one another: he pretended to save others, himself he cannot save.

there were likewise several women, who were spectators at a distance: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the minor, and of Joses and Salome:

he answer'd them, let him that hath two coats give one to him that hath none; and let him that has plenty of provisions act in like manner.

behave to others in the same manner, as you desire they would behave to you.

upon which Jesus thus address'd himself to them. do you imagine that those Galileans were greater sinners than the rest of the nation, because they suffer'd in such a manner?

who had been kept infirm by a spirit eighteen years: and stooped in such a manner, she was not able to hold up her head strait.

in like manner every one of you must count upon renouncing all that he has, otherwise he cannot be my disciple.

I advise you in like manner to lay out your fallacious treasure in acts of charity, that when you die, they may secure to you everlasting habitations.

they address'd him therefore in this manner; master, we know that what you say and teach is all right. you are not influenc'd by the quality of men, but explain the divine law with sincerity:

in like manner, when you shall see these events, be assur'd that the kingdom of God is nigh.

they took therefore the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, according to the manner of burial among the Jews.

At length Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples upon the sea-coast of Tiberias; and the manner of his appearance was thus.

"ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall descend in the same manner as ye have seen him ascend thither."

thou hast no manner of share in this gift: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

Being arriv'd at Iconium, they went both together to the Jewish synagogue, where they discours'd in such a manner, that a great number both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

Then Paul being plac'd in the middle of the Areopagus, said thus, "I observe, O Athenians, that you are in a manner too devout.

in like manner consider your selves as dead to sin; but alive to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

but God be thanked, that you, who were the vassals of sin, have sincerely obeyed in the manner the gospel prescribed.

(I allude to civil affairs, because of your unacquaintedness with spiritual matters:) as then you made your natural faculties subservient to impurity, and all manner of vice; make them now subservient to virtue and holiness.

but sin receiving strength by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. for before the law sin appear'd dead.

is not the potter the master of his own clay, of the same mass to make one vessel for use and ornament, and another for a meaner purpose?

but the justification which is by faith, speaks in this manner; "say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into heaven, in order to bring Christ down from above?

in like manner at this time there is also a remnant chosen by the divine favour;

in the same manner he took the cup, after supper, and said, "this cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me."

for he that eats and drinks in a disrespectful manner, not discriminating the Lord's body, eateth and drinketh to his own punishment.

in like manner, if you express yourselves in words of obscure signification, you may as well talk to the wind, for how shall any comprehend you?

but when I saw, they conformed not their conduct to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all: if you being a Jew, live after the manner of the Gentiles, and not according to that of the Jews, why do you constrain the Gentiles to judaize?

in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."

only conduct yourselves in a manner becoming the gospel of Christ, that whether I come to see you, or else am absent, I may have this account of you, that you are stedfastly of the same resolution, and unanimously contend for the faith of the gospel,

for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages:

the Lord is coming: be not in any manner of sollicitude, but in all your occasions lay your requests before God by prayer and supplication accompany'd by thanksgiving.

and you yourselves know, O Philippians, that when I first preach'd the gospel, at my departure from Macedonia, I receiv'd no manner of assistance from any other church but yours;

being fortified in so effectual a manner, as to sustain your trials with constancy and joy:

that I may publish it in the manner, it should necessarily be done.

a deacon must have but one wife, and govern his children, and the rest of the family in a proper manner.

in a palace there are vessels not only of gold, and of silver, but of wood and of earth likewise: some are for honourable uses, and others for meaner purposes.

But though we speak in this manner, my dear brethren, we expect better things of you, and such as are more suitable to your salvation.

they have made a publick declaration of your charity, and you will do well to accompany them in the most effectual manner.

the foundations of the citywall were embellished with all manner of precious stones. the first foundation was of jasper; the second, of sapphire; the third, of chalcedony; the fourth, of an emerald;