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and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

Verse ConceptsAttempts To Kill ChristDeath Of Office HoldersTaking ChristDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Mother

This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, when he said: "Here is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; Make the paths straight for him.'"

Verse ConceptsDesertsJohn The BaptistWildernessMessiahStraight PathsIndividuals ShoutingMaking RoadsIn Order Of RankScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The LordPaths

But keep on storing up your riches in heaven where moths and rust do not make away with them and where thieves do not break in and steal them.

Verse ConceptsInsectsAffluenceSpiritual InvestmentRiches, SpiritualStoringTreasureSpiritual TreasuresMothsStoring Treasure On EarthBelonging To HeavenTreasure In Heaven

Then Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and, to testify to the people, make the offering that Moses prescribed."

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTLeprosyOccupationsPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesWitness To The GospelChrist Concealing ThingsChrist's OrdersPeople Made Knownpriests

The pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and the slave should be satisfied to become like his master. If men have called the Head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they heap upon the members of His family!

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfChristlikenessBeelzebubGrowth Of EvilSlavesBecoming Like PeopleRelatives Also InvolvedAccused Of Being Demonised

Or, how can anyone get into a giant's house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the giant? After that he can make a clean sweep of his house.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesLimitations Of StrengthTying Uppossessions

"Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there, and so the end of that man is worse than the beginning. This is the way it will be with the wicked leaders of this age."

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofSevenEvil GenerationsSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringMore ThanWorseBackslidersDemonsCasting Out Demonshomecoming

and some fell upon rocky ground where they did not have much soil, and at once they sprang up, because there was no depth of soil,

Verse ConceptsShallownessWicked Described AsSuddenlyThings Going UpPlanting SeedsSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The GroundThe EnvironmentSowing Seeds

These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfPeople UnwashedDefilement

Take what belongs to you and go. I want to give this man hired last as much as I do you.

Verse ConceptsEquality In Payment

A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you scour land and sea to win a single convert, and when he is won you make him twice as fit for the pit as you are.

Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy

Then the high priest arose and said to Him, "Have you no answer to make? What do you say to the evidence that they bring against you?"

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRivers

Pilate said to them, "Take the military guard and go and make it as secure as you can."

Verse ConceptsSepulchres

And if news of it gets to the governor's ears, we will make it all right with him, and keep you out of trouble."

Verse ConceptsGovernorsHearing About ChristPeople Keeping

He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"

Verse ConceptsWildernessStraight PathsIndividuals ShoutingMaking RoadsHighwaysPaths

"See that you tell nobody a single word about it. Be gone, show yourself to the priest, and to prove it to the people, make the offering for your purification which Moses prescribed."

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesSin OfferingWitness To The GospelChrist Concealing ThingsPurifying Oneself

But he went out and began to publish it so much and to spread the story so far, that Jesus could not any more go into any town openly, but had to stay out in thinly settled places. But the people kept coming to Him from every quarter.

Verse ConceptsUnwise ZealGod's Deed RevealedTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

On the Sabbath He was passing through the wheat fields, and His disciples started to make a path by pulling off the wheat heads.

Verse ConceptsPlucking OutReapingThe Disciples ActionsOn The Sabbath

But no one can get into a giant's house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the giant; after that he can make a clean sweep of his house.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesParables Of ChristLimitations Of StrengthTying UpProperty

Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;

Verse ConceptsShallownessSprouting PlantsSuddenlySproutingThings Going Up

They were very much frightened, and said to one another, "Who can He be that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"

Verse ConceptsConfusionWho Is Jesus?Fear Of ChristThe Sea Stilledoverwhelmed

However, He did not let him, but said to him, "Go home to your folks, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and has taken pity on you."

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, kinds ofTestify On God's BehalfExperimental KnowledgeAcknowledging ChristReceiving God's MercyGod's Work In UsFamily And Friends

And so he went away and began to tell everybody in the Ten Cities how much Jesus had done for him; and everybody was dumbfounded.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's Work

and had suffered much at the hands of many doctors, and had spent all she had, and yet was not a whit benefited but rather grew worse,

Verse ConceptsBecoming PoorWorse

for Herod stood in awe of John, because he knew that he was an upright and holy man, and so he protected him. When he heard him speak, he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

Verse ConceptsPuzzlementSpecific Holy IndividualsFear Of Individuals

They had noticed that some of His disciples were in the habit of eating their meals without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to make them clean.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Objects OfBathing, For CleansingPurity, Nature OfThe Disciples ActionsPeople UnwashedHow People EatLack Of Holiness

Nothing that goes into a man from the outside can make him foul, but the things that come from the inside of a man are the things that make him foul."

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfExternalsEntering The MouthComing Out Of PeopleFood PermittedDefilementprepping

And He answered them, "Are you too without understanding yet? Do you not know that nothing from the outside that goes into a man can make him foul,

Verse ConceptsExternalsEntering The MouthBeing Without UnderstandingDefilementprepping

All these evils come from the inside of a man and make him foul."

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfThe Inward BeingDefilementGreed

He answered them, "Elijah does come first and gets everything ready, but how is it that the Scripture says about the Son of Man that He will suffer much and be rejected?

Verse ConceptsSonsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristPeople Going BeforeRestoring Things

Then it gave a shriek and violently convulsed the boy, and got out of him. And the boy looked like a corpse, so much so that the people said that he was dead.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsConvulsionsThe Finality Of DeathDeath Is Final

and they will make sport of Him, and spit on Him, and flog Him, and kill Him, but three days after He will rise again."

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating JesusSalivaChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseMocking Christ

When He went back again, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open; and they did not know what answer to make Him.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesOthers Not AnsweringThose Who Were Ignorant

So when he came he went straight up to Jesus, and said, "Rabbi," and with much affection kissed Him.

Verse ConceptsKissing ChristRabbiTreacheryDeceit

Then the high priest arose in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about this testimony they are giving against you?"

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRiverstestifying

Then again Pilate asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? Just see how many charges they are making against you!"

Verse ConceptsOthers Not Answering

He will go before Him in the spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the upright, to make ready for the Lord a people perfectly prepared."

Verse ConceptsHeraldPower, HumanSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfProphecies Concerning ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerCausing People To TurnPeople Going BeforeAcquiring WisdomFathers And SonsPowerful Individualsparentingdisobedience

So they began to make signs to his father to find out what he might wish him to be named.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsPeople Naming People

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready His ways,

Verse ConceptsForerunnersDivine MessengerPeople Going BeforeIndividual Prophets

They supposed that He was somewhere in the caravan, and so they traveled a whole day before they began to make an anxious search for Him among His relatives and acquaintances.

Verse ConceptsCaravans

as it is written in the sermon-book of the prophet Isaiah: "Here is a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord, make the paths straight for Him.

Verse ConceptsWildernessStraight PathsIndividuals ShoutingMaking RoadsWritten In The ProphetsBooks Of Prophecy

Then some soldiers too were asking him, "What ought we too to do?" So he said to them, "Never extort money from anyone, never make a false accusation, and always be satisfied with your wages."

Verse ConceptsAggressionGreed, Believers' Response ToOccupationsSatisfactionServants, BadSoldiersWagesWitnesses, FalseContentmentFalse AccusationsEmployersAvoiding ViolenceFalse WaysDo Not StealOne's DeedsBeing Content

Then He warned him not to tell anybody, but rather He said, "Go, show yourself to the priest, and, to prove it to the people, make the offering for your purification, just as Moses prescribed."

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesWitness To The GospelChrist Concealing ThingsPeople Made Known

But Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

Verse ConceptsGuestsMarriage, Customs ConcerningWeddingsChrist Not Always With PeopleWedding GuestsWho Will FastJesus As A Bridegroom

Therefore, I tell you, her sins, as many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the one who has little to be forgiven loves me little."

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfLove For GodReceived OutcastsGod Has ForgivenNot Loving GodForgivenessLove And Forgiveness

so He sent messengers before Him. Then they went on and entered into a Samaritan town, to make preparations for Him.

Verse ConceptsPeople Going BeforeA Place Prepared

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to make Him known."

Verse ConceptsGospel, Essence OfKnowing God, Nature OfAuthority Of ChristChrist Knowing GodNot Knowing About ChristWho Is God?God Giving To The SonInteraction Of Father And SonWho He Might BeThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristKnowing God's Character

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me."

Verse ConceptsBusynessCriticism, against believersImpatienceDiscourtesyActing AloneServing ChristComplaintsServingSiblingsWorryingServing GodDoing The Right ThingServing The Churchluckdistractionscookinghelping

Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there, and so the end of that man is worse than the beginning."

Verse ConceptsBeing Firstevil, origins ofEvil SpiritsDeteriorationSatanic InvasionSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringThose DemonisedWorseCasting Out Demons

You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside too?

Verse ConceptsThe Inward BeingFoolish Peopleprepping

Now if God so gorgeously dresses the wild grass which today is green but tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, how much more surely will He clothe you, O you with little faith?

Verse ConceptsTransient WorldGod Clothing PeopleFurnacesNot Believing In Jesustomorrow

But the one who does wrong without knowing it will be lightly punished. Much will be demanded from anyone to whom much has been given; yea, people will demand much more from anyone to whom they have entrusted much.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsResponsibility, To GodSin, Nature OfStewardshipTrustworthinessWork, Divine And HumanIgnorance Of EvilGod's NeedsFaithful In MuchThose To Whom God GivesAccountabilityResponsibility

so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place.

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownShame Will ComeEthics

"Then the master said to his slave, 'Go out on the roads and by the hedges and make the people come in, so that my house may be filled.

Verse ConceptsFullness Of The KingdomUsing RoadsOutward CompulsionAmbassadors For ChristHighways

Lest, perchance, after he has laid the foundation but cannot complete the building, all who see it begin to make sport of him,

Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsUnable To Do Other ThingsFunFinishing Strongconstructionfinishing

"Or what king, when he is going to make an attack on another king, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand soldiers to meet the other king who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

Verse ConceptsThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

So he called in each of his master's debtors, and asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'

Verse ConceptsDebtMoney Managementcheatersaccounting

Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Twelve hundred bushels of wheat:' He said to him, 'Take your bill and write nine hundred and sixty.'

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume MeasuresDebt

men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will receive a much heavier sentence."

Verse ConceptsPrayerfulnessPride, Examples OfPunishment, By GodNot Helping WidowsProperty

Then He saw a poor widow drop in two little coins which make scarcely a cent.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other ThingsActual Widows

So He sent Peter and John, saying to them, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

Verse Conceptscatsprepping

Then he will show you a large room upstairs already furnished. There make the preparations."

Verse ConceptsA Place PreparedThings ManifestUpper RoomsGuest Roomsspacezealots

Here they began to make the following charges against Him: "We have found this fellow corrupting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar and claiming to be a king himself."

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfClaimsMessiahCaesarChrist, Names ForBeing MisleadCalled Himself The ChristTax To Be Paidtaxes

and said to them, "You brought this man to me on a charge of turning the people from allegiance, and here in your presence I have examined Him and do not find Him guilty of the charges you make against Him.

Verse ConceptsFaultlessnessTesting ChristBeing Misleadassertiveness

He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Make the road straight for the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistStraight PathsMaking RoadsWritten In The ProphetsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

I have sent you to reap a harvest which you have not labored to make. Other men have labored, but you have reaped the results of their labors."

Verse ConceptsLabor, Spiritual Aspects OfNot Reaping What You SowNot ToilingThe Fact Of ToilHard WorkReaping What You SowSuccess And Hard Worksoaring

Then a much larger number believed in Him because of what He said Himself,

Verse ConceptsThose Who Believed In ChristWhy It Happenedevangelizing

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot; so the men, about five thousand, threw themselves down.

Verse ConceptsFive ThousandPeople Sitting DownReclining To Eatgroups

Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were sitting on the ground; so too with the fish as much as they wanted.

Verse ConceptsLord's SupperThankfulnessThanksgiving, OfferedPlenty Through ChristThanking God For FoodDividing Food

I have much to say about you and much to condemn in you, but He who sent me is truthful, and I am telling the world only what I have learned from Him."

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfReliabilityGod Is TruthfulJesus Christ, JudgeChrist JudgingThe One Who Sent ChristGod's Things Revealed

Again they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He make your eyes to see again?"

Verse ConceptsWhat Do They Do?