Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there,

The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod, with which to measure the city and its gates and wall.

But as they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind?

He will not break off a bent reed, And he will not put out a smoldering wick, Until he carries his judgment to success.

When John's messengers were gone, he began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind?

He measured the wall and it was about 144 cubits (216 feet), as men measure, for that was the way the angel measured.

Give, and they will give to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will pour into your lap. For the measure you use with others they in turn will use with you."

People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure; they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house.

For you will be judged by the standard you judge by, and men will pay you back with the same measure you have used with them.

We have gifts that differ with the favor that God has shown us, whether it is that of preaching, differing with the measure of our faith,

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that you divide into sets, and in a measure I believe it.

I do not indeed venture to class or compare myself with certain individuals who approve of themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they do not show good sense.

Go on and fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.

But each one of us has been given mercy in Christ's generous measure.

until we all attain unity in faith, and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and reach mature manhood, and that full measure of development found in Christ.

try to keep us from speaking to the heathen so that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has overtaken them at last!

"Do people get out the lamp," he said to them, "and then put it under the peck-measure, or under the bed, instead of putting it up where it belongs?

"Take care what you hear," he said to them. "The measure you give will be given to you, and even more besides.

but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy.

but leave out the court outside the temple; do not measure that, for it has been given up to the heathen, and for forty-two months they will trample on it.

The city was a square, its length the same as its breadth. He measured the city with his rod, and it was 12,000 furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height were the same.

No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a peck measure; he puts it on its stand, so that people who come in can see the light.

For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.